http://www.529rewards.com Making College Education More Affordable Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:25:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well I haven't received my official notice, but it's being reported that FIA has pulled the plug on the 2% Fidelity 529 Rewards Card - at least for new accounts. Hopefully, the card will remain open for existing accounts (like me), but something tells me the end is probably ... http://www.529rewards.com/fidelity-2-529-rewards-card-rip.php Carrying a balance on your credit card erodes the value of any "rewards" that might be earned by using the card. Use this credit card calculator to gauge the cost of paying interest on a credit card balance against the benefit of earning rewards. In the first field, enter ... http://www.529rewards.com/529-credit-card-calculator.php Here are some current questions and topics of interest on 529 credit cards from users of Yahoo Answers: http://www.529rewards.com/529-credit-card-qa-from-yahoo.php Good news if you are a patron of Sam's Club and also use a 529 college savings reward MasterCard: Sam's has announced it will start accepting MasterCard branded credit card payments. (Visa branded credit cards still will not be accepted.) Until now, Sam's has only accepted credit Cards ... http://www.529rewards.com/sams-club-to-accept-mastercard.php As we previously noted in ‘Be a GREAT high school student: The best strategy for lowering higher education costs, Ivy League insitutions continue replace grant aid for loans for Low-Income Students’. The latest Ivy to do so is Columbia University. Columbia announced today that it will replace loans ... http://www.529rewards.com/part-ii-be-a-great-high-school-student-the-best-strategy-for-lowering-higher-education-costs.php These are the the wise words of Jim Boyle, President of College Parents of America, that always seem to elicit a smile whenever he speaks to a group of parents of younger children. Here are some of Jim’s other comments: “I guess the simplicity of the ... http://www.529rewards.com/529-plans-set-to-lift-off-as-2010-expiration-date-overhang-is-lifted.php This is the August 21st cover story of Time Magazine. The article notes that ‘competition for the Ivies is as fierce as ever, but kids who look beyond the famous schools may be the smartest applicants of all’. This is excellent advice. Many students will greatly benefit ... http://www.529rewards.com/who-needs-harvard.php 401kid was created with the consumer in mind. Namely, we provide education savings plans at a low cost; we do not compromise our objectivity by accepting fees from investment managers; and we offer clients access to superior techology. SogoInvest is a like-minded, consumer-conscious company. ... http://www.529rewards.com/now-a-consumer-minded-online-broker-sogoinvest-also-exists.php Babymint is the flagship product of the [tag]Vesdia Corporation[/tag]. The underlying "savings engine" technology of the [tag]Babymint program[/tag] is licensed to other private label names such as The Education Plan and Baby Center. The major selling points for the [tag]Babymint 529[/tag] [tag]savings club[/tag] are: 1) earned rewards can be directed to ... http://www.529rewards.com/529-club-babymint.php The Futuretrust 529 Credit Card is another basic 1% 529 rewards card. The card does share one important negative feature with The Education Plan card: you must have the credit card to ... http://www.529rewards.com/529-credit-card-futrust.php