Another reason to avoid Frequent Flier Rewards credit cards
In an earlier News and Notes article here, we discussed credit card rewards programs. The bottom line at that time was that generally, the best deals are cash back. Nobody has blackout dates on cash, you can use it in small increments, cash doesn't expire. And on a dollar-for-dollar basis, some of the most generous programs were cash programs (ie. when you come up with reasonable estimates for what points of various sorts are worth were you to buy with cash whatever those points got you).
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