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[G377]Good Credit Card Deals
by Paul Mcdermott, Pau
As you might expect, a good deal for your friend may not mean it works for you. Here is why. There are so many different cards available now that give rewards for various activities that make most such cards attractive to a focused group of people. If your friend is a scuba diver and has a scuba diving card, but you are afraid of the water and want to stay home and work in your garden, then of course her good credit card deal is not going to be good for you.

The most important thing to realize here is the word 'your' as in 'your lifestyle'. So logically speaking there is nothing like a good credit card deal. What it is - is good credit card deal for 'you' i.e. the individual who is going to use that credit card.

Since it is your friend who told about her good deal, it is possible that it would work for you, since you presumably have some of the same hobbies.

Travel and airline cards often give rewards, although they often have fairly high annual fees, and sometimes restrictions on redeeming the rewards that make them inconvenient for what you will pay. I am finding the cost of having one of these cards keeps going up, so make sure you will really benefit from the rewards you can earn.

Another credit card deal with wide appeal is the one you are offered at your favorite department store. You are usually told you can save 10% today if you open a card. It is tempting, especially if you are making a large purchase that day. But you need to ask yourself, will you manage that card well? Will you pay off the balance each month? If not, then you are just getting yourself deeper into credit card debt and future trouble. And if you are ever late on a payment, the interest rate will shock you.

A basic credit card from your local bank or credit union usually is a good credit card deal for anyone. You can still often get rewards for purchases, and the interest rate is lower. Don't forget, credit card companies are very smart. They know what you are likely to do with your new card, so they set it up so they make the money, not you.

A good credit card deal is really a relative term and there is no credit card deal which is equally good for all.

Let's check what one can term as a good credit card deal. A credit card deal is good if it works for you. So, if the credit card fits into your lifestyle in a way that rakes in maximum benefits for you, that is a good credit card deal. The most important thing to realize here is the word ?your? as in ?your lifestyle?. So logically speaking there is nothing like a good credit card deal.

What it is - is good credit card deal for ?you? i.e. the individual who is going to use that credit card. This is because the lifestyle and the needs differ from person to person (and that is precisely the reason why every credit card supplier offers so many different kinds of credit cards). It might be true in some cases (where the lifestyle of two individuals/friends is similar) that the credit card deal which is good for one be good for the other too, however, this is just in a few cases.

You can always check with your friend who has recently got a credit card deal, since that might cut down the time needed for researching/hunting-for a good credit card deal. However, it's really a matter of evaluating your own needs. If you travel a lot and to far off places by air, a card that offers you good rewards/rebates/benefits on travel would comprise a good credit card deal. Sometimes the airlines themselves have their own credit card issuing/supplying company from where you can get a good credit card deal.

For people shopping at a particular retail store or a shop, a good credit card deal would be a card that offers discounts, rebates and rewards on shopping. Again, the retail stores themselves might have credit cards on offer that could be beneficial to you. Then there are credit card deals that are linked to gasoline stores or big grocery chains. If you don't have any specific needs, you might use a general purpose credit card that gives reward points on every purchase you make on your credit card. These points can then be redeemed for cash/rewards. Hence, this card could become a good credit card deal for you.

Good, for credit card deals, is really a relative term and there is no credit card deal which is equally good for all. Its easy to get a credit card if you have a good credit history, but what about those of us who are not so lucky in terms of past credit? Here is when a bad credit credit card would help you.

?Bad credit credit card? is used to refer to credit cards that can be obtained even with a bad credit rating. The bad credit credit cards provide opportunity to people (with bad credit rating) to improve their credit rating. In that sense, bad credit credit cards act as rescuer for such people. So, bad credit credit cards also act as necessary a training ground for people who have not been able to control their spending urge in the past.

Bad credit credit cards are commonly known as secured credit cards. The bad credit credit card (or secured credit cards) requires the individual to open up an account with the credit card supplier and maintain some cash balance in the account. Why is that required? Well, credit cards are a business for the credit card suppliers; so how can they trust someone who has defaulted on his/her payments in the past? After all, a business is about profits and such risks are a threat to profits.

The bank or the credit card supplier will generally pay interest on the balance in your account. However, it's best to check this with the bad credit credit card supplier/bank. The credit limit on the bad credit credit card is determined by the cash balance in the account and is generally between 50-100% of the cash balance. These bad credit credit cards are also referred to as debit cards, owing to the fact that they work less in a credit-giving manner and more in a debit-giving manner.

There are plenty of bad credit credit cards available in the market. When searching for the bad credit credit card that is best suited to you, you should consider four things in particular: the minimum balance that you are required to maintain in the bank account, the credit limit that you will receive (i.e. the percentage of your bank account balance that you are allowed to spend on your bad credit credit card), the fees/other-charges applicable to the procurement of bad credit credit card and the rate of interest that you will receive on the balance in your bank account.

An ideal bad credit credit card would have no fee/other-charges associated with it and would require zero or a very small amount as minimum bank balance. It would also have something like 90-100% of bank balance as its credit limit. Moreover, an ideal bad credit credit card would also offer a good interest rate on the bank balance.

Bad credit credit cards are really a good concept that provides respite to people with bad credit rating by letting them enjoy the benefits of credit cards while they mend their credit rating.

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