Quick Credit Cards

Recently a huge arrangement involving selling of names and addresses of students and former students to credit card companies – in exchange for big financial kickbacks – came to light. What surprised everyone is that it is not criminal hackers doing the selling, but it is the prestigious schools themselves.

What it means is that if a child of yours is going to one of the nation’s institutions of higher learning – including some of the most elite colleges and universities in the country – that educational institution may be surreptitiously selling private information about them to credit card companies. The same goes for college alumni, whose names also get traded for cash.

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As the lending industry loosens up a bit, you may be surprised to see more credit card offers in the mail. In fact, if you are receiving credit card offers then you can be certain that you are the small minority of credit card users being aggressively targeted by credit card companies because of your excellent credit.

These unique circumstances may provide you with the opportunity to snag that really great credit card for which you’ve been looking. However, with multiple credit card offers being delivered into your mailbox every week, how do you begin examining and comparing the offers?

Although each credit card offer will come with its own benefits and advantages, there are five things that you should take a moment and review when comparing credit card offers:

1. Review the APR – The APR on the credit card will likely allow you to eliminate certain cards right off the bat. So,

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Listening to a steady stream of advice flowing from my grandmother’s lips during the entirety of my growing up years, you’d have thought she published the world’s largest collections of “Maxims to Live By.” Of course, if the world had listened to and followed her wise counsel contained in such memorable statements as “Neither a borrower nor a lender be,” I wouldn’t be writing this blog.

Because I enjoy the convenience of credit and debit cards, or perhaps because avoiding credit wasn’t a “lesson I learned early and harmlessly,” I have to face the fact that having my credit card or my credit card number stolen is a very real possibility as it is for anyone who carries credit cards. I’m not exempt just b

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The US Airways Premier MasterCard is a rewards card that is designed to offer great benefits to those that travel US Airways. This card is offered to those with good to excellent credit. If you are a true frequent flier on US Airways, this card gives you special perks like earning double miles. This card can be used any where that MasterCard is accepted.

• Award Travel starts at just 20,000 miles
• First Class check-in and Zone 2 boarding
• Earn 10,000 miles towards Dividend Miles Preferred Status
• One complimentary US Airways Club day pass annually
• Annual certificate redeemable for up to two $99 companion tickets
• No Annual mileage cap

Rate Information
The US Airways Premier MasterCard offers an APR of either 15.24% or 18.24% when you open your account.

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