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It is standard lobbying practice for any industry about to come under additional regulation from Congress to shout to the press, and whoever else will listen, that any and all proposed regulations or laws of any kind would adversely affect the poor customer. Thus, any additional rules or regulations of any kind on credit card companies would make things worse for credit card customers. More reading:... Read more→
Existing Capital One MasterCard holders may or may not be getting the same deals, but new credit card offers from Capital One are arriving in the mail to new credit card users. These are not reserved for highly qualified borrowers with high credit scores either. How do I know? One good piece of financial advice that I frequently give is to use phony names when signing up for certain things, especially... Read more→
Every year, they send out a holiday edition of Capital One No Hassle Miles rewards catalog. The 2010 CapitalOne Rewards Holiday Catalog showed up recently. Of course, we’ll be looking into these special reward offers and seeing if there are some good bargains, or if these points redemption offers aren’t worth it at all. One quick note is that there is no special on redeeming Captial One... Read more→
I promised a look at the value of the Capital One No Hassle Miles Travel Rewards after looking at the value of the the Capital One Miles Rewards Catalog for gift cards in a previous post. One of the nice features of the Capital One Miles program is that you can both purchase travel with your miles, or you can get a “statement credit” for travel that you have already taken. The great thing about... Read more→
Got an email from the Capital One No Hassle Miles Rewards program. They are extending the specials in the Capital One Rewards Catalog Holiday 2008 edition until January 31. The original catalog cover said that the offers were only for a limited time through 1/15/09. What kind of deals are available? As with most credit card points and miles programs, the merchandise tends to be a lesser value... Read more→
