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Your Money: Credit Cards Offering DOCTOR
Classifieds2% Rebates, While (or if) They Last ON DUTY
Oranjestad
Continued from page 25 TIMESHARE FOR SALE Mei 9 Dr. Thuis
RENAISSANCE Mei 10 Dr. Anthony
Besides the two-part earn- Week room price
ing process, its redemp- 1+2 517 $ 19,000 EMERGENCIA
tion process may help it 10 137 $ 9,000
achieve profitability, too. 14 348 $ 11,500 911
You have to wait until you 8 561 $ 9,000
have earned at least $25 A window decal indicates that Visa is accepted at a New 13 501 $ 9,000 POLIS 100
to redeem and then re- York business. Credit cards with 2 percent rebates are popu- 14 349 $1 1,000 POLIS 581-1100
quest the reward from Citi. lar with reward seekers, but making them profitable for issu- 9 135 $ 9,000 ORANJESTAD 582-4000
Some people will forget ers has been difficult. Now four companies are trying them 7/8 304 $9,000 each NOORD 587-0009
or switch cards, and that 10 139 $8,500 STA. CRUZ 585-4710
creates what is known in again. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) 51+52 2547 $38,250 SAVANETA 584-7000
the industry as breakage, 13 547 $7,500 SAN NICOLAS 584-5000
which saves issuers money. 16 527 $4,500 115
“I have not spoken to Citi, Contact Brian Cell: 593-0200 FIRE DEPT. 582-1108
so I’m not sure what their vr.realty@mac.com FIRE DEPT. 11141
beliefs are, but we focus POLIS TIPLINE 527-4000
on simplicity,” said Gray- ________________________2_11_8_92_ HOSPITAL 582-1234
son Clarke, who runs the AMBULANCE
Venture card for Capital RENTAL AVAILABLE SAN NICOLAS 584-5050
One, when I asked him 3 bedroom 3 bath AMBULANCE
why Citi could afford 2
percent cash back while ness- or first-class airplane than they do when pay- in Tierra del Sol . Ground floor PHARMACY
Capital One’s cash-back tickets to far-flung locales ing cash. Readers of this unit really nice $3000.00 a
cards pay only 1.5 percent. that would otherwise cost column are all above av- month US. Customer pays Oranjestad: del Pueblo Tel: 582-1253
“There are programs that many thousands of dollars. erage, though, right? As
have games or restrictions I have personally received are those researchers. In a water and electric. Looking to San Nicolas: San Nicolas Tel: 584-5712
or catches, or you get your an effective 10 percent column last year, I discov- rent for one year or more.
money at different times, rebate on my card spend- ered that most of them INFORMATION 118
and that makes it difficult ing by doing this in the have kept right on using Available now. Contact me at SETAR 582-2116
for people to use.” Capital past, though it becomes their own rewards cards. arubarentalsbyjake@gmail.com TAXI 582-5900
One’s cash-back cards al- much harder if you are an- One of them had a good TAXI-TAS 587-5900
low you to earn the cash chored to school vacation suggestion: Use cash or or 856-889-5580 in US PROF. TAXI 588-0035
all at once and request calendars for 20 years. So a debit card for several _______________________2_1_2_08_3_ TAXI D.T.S. 587-2300
as much or as little as you a return like this is by no months to establish your SERVICE ARUBA 583-3232
want at any time, he said. means guaranteed, not spending baseline, then HOUSE FOR SALE
Collins, the Citi spokeswom- even close. switch to a credit card Esmeralda 109 CRUISESHIP
an, said Citi’s redemption Our collective goal of be- and stick to the budget. In front of Tierra del Sol Golf
procedures were “con- coming unprofitable cus- Still, skepticism is warrant- 700m2 piece of land 200m² May 11
sistent with industry prac- tomers also requires disci- ed with 2 percent cards, construction 3 bdr / 3 bathr/ Carnival Valor
tices.” If people buy things pline, and not just the kind since many other banks kitchen/ nice living room
and pay for them within that leads to making pay- have tried these deals $388,000 negotiable. Aruba Aiport 524-2424
the same billing cycle, she ments on time, not carry- and failed. So I asked the For more information American Airline 582-2700
said, they will receive all of ing a balance and being issuers I have mentioned call: 600-5393 ask for Avianca 588-0059
their 2 percent rebate in careful to track points and in this column if their cards Luz Mary or email: Dutch Antilles 588-1900
that same period. miles. Plenty of research were profitable. Fidelity luchamurciaballesteros@ Insel Air 588-9314
One other virtue for Citi of suggests that people readily admits that it pays gmail.com Jet Blue 588-2244
its reward approach is the spend more on plastic for some of the rewards. q Spirit Airlines 582-7117
message that it appears to ________________________21_2_0_89_ Tiara Air 588-4272
send. “We’re not encour- Venezolana 583-7674
aging you to get into debt. VACATION SPECIAL
We’re rewarding you for Last minute special FOUNDATION
paying,” is how Marianne Aruba Beach Club 4 p FELLOWSHIP CLINIC
Berry, managing director wk 22 May 30-June 6
at the Auriemma Con- only $575 Tel: 584-6440
sulting Group, put it. She Casa del Mar Alcoholism & Drug Addiction,
added that redemptions Anonymity guaranteed
in bursts of $25 or more wk 27 July 4-11
could make the consumer presidential 2 bed, 2 bath FUNDACION
feel more amply rewarded $1300 sleeps 6 p Anti-Droga
than automated payouts Other weeks call Aruba
of a few dollars a month. 583-4403/560-33297
These cards are not for ________________________20_3_06_2_ (FADA) Tel: 583-2999
everyone. World travelers
with plenty of flexibility can FUNDACION
collect frequent-flier miles Respetami
via their card spending
and redeem them for busi- Tel: 582-4433
Diabetic Foundation
Arubano
Tel: 583-3808
Narcotics Anonymous
Tel: 583-8989
Foundation Amor
pa Prohimo
Tel: 583-3345 /586-6976
Women in Difficulties
Foundation
Tel: 583-5400
Bloodbank Aruba
Tel: 587-0002
