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

[elgerber]

But on the flip side she could have thought someone messed with her account and that's why she called to book and she's on some other forum complaining about the person changing her account. It all seems to be AA's fault which is why I'd stay on top of it because they are probably dragging their feet about it.

Except that she didn’t earn the 95 k miles from credit card sign ups. So how did she think she had enough miles to book?

 

[Haley R]

...speaking of shows, since ya'll got me watching them with your talk of Maisel...I need a new one to start.

I did maisel, call the midwife, the crown, and just caught up the new season of this is us.

I loved all those. I don't do scary or violent, or anything resembling the local 6pm news crimes....any suggestions?

I love Parks and Recreation with Chris Pratt

 

[wendow]

I bought a $50 Disney gc on 1/14 and it shipped today. I got the notice from rmn yesterday that my $15 was pending. I used my CF since that card had the 30% staples offer. Nothing on the chase offer yet but what’s weird is that the staples charge isn’t even pending yet on my CF. Since the item has actually shipped, shouldn’t the payment be processed by now?!? Did anyone else have a delay like this for your staples purchase?

I even went back into the order to confirm I used that card

 

[Haley R]

Nah...even I remembered that one...most of the time...sometimes I think Ohio because its just 4 letters with 2 of them the same.

Lol when we moved to Iowa people kept mixing it up with Idaho and Ohio. Apparently we have too many states that sound the same

 

[Albort]

Lol when we moved to Iowa people kept mixing it up with Idaho and Ohio. Apparently we have too many states that sound the same

ooo ooo ooo! that would be me!
do i win a prize?

 

[palhockeymomof2]

The only card I currently carry is the JetBlue MasterCard.

If your comfortable opening a business card the Chase CIP...bonus is 80,000URs after spending $5,000 in the first 3 months....if not the chase CSR or CSP cards bonus is 50,000 URs after a $3,000 spend the first 3 months

 

[disneymagicgirl]

There is plenty of wdw availability and we are under 2 weeks out, so I am baffled that I can't get crap for a decent deal for my dates. I thought for sure I'd find something.

 

[Judique]

Awesome, congrats! I love my CP.

I hit quote by accident instead of 'like'. Sometimes I can't get rid of quote, but I did also do 'like'.

In any case, congrats! to both of you!

 

[calypso726]

How many pages can we make it to before anyone actually starts talking about credit cards....

Technically we did get at least one credit card related post in on page one. Deciding whether to use a small number of card and card currencies or not is definitely credit card related.

I still say even your ‘ridiculous’ redemptions are awesome and drool worthy. I definitely can see why you deserve the title though. We are all just sitting here with our popcorn watching for what you’ll do next

Well I am currently sitting at the AA lounge (Centurion is closed for renovations) and heading out to NYC for the weekend. We are off to see the Mickey True Original Exhibition.

Serious comment... do we want to link the hotel review thread in a sticky post?

Just catching up here but I vote yes please.

I had to give DH some crap this morning. We were going to bed around 10pm and as I went to set my alarm the boards opened (last thing I'd been doing on my phone) and he was all really, we have to read the boards before bed? I said no, I'm just setting my alarm ( hed gotten up at 3am so he was cranky) then I got up this morning and told him that it was his fault I missed the new thread and didn't post until page 4... like a peasant.

“Like a peasant” ... OMG dying

From yesterday's thread, I thought I'd chime in on currencies and how I use them.

I (try) to keep a stash of Skymiles, AA miles, United miles, MRs , Marriott points and FN certificates. As soon as I get URs I immediately transfer them to United OR hold them until I have enough for a night at Hyatt and transfer. They are not my holy grail. At all.

Here's how I'm spending them in 2019 (so far):

3/19 Obligatory trip to California for MIL bday

Me:
United- 50,000 miles to SFO from PNS in first
Delta-cash, eco+ PNS-SFO (* I might buy up, this is a long flight day)

DH-ECP-SFO-ECP- combination of miles/cash

Hyatt SFO- cash (*used Amex Offer and earned MRs though)
Courtyard Stockton- cash


5/19
DH to SJC (DN/N grad)

