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    I was looking at my Avios transfers and noticed I transferred close to 500k to Avios. I was curious where did I spend all those Avios? I looked at my redemptions list.. and well, they are doing a lot of work. 52 LIM LATAM Y $1,300 22 DCA AA Y $900 80 JFK AA F…

  • I was planning to apply to a BizPlat…

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    I was planning to apply to a BizPlat and PerPlat in December, and just biding my time until that happened. I went 5k over MSR on my latest card (lots of unexpected expenses), the Hilton Surpass. It still can get a FNA after meeting $15k by end of year… although its value is questionable. I…

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    Booked domestic transcon first class with Avios. Then rebooked in economy, still saving $900 in the process. LAX-DCA AA F for 43k+$10 Avios via Qatar (cash $800), 3 people, D-6 -> cancelled LAX-DCA AA Y for 11k+$5 Avios via Finnair (cash $450), 2 people, D-3 -> flown Return flight in cash My mother recently had…

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    8/9-8/13 Cancun trip 8/11 C, A, G symptoms: coughing 8/13 C, A, G positive 8/13 Y negative 8/14 Y positive 8/14 Y symptoms start: fever 8/17 Y symptoms stop 8/19 Y positive 8/19 C negative. New symptoms: sinus, runny nose, coughing 8/21 Y negative

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    > Going to Valdivia, Chile, in the fall. I haven’t been able to book sooner because I’ve been waiting on good dates to visit my college student who will be studying there. I would welcome any recommendations regarding flights (coming from Austin; I have about 500k UR points and a bunch of AA points) as…

  • I keep catching flights within hours of the window of opportunity closing and it’s not good for my health

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    I have been having trouble with staying too awake in the mornings. I sometimes wake up at 3am, 4am, 6am, and once I do, I’m tempted to check emails and see if there’s been “exciting developments”. Sometimes there is, and I think it’s feeding into a bad positive feedback loop. Here is the latest one:…

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    > 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…

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    Alaska Business approval

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    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…

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    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.

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

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    > 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…

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

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    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…

  • I know that Amex gets a lot of…

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    I know that Amex gets a lot of hate here about how it has turned into a coupon book, but what’s more infuriating IMO is when they pull sneaky shit like they’re doing with their “Hilton” offer. I got an email yesterday about member week that highlights the Hilton offer, among other things. I have…

  • You have 30 dollars and 8 mouths to…

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    You have 30 dollars and 8 mouths to feed, what’s for dinner? I’ll sign up for two Blue Apron plans at new subscriber promotional rates, which is currently $10 for 4 meals. For $20, we would have 8 meals spread across 4 menu choices, including shipping & taxes.

  • Woke up with 300k+ MR points Is this…

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    Woke up with 300k+ MR points. Is this a glitch? i also got an extra 150k. My rewards activity tab does not explain it. All I see is that my BBP got a 150k “adjustment” in 2023. (It shows up on the annual summary, to the right hand side on the website). Nowhere in the…

  • Citi Premier rejection after a 6 week review…

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    Citi Premier rejection after a 6-week review. It seems they were taken aback by the large number of inquiries and new cards but still wanted to look at it and requested tax records, but they saw that my AGI was much lower than reported in the application and rejected it.

  • I flew from LA to Las Vegas for…

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    I flew from LA to Las Vegas for a half day visit to match my Hyatt temporary Explorist status (provided as part of the Bilt challenge) to MGM Gold.

  • Okay so you are trying to borrow cash…

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    Okay so you are trying to borrow cash out of your business credit card. Although I don’t know much about the topic, this sounds like a terrible idea.