Quote from: jeffy on June 23, 2009, 10:10:28 AMQuote from: steve dave on June 23, 2009, 09:27:34 AMQuote from: Rick Daris on June 23, 2009, 09:24:11 AMi think i read something about people being able to use amex to go to a certain place and purchase travelers checks for free which they then take to their bank and pay their mortgage. sounds like a lot of trouble though. i applied for and received around ten credit cards a couple of months ago just to get airline miles and hotel points. have cancelled about half of them already and just used part of what i got to get two free roundtrip tickets to puerto vallarta. going to apply apply for the churnable ones (AA Citicards) again in a couple of days. Yeah, that is a great thread. Any indication on how it affected your credit yet? Any new "tips"?What benefit do you really think you get from a high credit score?http://www.bankrate.com/finance/debt/high-credit-score-can-save-you-plenty-1.aspx
Quote from: steve dave on June 23, 2009, 09:27:34 AMQuote from: Rick Daris on June 23, 2009, 09:24:11 AMi think i read something about people being able to use amex to go to a certain place and purchase travelers checks for free which they then take to their bank and pay their mortgage. sounds like a lot of trouble though. i applied for and received around ten credit cards a couple of months ago just to get airline miles and hotel points. have cancelled about half of them already and just used part of what i got to get two free roundtrip tickets to puerto vallarta. going to apply apply for the churnable ones (AA Citicards) again in a couple of days. Yeah, that is a great thread. Any indication on how it affected your credit yet? Any new "tips"?What benefit do you really think you get from a high credit score?
Quote from: Rick Daris on June 23, 2009, 09:24:11 AMi think i read something about people being able to use amex to go to a certain place and purchase travelers checks for free which they then take to their bank and pay their mortgage. sounds like a lot of trouble though. i applied for and received around ten credit cards a couple of months ago just to get airline miles and hotel points. have cancelled about half of them already and just used part of what i got to get two free roundtrip tickets to puerto vallarta. going to apply apply for the churnable ones (AA Citicards) again in a couple of days. Yeah, that is a great thread. Any indication on how it affected your credit yet? Any new "tips"?
i think i read something about people being able to use amex to go to a certain place and purchase travelers checks for free which they then take to their bank and pay their mortgage. sounds like a lot of trouble though. i applied for and received around ten credit cards a couple of months ago just to get airline miles and hotel points. have cancelled about half of them already and just used part of what i got to get two free roundtrip tickets to puerto vallarta. going to apply apply for the churnable ones (AA Citicards) again in a couple of days.