American- 50,000 AA miles biz PNS-SJC
United-49,000 miles biz SJC-PNS

6/19-aka The Great and Convoluted Grad Trip for 3 Generations

Delta-cash and miles for 3 PNS-PHL (I'm up front, DM and DD in Eco+...because I'm evil and selfish and they don't care)
PHL- Marriott free night certificate (1 room), cash (1 room)
AA -330,000 miles for 3 in biz from PHL-BUD
Marriott points, free night + cash for 2 nights in R-C Budapest (suite)
discounted DGC (about a bazillion) for 7 night ABD Danube River Cruise (2 cabins)--savings of 5%-14% IIRC
cash for MUC-PRG-MUC on AF (earned 25,000 MRs with an Amex Offer!)
cash Hilton Prague Old Town suite (no non suite avail with points)
cash Hilton MUC one night (2 rooms)
Delta-skymiles -a lot, maybe 250,000? for 2 in Eco+ from MUC-PNS
United-25,000 miles on LUF biz MUC-KRK
cash-Sheraton Krakow concierge level/suite 2 nights
United-70,000 miles Austrian Air biz KRK-ORD
Hilton-points ORD Hilton airport
United-22,000 ORD-PNS (eco)--upgrade to premium eco with bag fee reimbursed by Amex Plat airline fee

10/19 Dis Podcast ABD

PNS/ECP to ATL-TBD ETA-done, 25,000 Skymiles, ec+
waiting for a fn certificate to stay at airport or Atlanta R-C
Delta-172,000 miles from ATL-LHR
cash-? hotel tbd London
discounted DGC for 10 day Lon/Paris/DLP ABD--savings of 5%-14% approx
Delta- 50,000 miles CDG to ATL in eco+ [DH]
DH home-skymiles
United- 25,000 miles Swiss biz CDG-DUB
cash/hotels.com gc at 10% discount- FitzWilliam hotel Dublin
MR->Avios- 45,000 avios DUB-MCO (used 40% MR transfer bonus)
Hyatt points (from URs) 1 night Hyatt MCO
MCO-PNS-ETA- PNS-ATL, MCO-PNS, 42,000 Skymiles in First

12/19 Parents' Golden Ann'y DCL with the entire family (of 8!)

(pending since flights aren't out)
RT-PNS-MCO DD-cash or skymiles on delta
RT-PNS-MCO parents- cash with DM's companion fare (Amex DL Plat)
RT-PNS-MCO DH/moi- cash with my companion fare (Amex DL Plat)
MCO Hyatt x 3 - URs-->Hyatt points
DCL cruise paid with bukoo DCG 5%-14% discount

Take homes:

-I use a lot of United and Delta miles! I find United miles are easiest to earn from shopping portals/shopping portal bonuses and Miles Plus X App.

-I don't value URs for the Expedia site-instead I transfer them to United (primarily) and Hyatt for flights/hotels. I've not once found the Expedia portal price cheaper than the miles price via transfer partner (this year anyway). Obviously YMMV.

-MRs are useful to me for topping off skymiles (despite the minimal transfer fee) AND for transfer bonuses (I've used them for BA and Aer Lingus Avios)

-I pay cash when it makes sense and I don't shy away from that just to get "everything on miles." I run the numbers and pay cash when it seems like the better deal, taking into consideration Amex offers, point conversions, etc. I'll also pay for concierge/suite/etc for the perks for myself and family members.

-Yikes, I need to get on flights to ATL for Oct trip and home from MCO around the same time (ETA-DONE!).

-Living in Paradise with a small airport has the drawback of needing to take positioning flights. That said, in a way I can use different currencies and be flexible with my flights. I'm viewing that as a positive.

Outstanding! Thank you for sharing.

What is reasonable for you may be a stupid idea for them, or they might be ultra conservative.

You have what I would call the 'freedom' to do as you wish with your income and assets. Just the two of you, and you don't sit in front of the TV 'every' weekend. You are of to do something that many people would plan for a year or two, and that would be their only experience.

Carry on and enjoy life! It seems that you can afford your lifestyle. It would be a whole lot different if you were looking for 0% offers and were switching banks every 12 months. It's my assumption that that is not the case - we are on an internet board after all!

Some of us may also be following our dreams and not sharing as much for the simple fact that it attracts attention from friends and relatives in just that way - some would say you are crazy and start with the judging and others might try to cash in. You seem to be above and beyond all that and more power to you.

And meanwhile, we are all getting older. Live life while you can and also while you still want to do these things. As I've gotten older I'm just not as interested in some things and maybe a little bit intimidated by other things. And I'm not that old when I look at the 80 Year olds still out there traveling around the world, maybe even on credit card points. So have fun and let it keep your life interesting.

