I love credit cards so much! v2.0 (see first page for add'l details)

[NY Pirate Princess]

I have 100 pages to catch up on, you prolific posters! I needed to thank each and every one of you first, though. I waded seriously into this board after i cancelled my August 2019 trip to celebrate my 50th birthday with the mouse. Couldn't afford it and the group March 2020 trip.

Further discounts came out and yesterday i rebooked a shorter trip at a value resort with base tickets and free dining. Thanks to the csp i got because of you, i should be able to fly free on both trips. That plus the first stay in a value makes it all possible.

The child in me that will celebrate turning 50 inside the Animal Kingdom loves you all!

 

[speedyfishy]

Cleaning up my accounts today and I am closing all three Citi Biz cards. I think I’ll also be closing my personal cards. It is super easy to do via chat.

Moved money out of the Fidelity accounts that we opened in July. It took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out how to transfer money out lol. I was going to close them but I have to call. ugh, lol.

 

[amalone1013]

Looks like the Discover adding Paypal, Walmart, Target is confirmed, if you are like me and missed that...

https://www.doctorofcredit.com/rumo...-in-q4/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

[Lain]

Looks like the Discover adding Paypal, Walmart, Target is confirmed, if you are like me and missed that...

https://www.doctorofcredit.com/rumo...-in-q4/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Someone hasn’t been checking the news thread. SHUNNED!

 

[Judique]

We’ll look into some credit unions. We really only get cash from playing in the band which won’t be happening after we move. It’s just nice to have a bank nearby in case we want to get cash out or deposit some. I absolutely love our Heritage account. We still get $70/month in interest which is awesome and they refund you $8/month on ATM fees

Since your brother is USN, why don't you get him to sponsor you for a Navy Federal Credit Union bank account? It's worldwide pretty much and you can use countless ATM's for free. There are a few branches near Melbourne and 50 locations within 25 miles to use free ATM's. You would need his access number and his last 4 to sign up. If he isn't a member, he should be (I'd be really surprised if he isn't a member.)

You have to keep $5 in your savings to keep the account. Your brother gets $50 for signing you up. Then you can refer your hubby.

 

[amalone1013]

Someone hasn’t been checking the news thread. SHUNNED!

Shhh, I really tried and checked while on our trip but didn't check it yesterday or Tuesday since I was reading all of the pages on the actual thread

ETA: See, the last post I read there was about @Haley R 's house (congrats!!) - Obviously missed a ton of updates yesterday!

 

[elgerber]

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[Albort]

Fee free $200 Visa Gift Cards at Staples next week
https://www.doctorofcredit.com/staples-no-purchase-fee-on-200-visa-gift-cards-5-5-5-11/

dont forget also, MCGCs 2x$100, $15 off. make $3. @safeway and friends.

 

[alryan]

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[Natgridenergy]

dont forget also, MCGCs 2x$100, $15 off. make $3. @safeway and friends.

Do you know if vgc’s pin is also last 4 of card? Do they play well with serve?

 

[Judique]

However, flying Allegiant out of our home airport (first choice for this trip because our home airport is 10 minutes from our house) is currently sitting at $616 a person round trip. YIKES![/QUOTE]

For that money they better take me to Europe!

 

[speedyfishy]

Will you have any open AA cards? Don't you need to have one to get the reduced points values?

I will hopefully be getting more soon lol. I just used 300,000 for a stay at the Grand Floridian and I won't be using anymore until 2020 so I have time to get more. Plus I have points in SO's account and I haven't closed any of his yet.

 

[amalone1013]

Soooo... DH now has 23,000 points on his Arrival Plus. I want to redeem them against a $250 charge for our Disney stay... but it will only let me do $225 worth? Since the last $5 in points was just earned on that charge do I need to wait until statement close? On mine I could redeem exactly the amount down to the penny but then mine are from the SUB/MSR and posted at the beginning of April, and I've had a statement close since then.... that's the only difference I can think of?

 

[Judique]

Before I buy any more Visa or MC gift cards, I need to figure out how to liquidate them. Every time I go to use one, I look at my 4MR on groceries and restaurants - Rose Gold, or my 4 cents on gas, Costco Visa card, or my 2 cents on everything - Navy Flagship card, or even my Hyatt and Amtrak cards.....

I guess I'm going to have to try this out as I can't keep running around with this cash equivalent in my bag and pulling out my credit cards instead. I have the new Safeway offer and I've done it twice already (when offered last two times) and I have most of the cards in my bag.

That Staples offer is calling also.

 

[amalone1013]

Before I buy any more Visa or MC gift cards, I need to figure out how to liquidate them. Every time I go to use one, I look at my 4MR on groceries and restaurants - Rose Gold, or my 4 cents on gas, Costco Visa card, or my 2 cents on everything - Navy Flagship card, or even my Hyatt and Amtrak cards.....

I guess I'm going to have to try this out as I can't keep running around with this cash equivalent in my bag and pulling out my credit cards instead. I have the new Safeway offer and I've done it twice already (when offered last two times) and I have most of the cards in my bag.

That Staples offer is calling also.

I'm really bad about this too. I'm trying to have more of a plan before buying them... currently it's been either Swagbucks/Best Buy to turn them into Disney GCs, or Plastiq payments if they are MCGCs. I am debating trying MS...

 

[Albort]

Do you know if vgc’s pin is also last 4 of card? Do they play well with serve?

correct. i havent heard anything wrong with vgc and serve.
Currently, MCGCs are having issues with Serve, but BB is still working just fine.

Before I buy any more Visa or MC gift cards, I need to figure out how to liquidate them. Every time I go to use one, I look at my 4MR on groceries and restaurants - Rose Gold, or my 4 cents on gas, Costco Visa card, or my 2 cents on everything - Navy Flagship card, or even my Hyatt and Amtrak cards...

i pay most of my bills on MCGCs and/or VGCs. only bill i havent figured out how to pay for free is my gas bill.

 

[alryan]

Fee free $200 Visa Gift Cards at Staples next week
https://www.doctorofcredit.com/staples-no-purchase-fee-on-200-visa-gift-cards-5-5-5-11/

At least these deals give me something to do while I don't have a MSR to work on. Granted I still have $1000 in MCGC from last week but with $5/day from Dosh on CIC, how can I not buy them? Maybe I"ll have to try Serve.

 

[speedyfishy]

I am debating trying MS...

Do it!! Lol I am loving my serve card. I’m going to try and buy $5,000 worth of the $200 cards to load to serve this month. That’s $250 if I redeemed for cash $375 for travel.

 

[Haley R]

Since your brother is USN, why don't you get him to sponsor you for a Navy Federal Credit Union bank account? It's worldwide pretty much and you can use countless ATM's for free. There are a few branches near Melbourne and 50 locations within 25 miles to use free ATM's. You would need his access number and his last 4 to sign up. If he isn't a member, he should be (I'd be really surprised if he isn't a member.)

You have to keep $5 in your savings to keep the account. Your brother gets $50 for signing you up. Then you can refer your hubby.

The closest one to us would be about a half hour drive. We’re just gonna go with chase because they’re really close to our house. The problem isn’t using ATMs (I was wrong earlier, we get $25 a month in ATM fees through heritage). We just need somewhere to deposit money in a checking account.

 

[Haley R]

Of course our flight is delayed. Seriously when is a flight NOT delayed anymore?