American Express

I ditched Amex Today!

Posted on June 5, 2008. Filed under: American Express, Credit and Debt |

That’s right - you can delete American Express as one of my creditors. I owe them zero! Nothing! Nada!
Today was the day I called and cancelled my Amex Gold. I told them I had the USAA Amex- they didn’t even try to keep me. Hmmh.
I get the feeling lots of people have been ditching their [...]

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Amex breaks $10,000 barrier!

Posted on April 16, 2008. Filed under: American Express, Credit and Debt |

Cel - e - brate good times C’Mon! Wahoo! It’s a celebration!
I am now officially into AMEX for less than 10K. That’s moved me into the 4 digit mantra - which is a very BIG motivator!
The balance now stands at $9,588  and dropping! This is due mainly to the agressive decision to temporarily suspend my [...]

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How I just made $442 off a business trip.

Posted on March 14, 2008. Filed under: American Express, Deals and Steals | Tags: , , , |

No - nothing illegal of course! But here’s a story that will help you turn a negative into a positive and make lemonade out of lemons.So this coming week I will be spending in Seattle. My mom broke her ankle and has been very very bored stuck at home. Plus she needs help around the [...]

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I owe AMEX $10,684 at 14.97%? Oops.

Posted on March 13, 2008. Filed under: American Express, CC Debt Progress |

Yeah Oops. This is why everybody hates into APRs. Previously this debt was sitting at 1.9%. My monthly finance charge was a very reasonable $19.40. Now - it’s $133.54.
Major oops.
I knew the payment was going up at some point, but I didn’t know when. Couldn’t remember if it was on a 12 month, 9, 8, [...]

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Had to front almost $600 to Amex.

Posted on February 28, 2008. Filed under: American Express, Credit and Debt |

This very much irritates me when they do this. My expense check should have arrived Monday or Tuesday. I just found out that they’re just cutting it TODAY which means about Monday or Tuesday of next week before it arrives. In the meantime - almost $600 of that money is coming due on my American Express [...]

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