Doing a trip on "free" fuel

We use the American Express rewards program and find it usefull for one purpose only, Qantas is a partner in the program and offers a companion fare to Oz for $400.00 for 20,000 points which at the present time with fares at $1,400 saves us $1,000 per trip for the two of us.

I read an article in SMH a couple of weeks ago that the Qantas Rewards card was not worth it.

in the USA Cash Rewards used for merchandise within the country is also taxable income.

Bruce

We do the same and managed to get vouchers for $400 for Bob Jane T-mart, so that paid for most of 2 new Sumitomo Serengeti tyres.

He towed from melb-townsville and return.I am in small business and with a home (rates,insurance etc) several vehicles (rego,insurance and maintenance)investment properties then things like dining out and phone,gas and electric bills for home can all be paid by credit card.I use a G.M card from holden which entitles me to a $3000 discount on my next holden from credits earned.Don't need a new holden for a while so would rather get into a more practical scheme where expenditure can be turned into a positive.The use of cards i might add needs to be highly disciplined because in the wrong hands the high interest can bring many people undone.I am suire the banks know this and on average of a thousand customers a high percentage will stuff up(thus their high profit margins).In short what i am saying is if you are incurring high costs,turn them into a positive as this fellow did.If you don"t have a reliable cash flow and can"t pay on time then don't use a card.I am just a plumber but the system works for me no problems.
cheers mark