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Why a Credit Card Is Just As Important to Overseas Travel as Luggage

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

First of all, credit cards help you save given that Visa and MasterCard automatically provide some of the best exchange rates available to consumers. but also for those processed in another country – such as might be the case with a plane ticket booked through a foreign-based airline.

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How to Use a Credit Card to Save the World

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Well, there are plenty of big things that you can do, like driving a hybrid, recycling whenever possible and powering your home with clean and renewable resources. So instead of earning free airline points, your earned points could translate into a donation to your favorite group or environmental organization. Wanna go green?