# I have too many reward cards **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-too-many-reward-cards/634555 "2012-09-13T00:14:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![boozilu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@boozilu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boozilu)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-too-many-reward-cards/634555/1 "2012-09-13T00:14:46Z")
I tried keeping them in my wallet. Too many. I tried keeping them in a separate wallet. Too many. I see no solution. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-too-many-reward-cards/634555/2 "2012-09-13T00:40:25Z")
Do you have a smart phone? There’s an app for that. ---
**Author:** ![\_Olive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/4af34b/32.png) [@\_Olive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Olive)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-too-many-reward-cards/634555/3 "2012-09-13T00:44:37Z")
I don’t have a one, but I have been told you can request keychain size cards for your key chain. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-too-many-reward-cards/634555/4 "2012-09-13T02:24:18Z")
Can’t you just punch in your phone number for most cards? ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-too-many-reward-cards/634555/5 "2012-09-13T02:44:01Z")
> [@Silver\_Tyger](#): > > Can’t you just punch in your phone number for most cards? That’s what I do. I don’t carry any cards with me. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-too-many-reward-cards/634555/6 "2012-09-13T03:11:41Z")
“Reward cards”? ---
**Author:** ![FoundWaldo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@FoundWaldo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoundWaldo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-too-many-reward-cards/634555/7 "2012-09-13T06:20:59Z")
The phone number thing only works if you actually bother to send in the application, which I pretty much never do. However, all of the places I go that require club cards (I only bother at the places that rip you off if you don’t have the card—I don’t care about “rewards”) will just give you a new one when you ask. So I try to keep one of each in my car, and when I lose it or something, I just get a new one. I’m sure I’ve had at least 20 Ralph’s cards. Also, a lot of the times they’ll just scan one they have there at the register if you say you don’t have one. I have the app, but I’ve found very few places where it scans correctly. And at my main grocery store, the card uses a magnetic stripe, not a barcode, so it has no chance. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-too-many-reward-cards/634555/8 "2012-09-13T06:34:34Z")
> [@FoundWaldo](#): > > The phone number thing only works if you actually bother to send in the application, which I pretty much never do. Almost every area has famous phone numbers on record, anecdotally I’ve heard numerous people having success with xxx-867-5309 just about everywhere, for instance. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-too-many-reward-cards/634555/9 "2012-09-13T13:22:36Z")
It never occurred to me that Jenny might shop at every store with a discount card. :smack: Pretty much the only rewards cards I carry are the ones that actually have a rewards program that I use like discounts on gasoline from the grocery store or the sixth oil change is free. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-too-many-reward-cards/634555/10 "2012-09-13T14:43:18Z")
Do you know about [this service](http://www.justoneclubcard.com/index.py) to put all the barcodes on one piece of paper? Although personally I just tape together three of the keychain-sized versions side by side. That way I can fold back the two irrelevant ones and not thoroughly confuse the checker. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-too-many-reward-cards/634555/11 "2012-09-13T15:31:11Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Do you have a smart phone? There’s an app for that. Do you use one? Don’t many store scanners have problems scanning a phone screen?