Thanks to MyMoneyBlog - I just found an easy way to make $500.
I haven't seen an offer this enticing... Ever???
Dh signed up for an AmEx last year and got a free kindle and a $100+ Amazon gift certificate.
I'd probably put this $500 cash to the mortgage. I was about $1,000 short of my goal, and this is an easy way to make up the difference. All I have to do is sign up for a credit card, and charge everything for 3 months. Our health insurance alone will get us 70% of the way there. (Spend $3k in 3 months).
There is a high annual fee. Will close the card the second the reward check clears. That's how we do it!
This may turn out to be a lucrative credit card reward year. I expected $600 in ROTH deposits with our Fidelity card. This may lower the Fidelity amount to $500-ish (if we don't use it for 3 months). Add $500 cash, and we will hit $1,000 in cash rewards this year. I'll apply since I think dh already has several Chase cards and I haven't applied for a cc just for a one-time promotion in at least 1 year - maybe 2 years. I haven't seen anything very enticing in a while.
Woohoo!
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May 17th, 2011 at 07:11 pm 1305659483
I don't like spending a lot of effort to earn very little money, but I always find these type rewards to be SO EASY!
May 17th, 2011 at 07:13 pm 1305659598
I didn't see anything in the T&Cs about people with the same address not being able to apply separately. I did see stuff about current Chase cardmembers maybe being rejected. I have two Chase cards, so I wonder if I would even qualify...
May 17th, 2011 at 07:31 pm 1305660710
I don't expect to be declined since my current Chase card is unused. (I just haven't gotten around to closing it yet - the good rewards dried up). So, I have the feeling they want to win my business back. But, will see!
May 17th, 2011 at 08:18 pm 1305663491
Having another Chase card didn't disqualify you? That's great.
Congrats on the nice reward, and thanks so much for the tip!
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My expenses per month come to about $1100-1200 so I just made the cut off but paying all to one cc, never carrying a balance, paying off at one time after pay day (only one payday a month) yeah, I went for it.
I will be shocked if I am turned down with a fico score over 780 and cc debt totally less than 5k.
The no extra fees when traveling internationally is great, too!
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