Answer: 11 Years

The Super Bowl may be a distant memory at this point (especially to Patriots fans) but those credit card bills may be rolling in about now for those who purchased tickets to the big game (average price of $3,000). Did that impulsive purchase to knock another item off your bucket list still feel like a good one? 

Questions:

1. Considering the cost of this ticket, do you think this is a good idea? Explain your answer.
2. What big ticket items or once-in-a-lifetime experiences do you think are worth spending money on?
3. How could you reduce the amount of time required to pay off this credit card bill?

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Behind the numbers (from MarketWatch):

Bad news for Eagles and Patriots fans who went to the Super Bowl — and put the price of their tickets on their credit cards...if you bought a $3,000 entry-level Super Bowl ticket, it would take 11 years to pay off.

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