Comments on: PFCollege: Get A Credit Card http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/pfcollege-get-a-credit-card.html personal finance blog with anecdotes, advice and commentary. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:22:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: Hariharan Vijay http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/pfcollege-get-a-credit-card.html/comment-page-1#comment-139385 Hariharan Vijay Sat, 04 Aug 2007 15:23:56 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/pfcollege-get-a-credit-card.html#comment-139385 God.. what happened to the days when people used to do a little more research before giving up? Yes, the statement credit works at $1:200 TYpoints and a similarly crappy rate for cash rebates. The lower end gift cards work at $10:1500 TYpoints. Read on. You get $1 per hundred TYpoints if you buy a gift card of $25 or $50 or $100, which really shouldn't be beyond you. God.. what happened to the days when people used to do a little more research before giving up?

Yes, the statement credit works at $1:200 TYpoints and a similarly crappy rate for cash rebates. The lower end gift cards work at $10:1500 TYpoints. Read on. You get $1 per hundred TYpoints if you buy a gift card of $25 or $50 or $100, which really shouldn’t be beyond you.

]]> By: fivecentnickel.com http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/pfcollege-get-a-credit-card.html/comment-page-1#comment-56217 fivecentnickel.com Sun, 07 Jan 2007 02:39:04 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/pfcollege-get-a-credit-card.html#comment-56217 <strong>Weekly Roundup - 01/05/06</strong> MBH is ‘glass half empty’ kind of guy — or at least he was this week when talking about the financial future. FMF talks about turning a hobby into an income. Flexo has a couple of interesting pieces on what sort of income you have to ... Weekly Roundup – 01/05/06

MBH is ‘glass half empty’ kind of guy — or at least he was this week when talking about the financial future.
FMF talks about turning a hobby into an income.
Flexo has a couple of interesting pieces on what sort of income you have to …

]]> By: Todd http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/pfcollege-get-a-credit-card.html/comment-page-1#comment-55554 Todd Fri, 05 Jan 2007 02:54:29 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/pfcollege-get-a-credit-card.html#comment-55554 Actually, the mtvU card only gives 5 thank you points, not really 5% of every dollar. For example, a $15 dollar Statement Credit will cost you 3,000 points. If it were 5% back, it should cost only 1,500 points. So actually, you got 2.5% on this reward. But its still better than 1% cash back Actually, the mtvU card only gives 5 thank you points, not really 5% of every dollar. For example, a $15 dollar Statement Credit will cost you 3,000 points. If it were 5% back, it should cost only 1,500 points. So actually, you got 2.5% on this reward. But its still better than 1% cash back

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