Category Archives: Credit Advice

My Brawl with Citi- A Credit Card Reconsideration Story

Posted on August 30, 2013 by wpengine

Two months.  For two months we traded blows until I finally delivered the TKO punch on Tuesday night. My faith did not wane, nor did my persistence slow.  I knew that I would win the fight.  You must have the … Continue reading →

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I’m Not Stingy With My Free Travel Secrets

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Brad Christensen

The first credit card I ever signed up for was a Sprint co-branded card that allowed me to make long distance phone calls from college to home for 10 cents a minute. I thought that was a nice perk, but … Continue reading →

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I Don’t Care How Much Interest Credit Cards Charge

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Brad Christensen

These are all things I don’t have the slightest care about: What the royal couple named their baby. Who the bachelorette picked, or what new drama surfaced this week. How much the interest credit cards I’m applying for charge. The … Continue reading →

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Canceling a Credit Card is like Breaking up with a Girlfriend

Posted on August 8, 2013 by wpengine

Apologies to those local followers who couldn’t attend our last-minute WorldWanderlusting BBQ last night to celebrate good times, discuss our strategies, and dream about our next vacations and how we’re going to get there.  The next time we put one … Continue reading →

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Reader Question About Getting to Costa Rica

Posted on June 19, 2013 by wpengine

One of my friends sent me an email yesterday about wanting to take his family to Costa Rica.  Who doesn’t want to visit a beautiful country with delicious food? Not sure, because I sure do. Eating casados and spending time … Continue reading →

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Rules for Planning a Credit Card App O Rama

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Brad Christensen

We don’t pretend to be experts on the subject of credit, but we’ve researched it enough to feel comfortable “spending” a few points of our extremely good credit score to obtain travel bonuses that enable us to get out and … Continue reading →

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Free Travel Sounds too Good to be True

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Brad Christensen

More often than not, our enthusiasm about free travel with credit card rewards is met with skepticism. A very common line of thought is that credit cards are dangerous. The world has rightly taught us that anything that sounds too good … Continue reading →

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