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Old Jun 7, 2011 | 7:45 pm
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travel light
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GC benefit: can anyone explain?
Does buying gift cards do anything but speed up spending?

Once you have the GC, it ties up your cash until you use it. When you do, you are not using your CC for whatever spending would help you then.

It seems like the FT version of borrowing.

What am I missing?
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