Author: yonghokim

> Cash tickets on Student Universe for July 25 Hanoi-New York are $700, but on Amex Portal it’s over $1,000. It’s too late to buy the ticket. Unlike cash tickets, lowest priced award tickets are available in limited quantities. Usually 0-4 seats for business class, and ~20 seats in economy. The remaining seats are priced…

Alaska Business approval

Agree with the other comments. Some side note about value/cpp “Highest value” could be A) “how do I get the most expensive stuff for the least amount of points” or B) “how do i travel the longest with these points”. That’s.. interesting, because by pursuing A to the max you end up booking super expensive…

How do you get the employee offer? From time to time Amex runs employee card promotions for BBP, Biz Gold, and Biz Plat. “Add an employee card for your business card, and spend a minimum of X amount for Yk rewards” is their promo. The latest promo ended recently.

> If you think $200 is a “measly” amount, why do you care about statement credit clawbacks?

> We are skeptical that once all credit-card expenses are taken into account, you are not actually saving any money on your expensive business class ticket. Your surcharge comment is interesting in multiple ways. First, I’m surprised that major merchants in Australia put a surcharge just for accepting Amex. Second, I’m surprised that the surcharge…

Approved on 1/16 for Alaska Personal hopefully for 75k.

Using CIC -> Gift Card -> Gift of College -> Student Loan Servicer Using the Chase Ink Cash in this way nets 10k points for every $2,000 spent, resulting in $59.50 in fees. That’s in addition to the sign-up bonus. For comparison, if the CIC was used directly through GoC, it would net 2k points…