(how to get a credit card online approval)
Credit cards had been a popular form of purchasing items on a “chargeable” or borrowed term.
The advantages of having a credit card are:
1. Security, since one does not have to carry a large amount of cash to purchase certain items.
2. Convenience. In case one has to purchase an item that is immediately needed (and is out of cash), these can be purchased using a credit card (more…)
The first step in doing a credit card payment is to understand your monthly billing. The following are terms you will encounter:
Statement date – The date that the bill was printed.
Payment due date – this is the day that the cardholder must pay any outstanding balance. Payments made after the said date will be credited, but will also be fined a lateness fee.
Total Amount Due – It consist of the unpaid amount from the previous month, as well as purchases, payments and interest charges for the current month. When the cardholder pays this amount on or before the payment due date, no interest charges will be imposed. (more…)
I have a friend who’s a frequent traveler who’s most of the time always out of the United States. While he’s always traveling, his purchases done in other countries are done over his credit cards. He prefers using his frequent traveler credit card in buying his plane tickets as these that allow him to accumulate travel air miles.
Whenever he buys plane tickets, can always redeem his accumulated travel miles to avail of discounts on his plane ticket or if he has accumulated a lot of air miles already, he can use them in buying his plane tickets alone. He does have other credit cards that were offered to him from US merchant stores. The only problem he has is as he’s always out in other countries, while he’s able to use these credit cards, he may not be able to always to use his accumulated points from those merchant sponsored credit cards because he seldom goes to those stores anymore.
Almost all credit card holders are aspiring for a higher credit card limit. This is because a higher credit card limit will enable them to make otherwise unaffordable purchases. Credit card holders need to remember that to get a higher credit card limit; they must abide by the terms and conditions of the credit card company or bank.
Below are other ways to get a higher credit card limit.
• The most important thing to do to get a higher credit limit is to prove your creditworthiness. This is the number one thing banks and companies look for in giving a higher credit limit. (more…)