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How to Get Credit Card Rewards

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Signing up for a Barnes & Noble credit card or an Amazon card will get you cash or gift certificates. There are others, too. But don't forget, you have to pay off your balance every month. If you don't, it's worthless signing up for the cards because you're just heaping on finance charges. Read on to learn more.

From Quick Guide: All About Credit Cards
Difficulty: Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  1. Step 1

    Sign up for a credit card that gives you something back.

  2. Step 2

    Charge all of your expenses, even a cup of coffee to your card.

  3. Step 3

    When you've charged a certain amount, you can get cash from Barnes & Noble's Mastercard. With an Amazon Visa card you get $25 gift certificates when you have charged a certain amount.

  4. Step 4

    Pay off your balance every month.

Tips & Warnings
  • Getting free stuff is worthless if you don't pay off the balance monthly.
  • You need to be highly disciplined.

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