Choose a right gas rewards card at the pump can save a lot of money each year. According to latest study, if you choose a rewards credit card at the pump instead of cash, you can save at least $100 or more each year. If you are driving a SUV or truck, then a gas rewards credit card is a must in your wallet. Anyway, the right gas rewards card eases your pain at the pump.

There is not doubt that credit card is one of the most powerful purchasing tools in the world. You can use a credit card to buy groceries at your local grocery stores, pay bills online, purchase electronics like MP3s, HDTVs, laptops etc., and fill your tank at pumps. Billions of transactions are done through credit card each year at US. Credit card companies even offer sign-up bonuses and promotional rates now and then. If you are a smart credit card user, you can save a lot of money by choosing a right credit card for you. However, there are still some common basics about credit card that you might not know.

I received an email from Daren who is “a loyal MyCardBlog.com” reader about his newly luanched App-O-Rama. Daren completed his AOR a few weeks ago, and “it’s time to report the results and some nuggets of info and techniques gleaned in the process.”

This is my monthly updated list of credit card sign-up bonus. I have a special page for credit card sign-up bonus where you can find a complete list of credit cards which will offer you a certain amount of sign-up bonus. I hope this list will be helpful for those App-O-Rama planners. I think it’s necessary to keep a tidy list of credit cards with some fulfillment requirements. The aim is to keep you updated with sign-up bonus offers.

You may don’t know that you are carrying a contactless credit card in your wallet, but it’s true. The most horrible thing is this kind of credit card will transmit your name, card number and expiration date to any commercially avaible RFID scanner that near you or your wallet.

One of my most popular post here at MyCardBlog is “How to Apply For Business Credit Cards?”. As I indicated in the post, there are many good reasons why you want to apply for a business card. If you have a good cash back business card like SimplyCash Business Card and TrueEarnings Business Card from Costco and American Express, you can charge all of your expenditures on that card and then your credit usage as reported on your personal credit card report will be really low (Of course, you want to use a consumer card to build your credit history.).

I have many posts on how to get a free trip to Asia, Europe or other places by taking the advantage of Citi thankyou network and American Airline aadvantage program. Actually, the free airline ticket is one of the most popular incentives used by credit card companies to attract more applications. With the skyrocket high oil prices, the cost of airfares is going up steadily. This post is trying to list a bunch of credit cards that offer free points, miles or other bonuses that can be used to help you get a free plane ticket.

Many readers send me emails about “how to use credit cards and get maximum rewards”. Believe it or not, this is a very difficult qustion to answer. Different people have different credit cards (or the ability to have different cards), different people have different preference on credit cards rewards (some like cash rewards, some like airline miles, and some like hotel points), and different people have different spending habits. So this is not a “yes or no” question and there is no unambiguous answer to this question.

There are many little-known benefits that a credit card can bring to you when you use it to shop. With these little-known benefits, you are worry-free when you are faced with unwanted or broken merchandise. They are: Extended Warranty, Return Protection, Purchase Protection, Price Protection, Fraud Protection.

This is my monthly updated list of credit card sign-up bonus. I have a special page for credit card sign-up bonus where you can find a complete list of credit cards which will offer you a certain amount of sign-up bonus. I hope this list will be helpful for those App-O-Rama planners. I think it’s necessary to keep a tidy list of credit cards with some fulfillment requirements. The aim is to keep you updated with sign-up bonus offers.