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ideeli is a members-only shopping site featuring limited-time sales of designer apparel, accessories, home, beauty, travel and kids products. Until March 2, 2011 or supplies run out, Citi is offering a free $25 credit at the site. It’s a chance to get something for free (as they stock some items at or under $25), or to purchase something more expensive at a nice discount.
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If you rely more on credit cards than cash to pay for everything from gas to groceries to dining out, you can quickly earn a sizable cash-back bonuse with the Chase Freedom® MasterCard – $100 Bonus Cash Back. In fact, if you use your credit card often, you’ll earn $100 in bonus cash in just a short amount of time.
Chase is offering a cash-back incentive to all new Freedom MasterCard members. You’ll have to spend $800 with your new card within three months of activating your account. If you do this, Chase will automatically credit your account with $100.
This isn’t the only perk that comes with this card. The Freedom card offers a host of rotating categories each month — everything from home repair purchases to travel to dining out. Whenever you make a charge in the right category, you’ll earn a cash-back bonus of 5 percent. For all othe
Paying your bills with credit cards can be a convenient way to stay on top of what you owe. In most cases you can even increase your cash-back earnings on your rewards cards with your bill payments. Before you link your credit card account to all your utility bills, though, be sure to consider the pros and cons of paying your bills with credit cards.
Pros of Paying Bills with Credit Cards
Consider these benefits of paying your bills with your credit card
Automatic payments give you fewer bills to fill out each month. This can be great if you travel a lot or just have a lot of other things to juggle in life.
Avoid worrying about services being turned off or interrupted coverage since you’ll never miss a payment.
Paying online can be quicker and easier than filling out a paper bill and putting it into the mail.
Rewards points can add up faster when you put your utility bills on your credit card.
Cons of Paying Bills with Credit Cards
While putting bills on plastic can be rewarding, there are also certain risks to consider
Autopay gives your credit card information or bank account info to the company issuing your bill.
The Continental Airlines OnePass Plus credit card now offers 50,000 bonus miles after your first purchase, enough for two round-trip tickets within the continental US and Canada. In addition, the first year’s annual fee of $85 will be waived as part of this offer.
Tickets purchased directly from Continental earn 2 miles per dollar, while all other purchases will earn 1 mile per dollar.
Other benefits of the card include:
Note: To fully maximize your mileage earned, you may want to wait until February 1 to apply so that your application counts towards Mileathon.
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Do you fly frequently with British Airways? You might benefit from joining the airline’s Executive Club, its frequent-flyer program.
Like most such programs, the Executive Club allows you to earn free miles with every flight that you take on either British Airways or with its partner airlines. You’ll receive extra miles, too, if you fly higher classes.
Enrolling is a fairly simple process. It’s also easy to redeem your British Airways miles for flights. And if you don’t want to wait to earn free miles, you can always purchase British Airways miles online with your favorite credit card.
Enrolling: To enroll in the British Airways’ Executive Club, log onto the online membership sign-up form. Once here, you’ll have to fill out a form that asks you for your name, e-mail address, mailing address and preferred language.
You’ll also have to create a user name and password to access the club. Once you comp