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In response to "man, the euro is low. why am I in pennsylvania?? -- nm" by sweet cheesarella barbacorn

will our dollar go further if we vacation over there now? also thanks for always talking about the cash back cards

Posted by Epiphany (aka Epiphany) Feb 17 '15, 06:18

I started the Chase freedom card on Jan 1st - all of our transactions and some bill payment go through it now. Ummmmm - I added it up - with the bonus sign on money - estimated money back. $ 885.

WHAT?!!

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I have that care. I only use it for its 5% categories. (I don't like to give chase my money.) - sweet cheesarella barbacorn Feb 17, 06:37 6
- We have it as well but really only because we've had a version of the card forever and I don't want to close it for credit score purposes. - spamlet Feb 17, 06:57
- there was a huge promotion in December with initial outlay. I'm surprised how fast the 1% and 5% add up. - Epiphany Feb 17, 06:54 3
  - Soon you'll have six cards and know what categories to use with each. :) - spamlet Feb 17, 06:56 2
    - speaking of: I'm thinking of flipping my thank you to a double cash at the end of promo. thank you isn't really doing much for me. -- nm - sweet cheesarella barbacorn Feb 17, 07:08 1
      - I don't have any citi cards, but if I had one, it'd be the Double Cash. - spamlet Feb 17, 07:17
- Yeah, no kidding. Way to start out. -- nm - droidlet Feb 17, 06:48
When I was traveling to Europe semi-regularly for word, it cost around $1.50 US to buy 1 Euro. It now costs $1.14 US. -- nm - ty97 Feb 17, 06:27 11
- Yeah, we went to Ireland a year early. -- nm - droidlet Feb 17, 06:44
- So, no. :-) -- nm - Krusty Feb 17, 06:28 9
  - (yes, it costs less american money to buy the same amount of Euros) -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 06:29 8
    - Compared to last year but we still lose money. - Krusty Feb 17, 06:34 5
      - The actual number is kind of arbitrary, it's the relative movements. - Reagen Feb 17, 06:43 3
        
        I'll just say I don't understand this enough and leave it alone. - Krusty Feb 17, 06:48 2
        
        Currency fluctuates a lot more than the prices of things do. Also, there's the likelihood that the euro will go back up, giving incentive to - con_carne Feb 17, 07:05
        
        1 euro may be more money than $1, but a $1 item isn't necessarily 1 euro. - Reagen Feb 17, 06:57
      - that's apples to oranges though. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 06:41
    - And in fact, I think my memory is being too kind to the drop in the Euro. I think it may have been more like 1.66 than 1.50. - ty97 Feb 17, 06:33 1
      - it was 1.60 for a time when I was at zabber harries -- nm - sweet cheesarella barbacorn Feb 17, 06:36

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