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By Selena Maranjian, The Motley Fool
| 10:00AM 1/31/2012
It's tax season, which means the annual deluge of W-2s, 1099s and other financial forms. But thousands of Citibank customers will have an extra surprise in their mailboxes: 1099 forms reporting their frequent flier miles as income.
| 10:15AM 6/27/2011
If you've been racking up credit card rewards, summer is the perfect time to use them.
And a new survey suggests that more Americans plan to do just that -- cashing in their credit card rewards as a money-savvy way to enjoy everything from quick weekend getaways to extended overseas vacations --...
| 6:30AM 5/12/2011
The average American family will spend about $825 more for gas in 2011 than it did in 2010. But for every pain there is a pill, and in this case, a partial cure for the fill-'er-up blues may be to sign up for a gas station credit card. Done the right way, it can result in hefty savings. The key: paying off the balance at the end of each month.
| 6:00PM 6/29/2010
You probably wouldn't realize it from the way credit card companies market to consumers willy-nilly, but there are big differences between the "ideal" credit card for a college grad and those marketed toward his or her grandparents. According to experts WalletPop interviewed by phone recently, you...
| 4:30PM 1/06/2009
Now that my children are grown up and periodically independent, I have a new set of problems. I can't seem to get control of my rewards cards. If three is the break point when it comes to offspring (three being the point when there are more of them than there are of us), then I can tell you for...
| 6:00PM 2/06/2008
What's in My Wallet is a series of posts from WalletPop writers and editors that will help you maximize your financial self according to what you carry.Some store cards are great: You go to the grocery store and they offer you instant savings on items you're buying. Other store cards pretend to be...
| 2:15PM 1/15/2008
Are you as sick of rewards cards as I am? Do you think they really get people to stay more loyal to a store? I'm so over rewards cards that they barely even register with me... I shop where I want to shop, and I'd rather not carry one more card, thank you.But businesses are convinced that rewards...