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How many CC rewards points do you have and how much interest have you paid?

Posted on 1/3/13 at 12:22 am
Posted by wegotdatwood
Member since Aug 2009
17094 posts
Posted on 1/3/13 at 12:22 am
$0 paid in interest. Haven't had one with a large sign up bonus.

Amazon card- 65,000 points, had since July of 2011.

Citi Forward- 41,380

Choice hotels- 11,000 but have used 3 times for free rooms.

USAA- 2,000 or some crap, terrible rewards card and only use to pay 1 bill a month.

Not real sure when I want to use them but thought I'd store them up until the wife and I move in a house?
This post was edited on 1/3/13 at 12:23 am
Posted by GrandeBeli
Bucktown
Member since Jul 2012
820 posts
Posted on 1/3/13 at 12:55 am to
How are amazon rewards?
Posted by TJG210
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2006
28353 posts
Posted on 1/3/13 at 1:43 am to
Recently cashed out $800 worth in Chase Reward points.....

$0 interest.....ever
Posted by The Cable Guy
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2004
9692 posts
Posted on 1/3/13 at 2:06 am to
Zero interest. One us bank flex perks card. My wife and I have one and have accumulated 5 free flights in the past 3 years, including one to cabo, over a $600 ticket.
Posted by Lsut81
Member since Jun 2005
80244 posts
Posted on 1/3/13 at 5:47 am to
quote:

How many CC rewards points do you have and how much interest have you paid?


Close to 50k on my Amex and 0% interest
Posted by Azazello
Member since Sep 2011
3185 posts
Posted on 1/3/13 at 8:09 am to
$0 paid in interest

68,000 points on my chase marriott rewards in 4 months. Category 7 or 8 hotels (5 star) are like 35,000 points per night. Once you get 4 rewards nights, you get the fifth night free.


I have stayed a total of 23 nights, gotten 2 free (not using points).
Posted by Catman88
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2004
49125 posts
Posted on 1/3/13 at 8:10 am to
What amazes me about reward cards is that they really only offer it to people with good credit. Many of which pay off their CC monthly. You would think they would want to offer it to the people that have maybe B level credit that will still pay their bills but carry a balance. Of course Im sure there is a good bit of A credit that carries a balance as well. This has to pay off somehow for them.
Posted by ItNeverRains
37069
Member since Oct 2007
25586 posts
Posted on 1/3/13 at 8:18 am to
$800 in Visa cards on Amex, still have almost 4k points carried over 2013.

$0 interest.

$1983 for 2012 in high yield checking.down under 2% now.
Posted by hiltacular
NYC
Member since Jan 2011
19690 posts
Posted on 1/3/13 at 8:50 am to
About $500 worth on my amex and 0 interest.
Posted by Teddy Ruxpin
Member since Oct 2006
39607 posts
Posted on 1/3/13 at 10:29 am to
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USAA- 2,000 or some crap, terrible rewards card and only use to pay 1 bill a month.


I have 45,825 on mine. It is my main card since I got it right when I started college. Now I can't get credit for shite because of my student loans apparently, or so it seems.

The rewards are pretty bad, but I think if you purchase through their online store the rewards become good. Problem is I always forget to do that.
This post was edited on 1/3/13 at 10:30 am
Posted by polizei11
Houston
Member since May 2009
1135 posts
Posted on 1/3/13 at 12:53 pm to
$0 in Interest.

Chase Sapphire Preferred: 49,967 points

I'm saving them for a flight or two somewhere.
Posted by b-rab2
N. Louisiana
Member since Dec 2005
12577 posts
Posted on 1/3/13 at 2:16 pm to
Zero interest and only about 23k in points.. I bought just about all my Christmas presents on mine.
Posted by Golfer
Member since Nov 2005
75052 posts
Posted on 1/3/13 at 2:17 pm to
Amazing that not a single person in this thread is paying interest on their Credit Card.
Posted by Cajun Revolution
Member since Apr 2009
44671 posts
Posted on 1/3/13 at 4:12 pm to
29500. Amex. Got 25K for free though. A month or so old account. Don't know what I can get for that.
This post was edited on 1/3/13 at 4:13 pm
Posted by TROLA
BATON ROUGE
Member since Apr 2004
12406 posts
Posted on 1/3/13 at 9:50 pm to
I'm sitting on 650k Amex points as of last week. We usually use them for business travel and the best gift cards available.

Did pay some interest a few years ago when we used the flex plan during the credit crunch as many vendors switched over terms and we had to readjust cash flow.
Posted by BACONisMEATcandy
Member since Dec 2007
46644 posts
Posted on 1/3/13 at 10:04 pm to
Around 200k delta miles since the summer of 2010

Dunno about USAA points... I'll cash them in one day
Posted by chuckitdeep
Member since Nov 2008
731 posts
Posted on 1/4/13 at 8:57 pm to
A slight change of topic. Like many others I don't carry a balance on my CC. I have a Discover with 1% back on all purchases and 5% on certain other purchases that vary every quarter. My question is I spend about 1200 a month on the CC. Am I doing OK with the cash back or could I be looking a airmiles or a venture card to build points for a vacation? Never knew if the $ equalled the points.
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