Best Credit Card - Spending $$$ For Rewards

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I'm sure a lot of you spend a bit on adwords, I was just asking for advice..

I'm spending about $600 USD a day on adwords and wanted to see which credit card would give me back something that I can actually use.

Are the cards that give you a percentage of your spend worth it? Is it a percentage of every single charge to the card or is it annually?

What about the frequent flyer cards, there is a card in Australia associated with Qantas that gives you 1.5 Points per $1 spent on anything.

Does anybody have a frequent flyer card. What are the pros & cons.

I would love to hear what everybody is doing.

Thanks
 


I do not stay in your side of the world. But here, what ever i spend on my CC. I get reward points n yea i use them for getting free fuel,gifts etc. This is one of the main reason why i use my CC all the time n every where.
 
BTW, I hope your not hired to do forum posting here, coz ur posting too much and too many on here.


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hoyts said:
I'm sure a lot of you spend a bit on adwords, I was just asking for advice..

I'm spending about $600 USD a day on adwords and wanted to see which credit card would give me back something that I can actually use.

Are the cards that give you a percentage of your spend worth it? Is it a percentage of every single charge to the card or is it annually?

What about the frequent flyer cards, there is a card in Australia associated with Qantas that gives you 1.5 Points per $1 spent on anything.

Does anybody have a frequent flyer card. What are the pros & cons.

I would love to hear what everybody is doing.

Thanks
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Sorry,
I don't know how somebody can be hired to do posts here.
I'm actually only 17 years old, trying to learn new things from a community.

Why would somebody be paid to post here?
 
if you got the jetblue amex card you would basically get a free round trip ticket anywhere jetblue goes every month with that spending. The card has a $40/yr fee.
 
American Express Plum is the best card you can have, with 2% cash back on everything(my free car) plus 5% for YSM for up to $500(my free playstation 3):D
 
So you get 2% back from every single charge to the card?
Unlimited per year? Can I spend 600 a day for the entire year and i'll get 2 % off?

I am 17, but I would get my Father to get it for me, create a 2nd card for me, and it would work like a charm. lol
 
Starwood Amex.

If you're spending $600 a day, that means every 5 days ($3000) you'll be eligible for a free hotel room in one of their basic hotels. $10,000 spend will get you in just about any other hotel.

You can also cash in the points for Amazon gift cards at a better then 1:1 basis (14,000 points for $150).

And... they just launched a Starwood Flights program. 15,000 points for a flight from New York to Orlando. 40,000 for NY to Vegas.

I'm a Starwood junkie.
 
Is the Plum card available for Canadians?

Right now I've got a Gold Elite from Visa - 1% cashback (unlimited cap) $99/year fee.
 
invisible777 said:
Starwood Amex.

If you're spending $600 a day, that means every 5 days ($3000) you'll be eligible for a free hotel room in one of their basic hotels. $10,000 spend will get you in just about any other hotel.

You can also cash in the points for Amazon gift cards at a better then 1:1 basis (14,000 points for $150).

And... they just launched a Starwood Flights program. 15,000 points for a flight from New York to Orlando. 40,000 for NY to Vegas.

I'm a Starwood junkie.
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Starwoods is amazing! I put all of my charges on my starwoods account. I'm planning my vacations based around Starwoods points haaha
 
Rasher said:
Is the Plum card available for Canadians?

Right now I've got a Gold Elite from Visa - 1% cashback (unlimited cap) $99/year fee.
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If your in Canada right depends which bank your with. There isnt that many banks offering such good rewards for USD cards. I do know that CIBC doesnt offer any sort of rewards for USD, cuz they think you are already profitting from not paying the exchange rates. Im gonna go for BMO when i hit 19, I believe they're doing 1% cashbacks and 2% for a $99 year fee. And obviously theres also airmiles. Not sure any other CC in Canada, if theres a good one please suggest it here.
 
Starwood AMEX, hands down. They treat you like you're a paying guest. No blackout dates at all if they have a room available they'll give it to you.

We just scheduled a vacation between xmas and nye in Whistler Canada as the ski in ski out Westin. If you look it up online it's $999 a night. We booked 7 nights during the busiest time of the year for 10k points a night. That's a $7,000 value for free. Then we took some points and converted them to delta and got two free tickets from San Diego to Whistler, which costs close to $1,500 in that time frame. So all together a $10,000 vacation for nothing. Can't complain about that. Starwood is super helpful getting your iteneraries you want and treat you like you're a paying guest. Also, you get the 5% cash back from YSM for any amext card I'm pretty sure, I know you get it with the Starwood as well as the plum. Personally if they offered the coveted "black" card I'd stick with the Starwoods.
 
smaxor said:
Starwood AMEX, hands down. They treat you like you're a paying guest. No blackout dates at all if they have a room available they'll give it to you.

We just scheduled a vacation between xmas and nye in Whistler Canada as the ski in ski out Westin. If you look it up online it's $999 a night. We booked 7 nights during the busiest time of the year for 10k points a night. That's a $7,000 value for free. Then we took some points and converted them to delta and got two free tickets from San Diego to Whistler, which costs close to $1,500 in that time frame. So all together a $10,000 vacation for nothing. Can't complain about that. Starwood is super helpful getting your iteneraries you want and treat you like you're a paying guest. Also, you get the 5% cash back from YSM for any amext card I'm pretty sure, I know you get it with the Starwood as well as the plum. Personally if they offered the coveted "black" card I'd stick with the Starwoods.
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Is this avaliable in Australia? It sounds like heaven.
How many points do you get per dollar.
 
hoyts said:
So you get 2% back from every single charge to the card?
Unlimited per year? Can I spend 600 a day for the entire year and i'll get 2 % off?

I am 17, but I would get my Father to get it for me, create a 2nd card for me, and it would work like a charm. lol
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You can spend as much as you want, there is no limit on the card, and you will get 2% cash back. So, with $18k spend a month you will get a nice $360 back. That's a car payment for a nice car:)
The card was limited to 10000 peaces. I don't know if it still is.
 
smaxor said:
Starwood AMEX, hands down. They treat you like you're a paying guest. No blackout dates at all if they have a room available they'll give it to you.

We just scheduled a vacation between xmas and nye in Whistler Canada as the ski in ski out Westin. If you look it up online it's $999 a night. We booked 7 nights during the busiest time of the year for 10k points a night. That's a $7,000 value for free. Then we took some points and converted them to delta and got two free tickets from San Diego to Whistler, which costs close to $1,500 in that time frame. So all together a $10,000 vacation for nothing. Can't complain about that. Starwood is super helpful getting your iteneraries you want and treat you like you're a paying guest. Also, you get the 5% cash back from YSM for any amext card I'm pretty sure, I know you get it with the Starwood as well as the plum. Personally if they offered the coveted "black" card I'd stick with the Starwoods.
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Think it would be possible for someone about to turn 18 (hence no credit, minus having a checking account, which I think gets me something) to get the Starwoods card?
 
Crynos said:
Think it would be possible for someone about to turn 18 (hence no credit, minus having a checking account, which I think gets me something) to get the Starwoods card?
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You could get your parents to co-sign a card under you.

Or you could work on slowly building your credit. Get one of those credit cards for college kids and start paying your own cell phone bill.
 
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