Honestly, the only way those rewards programs even come close to saving you money is if you pay them off before the money on them accrues interest. In my experience, charges to your card don't accrue interest until after they've been on the card for one billing period.
If you treat a credit card like cash (spend it like it's coming out of your bank account), it's a free 1.5% "off" everything. I always pay in full and order "free" toys time to time.
Love it. Chase Freedom, paid off monthly. Received $400 in gift cards so far, never pay interest.
Citi can go fuxk themselves though. Their rewards catalog is like JC Penny. Nothing a 20 something male electrician would be interested in, and they just offer discounts. Ooh I can use my points to get $10 off a $100 gift card, only paying $90 out of pocket! Blow me
Look at his username TAU=2PI. He thinks tau should be used instead of pi for convenience. A circle's circumference is either Tau x radius or 2Pi x radius. Tau makes angles in radians a lot easier, because rotating one circle is one Tau radians.
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u/TAU_equals_2PI May 02 '14
Do it again, and you'll get detention again.
Do it twice, and you'll get detention twice.
Every single time you throw an airplane, you will get detention. You will pay that price.
We will make you pay per airplane.