Comments on: The Credit Card I Use (Could I Do Better?) http://www.greenpandatreehouse.com/2008/02/06/the-credit-card-i-use-could-i-do-better/ Working Student’s View of Personal Finance and Frugal Living Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:05:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: I Got a Lower Rate on the Credit Card I Use | Green Panda Treehouse http://www.greenpandatreehouse.com/2008/02/06/the-credit-card-i-use-could-i-do-better/#comment-3005 I Got a Lower Rate on the Credit Card I Use | Green Panda Treehouse Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:07:31 +0000 http://www.greenpandatreehouse.com/2008/02/06/the-credit-card-i-use-could-i-do-better/#comment-3005 [...] case you missed yesterday’s post on my current credit card, I noticed that I didn’t have a low rate on [...] [...] case you missed yesterday’s post on my current credit card, I noticed that I didn’t have a low rate on [...]

]]> By: Bill Woessner http://www.greenpandatreehouse.com/2008/02/06/the-credit-card-i-use-could-i-do-better/#comment-1173 Bill Woessner Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:38:04 +0000 http://www.greenpandatreehouse.com/2008/02/06/the-credit-card-i-use-could-i-do-better/#comment-1173 I currently use the HSBC Platinum Cash card. It gives me 5% cash back at supermarkets, drug stores and gas stations and (up to) 1% cash back everywhere else. They don't give these out any more and I'm sure they're going to change the rewards program any day now. So I've been shopping around for a new card. The only one that's really caught my eye is Chase's Freedom Visa Signature card. It gives you 1% cash back on everything plus an extra 2% in the 3 "categories" with the highest spending. What's neat about it is that your 3 categories can change every month. The down side is that the 2% bonus is capped at $12 per month ($600 in spending). If you're interested, here's a link to the Chase card: http://www.firstusa.com/cgi-bin/webcgi/webserve.cgi?partner_dir_name=cac_chase_freedom_cash_visa&page=index I currently use the HSBC Platinum Cash card. It gives me 5% cash back at supermarkets, drug stores and gas stations and (up to) 1% cash back everywhere else. They don’t give these out any more and I’m sure they’re going to change the rewards program any day now. So I’ve been shopping around for a new card.

The only one that’s really caught my eye is Chase’s Freedom Visa Signature card. It gives you 1% cash back on everything plus an extra 2% in the 3 “categories” with the highest spending. What’s neat about it is that your 3 categories can change every month. The down side is that the 2% bonus is capped at $12 per month ($600 in spending).

If you’re interested, here’s a link to the Chase card:

http://www.firstusa.com/cgi-bin/webcgi/webserve.cgi?partner_dir_name=cac_chase_freedom_cash_visa&page=index

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