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Be on the lookout for a new way to use your credit card: name-your-own-price online via priceline.com. Priceline is a unique e-commerce system that lets buyers name the price they're willing to pay for a range of products and services. Some of these include:
--Leisure airline tickets
--Hotel rooms
--New cars
--Home Mortgages
--Mortgage refinancing
--Home equity loans
Their system works this way: go to their Web site and simply post the price you want to pay for a specific product or service. Priceline will find a seller for you. There will be no auction, no bidding, no back and forth, and it’s available 24-hours a day. When you’ve decided on your product or service and priceline has located your desired price, merely charge it online.
First USA has joined hands with priceline to enable customers to use their VISA credit card to make their purchases online. Customers can increase the amount of their priceline purchase offers by specified amounts, by applying for a First USA credit card or using a First USA credit card to complete their online transaction. As an example, a customer offering $200 for an airline ticket who applies for or uses a First USA credit card might have $40 instantly added to the their purchase offering, increasing their chances of getting a ticket at no additional cost.
This unique way to buy online might improve your chances of getting the goods and services at the price you’ve determined that you want to pay. Access the priceline Web site, www.priceline.com, to find out more about this program. You can apply for one of many different First USA VISA cards via their Web site,www.firstusa.com.
