By now, you have probably seen the NFL Visa credit card commercials. Players like Tom Brady, the New England Patriots linemen, and Visa.com promoting the NFL.

There are two key promotions going on right now regarding the NFL Visa card, and the NFL promotion using the visa.com logo.

The first promotion which is offered by the NFL Extra Points Platinum Plus® Visa® Card is offering a $50 gift certificate good at the NFLshop.com, after your first qualifying purchase, plus a chance to earn rewards and points towards merchandise for your favorite NFL team. The NFL Visa credit card is offered by Bank of America (formerly MBNA), and features a 0% intro APR for the first full billing cycles on balance transfers and cash advances. In addition, there is no annual fee, and each dollar spent is equal to one reward point.

Whether you are looking for a Pittsburgh Steelers Visa card, or a Minnesota Vikings Visa card, you can choose your favorite team's logo to put on your NFL Visa credit card, when you apply for the NFL card. Not only do you get to display your favorite teams logo on your credit card, but as you spend money on your NFL Visa card you earn points. These points, which are redeemable for NFL merchandise, give you an opportunity to purchase your favorite teams jerseys, and other merchandise. This allows you a chance to almost double up on NFL promotions, as it is a Visa card, which also includes you in the NFL Visa.com promotion, which is outlined in the next paragraph.

The second promotion which is offered by visa.com, is an opportunity to win tickets to the Super Bowl, the Pro bowl, or the playoffs. There is no need to enter, all you need to do is use your Visa card between September 1st through December 31st 2008 and you will automatically be entered. Each time use your Visa card you will get another entry into this promotion. If you use your Visa card to pay for a bill, you will also get a bonus entry into the NFL Visa promotion.

Winners of the visa.com NFL promotion also get a chance to hang out with an NFL player throughout the game they win tickets for. The trip package also includes airfare, hotel stays and accommodations, and a $500 NFL themed gift card.

If you choose to apply for the NFL extra points Visa credit card, and use your credit card to pay bills, buy gas, get groceries, and more, you give yourself a chance to double up on NFL promotions, you can show up at an NFL playoff game, or even the Super Bowl with your team's logo draped around your back, inside your wallet and inside your home.