How To Maximize Your Gas Rebates Every Month
Maximizing Gas Credit Card Rebates
As many of you know if you’ve been reading my blog for a while you’re certainly aware that I’m an advocate of getting a gas card as an easy way to help you save money on gas.
However, as many readers have pointed out, the gas card that I tend to recommend, the Discover Open Road Card, only gives you a 5% rebate on the first $100 you spend each month. And I’m well aware that with gas prices being what they are that just about all of us are spending more than $100/month in gas right now.
While there are several other cards out there with higher limits, none of them offer the 5% cash back at any station that the Open Road Card does.
This dilemma got me to thinking about how we can “have our cake and eat it too.” And then it became pretty clear to me how to maximize the gas rebates you get in any given month… simply get another gas card.
Now for those of you who don’t live in an area with many lots of gas stations (who doesn’t) and you don’t want to tie yourself to one company, then I’d recommend you combine the Discover Open Road Card with the Chase Freedom(SM) MasterCard (5% cash back).
The one trick to pulling this off is that your credit needs to be in the good to excellent range. If you have bad credit, you’re going to have a hard time getting approved for both cards.
I’d be interested in hearing your feedback on “maximizing gas card rebates” and what you think.
And if you need to apply for the cards I mentioned above, here are the links:
Apply for the Discover Open Road Card
Apply for the Chase Freedom(SM) MasterCard