I figured I better do a 2014 credit card reward tally because a lot of little things are starting to add up.
In the past I labeled this category "credit card rewards" because I had never done any "checking account rewards". But, I have been getting more "easy peasy" bank account rewards in the past couple of years. I suppose I could rename this category to "credit card and bank rewards".
I am going to do the Chase Freedom card offer. I have not done that one before.
2014 TALLY:
$500 Amazon gift cards (SW Chase double dip, Dh)
$225 Cash (Chase Freedom, Moi)
$200 Cash (Chase Checking, Moi)
$200 Cash (Chase Checking, Dh)
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$1125 TOTAL *ONE-TIME REWARDS*
+$550 deposit to ROTH (Fidelity Am Ex - 2% cash back)**
+$450 AmExRewards (6% cash back groceries/3% fuel)**
+$ 85 Target rewards (5% discount Target purchases; mostly groceries)**
+$ 75 Visa Rewards (1% cash back - for places that don't take AmEx - primarily dentist/insurance/utilities)**
**Estimates for the whole year
Unfortunately, all of dh's rewards are kind of up in the air. The SW Chase double dip is not a guarantee and we don't have any direct deposits for his Chase checking offer, but I am trying to get around that. So fingers crossed on one or both of those.
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For May, I had $50 rewards deposited directly into my ROTH and $25 rewards deposited into our investments (ongoing rewards).
American Express Blue card shorted our rewards as they ALWAYS do. I am keeping an eye out for another rewards card to replace this one. They make it a huge hassle to even complain about it, which just adds to my frustration about this card.
More Snowballs
May 31st, 2014 at 03:27 pm