[Hidden-tech] business credit card?

[Lou Davis]

Hi,

Just a heads-up on the AmEx Blue: Yes, there are no fees associated with
it.  However, if you care at all about earning/using rewards points, you
should know that it takes twice the spending on the Blue card to earn
the same number of points you'd get if you had the AmEx Gold (Rewards)
card.  I just learned this the hard way.  True, the Gold card does cost
$150/year, but it's typically waived for the first year and, depending
on your spending level, the points you earn can easily cancel this cost
out.  Plus, there are a lot of other benefits that make this a better
card for business.

Oh, and to be clear, the Gold Rewards card is true charge card, so the
balance has to be paid off every month.  However, if you gat BOTH cards,
you can use the Blue card (which is a credit card) and still receive all
the benefits of the Gold card (including the 1:1 $s spent to points
earned ratio).

Oh, and another interesting bit of discovery I recently made regarding
rewards points: When redeeming AmEx points for air travel, look to
Southwest airline first.  It takes the least amount of points to secure
a domestic round-trip ticket and, most importantly, they have the most
seats per plane dedicated to rewards travel (so you can actually get the
flights/dates you're looking for and don't have to book a year in
advance to do so).  They have a lot of flights going out of/into
Bradley.  Also, real live people in the US answer their customer service
line - SUCH a rare treat these days.

Hope this is helpful,

Lou Davis
Vice President
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The best is American Express and if you get their Blue Card there is no
annual fee. 


G. Christopher  Blauvelt
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Advanta has one of the best business cards I know of:

http://www.advanta.com


Lynn

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MargotZalkind at aol.com wrote:

> What has been a good credit card company for business?
>  
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> Margot Zalkind
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