Author Archive: physixfan

Credit Score Influence of High Utilization on One Single Card and Statement Balance on Many Cards

Recently I conduct a small test about credit scores focusing on the two following points: It is often said that credit scores will be reduced if your many credit cards all have statement balance. Is it true? If the answer is yes, how much influence is it? How much influence should High Utilization Ratio of one single card make? The…
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Discover + Apple Pay = 22%, 23% or 30% Cash Back! (Expired)

2015.11.03 Update: People are starting to receive their 10% cashback. You need to wait for the second statement after the purchase to get this cashback, if you still don’t receive the cashback, please be patient. The datapoints show that, Discover really has the ability to distinguish whether you bought gift cards, you won’t get the 10% cashback for gift cards…
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US Bank Avianca (AV) LifeMiles Credit Card Review (Discontinued)

US Bank LifeMiles Visa Signature Review, the co-branded card with Avianca Airlines (AV) Application Link This card no longer accepts new applications. This card will be automatically converted to US Bank FlexPerks Travel Rewards. The new Avianca co-branded credit cards are Avianca Vuela and Avianca Vida. Benefits Earn up to 20,000 bonus LifeMiles after the first purchase. The best offer is…
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Summary of Credit Card Trip Delay Benefits

Today let us talk about Trip Delay Insurance. Most of common trip interruption and cancellation can be reimbursed by most of credit cards with extremely strict conditions, such as extreme weather or illness. However, conditions required by Trip Delay Insurance are not as strict as those required by credit cards described above. For example, trip delays of common flights caused…
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AmEx Gold Card Old Version Review (Discontinued)

American Express Gold Card Review Attention! This card is AmEx Gold Card Old Version which is already discontinued, the new AmEx Gold Card (formerly known as AmEx Premier Rewards Gold (PRG)) is here: AmEx Gold Card. Application Link This card no longer accepts new applications. Benefits Earn 25,000 Membership Rewards (MR) Points after spending $1000 in first 3 months! This credit card…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Delta Airlines (DL) SkyMiles

Three Major Airlines: UA,AA,DL. The mile guides for the former two have been introduced before, where goes the indispensable DL? Today in this post, we will introduce the elementary mileage knowledge of Delta Air Lines (DL). The previously well-know SkyPesos, can we get rid of it now? 1. How to Earn Delta SkyMiles 1.1. Taking the flights Delta and UA are…
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