Not exact matches
Many
companies who offer secured
credit cards regular review accounts to see if they might be eligible for an upgrade.
This should be a last resort, because many of these
companies won't help consumers unless they're already late on their payments or missing
credit card payments on a
regular basis.
One more related tip, if you haven't done so already: Make sure any earnings or benefits owed to your wife's estate by the
company (or their insurance plans) have been paid out, such as
regular pay for the final pay period worked, quarterly profit sharing (if applicable), accrued but untaken vacation time (usually there is some), not - yet - reimbursed employment expenses (check her
credit card statements, if she typically incurred work expenses), etc..
The amount you receive depends on how much you spend, and is one way a
credit card company will lure you into using your
card on a
regular basis.
This is because
credit card companies and networks report your
card balances, limits, and late payments to
credit bureaus on a
regular, monthly basis.
If you take cash advances using your
credit card on a
regular basis the huge interest rates charged by the
credit card companies will certainly take you further into debt making any efforts you have made in managing your debt seem insignificant.
If your
credit report shows that you make
regular payments in a timely fashion and pay down as much debt as you can afford each month,
card companies will be encouraged to reward you.
I also always took advantage of those 1.99 % (or so) cheques your
credit card company may offer you from time to time (ensuring, of course, that I charged no purchases to it during the loan, and skipping those new -
card offers that charge a loan fee for their «generous» promotion), and prepaid / doubled up the
regular payments as much as I could.
Generally, you have two types of travel
credit cards: co-branded, which are
cards tied to specific
companies and
regular travel
credit cards.
What many people don't know, however, is competition between
credit card companies has created opportunities for us
regular folks to gain rewards points.
Many hotel chains are running promotions designed to drive value to their
regular customers during this economic climate, which helps compensate for the overall reduction of rewards by
credit card companies.
If you don't have personal auto insurance, you should compare products offered by your
credit card company, rental car
company and a non-owners auto insurance offered by
regular auto insurers.