How to Use Credit Card Reward Points for Magazine Subscriptions
Many credit card companies offer cardholders incentive points for using their cards. As the cardholder makes purchases with her card, she earns points that can be applied to merchandise, travel, services, and gift cards. Some credit card incentive programs let cardholders use their points for magazine subscriptions.
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Instructions
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Using Points for Magazines
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Visit your credit card company's website. In some cases the incentive program's site is integrated with the main credit card site; in other cases it will have its own, dedicated site.
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Check your point balance so you know how much you have to work with.
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Log in and look around for the section that allows you to cash in your points. This section may have different names such as "rewards" or "redeem points".
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Check the list of rewards for magazine subscriptions. If you find magazine subscriptions listed, click on the link.
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Search for the magazines that you are interested in.
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Check the point values of the subscriptions, and select the magazines that you want to subscribe to.
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Complete the redemption process according to the directions on your credit card company's website.
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Don't despair if you find that your credit card company's incentive program doesn't offer magazine subscriptions. There are magazine subscription services that will accept credit card points directly through their own sites. You may also select a generic gift card that you can use to purchase a magazine subscription directly.
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Tips & Warnings
Don't hesitate to ask your credit card company to add magazine subscriptions to their incentive offerings. If they don't have the magazine you want, ask them to add it.
Magazine subscriptions can take 6 to 10 weeks to get started, so note the time frame listed in the site guidelines. You don't want to miss a magazine because your subscription didn't begin when you thought it would.