Thank you

I don’t want to forget anybody (or offend anybody not named an expert)...and that also sounds like a lot of upkeep lol. I will respectfully decline this idea for now but anybody else is welcome to identify and maintain this list (especially somebody else with a page 1 comment LOL)

That makes sense. I didn’t think about that and no, we have too nice of an online family here to go around inadvertently offending anyone.

 

[palhockeymomof2]

Technically we did get at least one credit card related post in on page one. Deciding whether to use a small number of card and card currencies or not is definitely credit card related.



Well I am currently sitting at the AA lounge (Centurion is closed for renovations) and heading out to NYC for the weekend. We are off to see the Mickey True Original Exhibition.



Just catching up here but I vote yes please.



“Like a peasant” ... OMG dying



Outstanding! Thank you for sharing.



Thank you



That makes sense. I didn’t think about that and no, we have too nice of an online family here to go around inadvertently offending anyone.

Oh no... your flying into the snow in NY from sunny FL....stay warm this weekend !!

 

[Calfan]

Lol when we moved to Iowa people kept mixing it up with Idaho and Ohio. Apparently we have too many states that sound the same

I have this shirt. Seems like a lot of people mix this up, lol.

 

[wendow]

There is plenty of wdw availability and we are under 2 weeks out, so I am baffled that I can't get crap for a decent deal for my dates. I thought for sure I'd find something.

Nothing for you on PL? I keep hoping as my dates get closer, better deals will come along but I see that probably isn’t the case.

 

[GusGus16]

Finally done with work and catching up and I'm on page 14...maybe 15 if I'm at the end of the page. Happy we are continuing to move along.

@elgerber that whole situation sucks, I probably would start escalating things, and I'm not an aggressive person. Calling them out on twitter, a little more strongly like AA why won't you do anything about my stolen AA points? You likely are in for a long call with costumer service where I would just keep escalating, I think it would be good to file a police report as well. I'm not sure what repercussion they would have for you to cancel the flights...that might actually get something done as now the other person would like get involved... Hoping you get some sort of resolution.

 

[LilSweetPeaPhoto]

To go back to the Patriots and Tom Brady thing, LOL

Go Blue!

https://www.mlive.com/news/2019/01/...e-rooting-for-patriots-twitter-data-says.html

 

[LilSweetPeaPhoto]

The Feb flight is 2/21. I wonder if they will just somehow let her keep it? She has $34k of her own miles in my account, so she'd be short $51k. So frustrating. I wonder how she even knew my miles were there to begin with? I am still signing in with my password, which I have changed twice, so she doesn't have online access.

Not to be a complete jerk, but if you can see her flights, can you control them as well? You can rebook AA flights booked on miles with no penalty. If it gets closer and AA still hasn't given you the miles, perhaps you just need to change her flight to a later date?

 

[GlamMistress]

Looks like we got some news on Riveria today - we should know how much rooms will cost soon. Narrator: they won't be cheap.

https://www.disboards.com/threads/disneys-riviera-resort-announcement.3730030/#post-60157771

 

[elgerber]

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[LilSweetPeaPhoto]

Get a couple more nerf guns and all 3 of you can go at it, sounds like a fun time. Put them around the house and ambush him too

Oh the boy has about 20. No need to buy more. He's visiting with me now and is still upset. He's like mom, did something happen when you visited him in NC (for new years). He's like how can he go from I want to marry you, to goodbye? Even my 9yo is baffled! He also said that's the trouble with long distance relationships, they never work out because you are too far apart. The BOY IS NINE! I'm like where is all this wisdom coming from? He did also say initially when I told them that "He doesn't deserve you mom, you're way to good for him". Tonight he's also adding in that he's really stupid because he found the one (meaning me) and let me go.

Someday he'll be a great husband! (My 9yo not the ex, LOL)

 

[PlanePrincess]

@calypso726 mentioned that there was a new CC thread created. Wanted to drop in and say Hi

This thread is #PlanePrincessApproved

 

[LilSweetPeaPhoto]

...speaking of shows, since ya'll got me watching them with your talk of Maisel...I need a new one to start.

I did maisel, call the midwife, the crown, and just caught up the new season of this is us.

I loved all those. I don't do scary or violent, or anything resembling the local 6pm news crimes....any suggestions?

Do you watch Million Little Things? It's good (better than This is Us I think). I'm also liking Splitting Up Together and Single Parents....but that could be because of my life right now, LOL