Posts Tagged ‘airline miles’
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“Let me put it on my card…I need the miles.” ~ Mileage Monkey
This is just one of the many wonderful phrases you may hear from a devout mileage credit card holder. What is it about airline miles that these mileage monkeys love so much? Perhaps it was the fact that once upon a time they could be used as a flexible, free way to book airline tickets. Unfortunately, those days are gone and airline miles today are a shadow of their former glory. They have been greatly devalued, lack flexibility, and only cover a portion of the flight cost. I’m writing this post to put a stop to all the madness and tell everyone to drop their mileage credit cards.
Wouldn’t you love to get paid for doing all your everyday tasks? Take a shower in the morning…$3, brush your teeth…$2, take the garbage to the curb…$4. Alright, so my analogies aren’t the best (fair warning — I love analogies), but hopefully you get the picture. But this type of opportunity is available to almost everyone through the use of no annual fee, cash back reward credit cards.
I use credit cards for two reasons 1) they are super convenient & 2) I get paid to do so. Credit cards can be dangerous if used improperly, so if you don’t trust yourself to pay off your balance IN FULL every month, than read no further. For those that can handle the responsibility, I highly recommend doing the following:
