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[disneymagicgirl]

Girl, same.

We live about 25 mins from the airport, and pass it going to Knoxville.
When we are headed over to east tn for something my kids are asking if we are almost there about the time we pass the airport. They are a tad spoiled with the flyi g everywhere.

 

[Oscar Madison]

I know it's been said before but I've got to say we've got an awesome group here. I think it's great a bunch of us are cool with others having their cell number so we can have a group text for swge, other parts of the board wouldn't do that. I like that while there is a dis community as a whole, that we have our own tiny one here where we actually know stuff about each other, even if we have to rely on @Lain spreadsheet to remind us

And on a completely different note, I hate the shift in baseball. It annoys me and why does the 3b have to swap with the ss or anything. I realize it works sometimes but whenever they put the graphic up of the shift I roll my eyes.

They also shift back to normal for some hitters after he gets 2 strikes. Didn't realize this from only watching on TV, but saw this when I went to the game this past weekend.

Why don't you like it?

 

[Oscar Madison]

How do we get there from SFO?

There's a separate BART to Airport App in the app store that allows you to get 25% off if you buy a round trip and have at least two riders.

 

[Oscar Madison]

I agree about the shift - I've heard some say they are thinking of making teams do away with it. Make the 3rd baseman play at 3rd, etc. On a funny note, I'm a Cardinals fan and Matt Carpenter got a double out of a bunt because they were using the shift on him. Pretty fun to watch if you're a baseball fan!

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Yes, very cool way to overcome the shift strategy. I'm against outlawing it.

 

[platamama]

I think the credit went up to $32pp but I could be wrong. It's been since last Nov we were able to use our PP at Timberline.

I'm so bummed at the loss of Amex plat PP at Timberline. We don't have a CSR anymore. My dh will be traveling some for his new job so I won't be surprised if he asks me to somehow get him another CSR lol!

We were there two months ago, and got up to $28 per person. Since the bill only came to $77, the server gave 2 full $28 credits and a 3rd partial credit to zero out our bill. But in JFK last year our bill was over $84, and we just paid the difference.

Hopefully the Centurion Lounge will be open sometime soon! But seriously, that was a lame move by Amex.

 

[Haley R]

I’m sorry but I have to share this:

He decided he would lay on top of her because that was obviously the most comfortable spot. She was licking her lips that’s why her mouth is open. That’s their litter box by the way lol

 

[afan]

They also shift back to normal for some hitters after he gets 2 strikes. Didn't realize this from only watching on TV, but saw this when I went to the game this past weekend.

Why don't you like it?

I will watch for that at the game fri, didn't notice at any I went to last season.

It's annoying. They should be able to shift and not move that far our of place. A 5-3 dp means 3b to 1b not the actual 2b to 1b but the 3b is the one that made the play because of the shift. It skews things unnecessarily.

 

[GlamMistress]

Disney is doing ticketed events... inside ticketed events now? #Insanity

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/d...fs3dVtTyOeoiNm9S_2f3JZTqmglk4Fji-JLSHKDuBmb1M

 

[snugglebug]

Ditto what @wendow said. And I expect that you'll get the full 3 x $28 = $84 credit at Timberline when you say you're there with two guests on your PP. Since the entrees many items are more in the 14-20 range, you might not have as much OOP as you anticipate. We can never meet the full $84 credit with 3 people there.

ETA: Did you see the news that the Amex Plat associated PP will no longer cover restaurants in the US after Aug 1? Just FYI for future planning.

Perfect!
My other PP is via Hilton Aspire so I assume it will no longer have the dining credit. I haven't activated it yet since I didn't think I could use 2, but maybe I should just in case. That still would only get 5 of us in to a lounge so probably not really an option anywhere (thinking HNL).

 

[snugglebug]

I think the credit went up to $32pp but I could be wrong. It's been since last Nov we were able to use our PP at Timberline.

I'm so bummed at the loss of Amex plat PP at Timberline. We don't have a CSR anymore. My dh will be traveling some for his new job so I won't be surprised if he asks me to somehow get him another CSR lol!

I was just explaining it to DH and told him HE wouldn't have PP anymore because I'm canceling his CSR. He's already whining about it. Dude, you've been in ONE lounge, you're not going to miss it.

 

[Albort]

I was just explaining it to DH and told him HE wouldn't have PP anymore because I'm canceling his CSR. He's already whining about it. Dude, you've been in ONE lounge, you're not going to miss it.

just watch, the next 2 trips, he is gonna find lounges he could access but cant anymore... lol.

 

[wendow]

I was just explaining it to DH and told him HE wouldn't have PP anymore because I'm canceling his CSR. He's already whining about it. Dude, you've been in ONE lounge, you're not going to miss it.

Well, just wait til he gets to go to Timberline. He will whine more! That's why my dh is so spoiled. We were completely underwhelmed by The Lounge at MCO but we really enjoy the PP benefit at Timberline and my dh went to another PP restaurant in Cleveland. When we fly to HOU, we always fly into Hobby but I keep hoping we will fly into IAH cause they have a couple of PP restaurants, including Landry's!

 

[Oscar Madison]

My Platinum Plus AP actually expires today and I'm looking at the Sam's travel site which still has the cheaper prices. This would acutually extend my year by an extra month or so.
I noticed there a few options for AP holders for this summer that I'd like to take advantage of for our trip.
Bring a Friend to a park for $89 plus tax and Summer Splash (unlimited Water Park visits) for $69 plus tax

P2 and I are staying 4 days at POFQ after a cruise and the original plan didn't include going to the parks, but we could, on a whim, with this deal.

If I just purchase the cheaper Platinum, can I buy the Summer Splash for myself and P2? My thinking was saving the $100 on the PP v. the P and using for the Summer splash.

 

[gottalovepluto]

US Bank Altitude Reserve is not churnable. DoC linked to the story here where multiple people now report meeting the spend on card #2 and being denied the bonus.

 

[chattadisser]

Disney is doing ticketed events... inside ticketed events now? #Insanity

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/d...fs3dVtTyOeoiNm9S_2f3JZTqmglk4Fji-JLSHKDuBmb1M

And, you would be using valuable park time doing it. I mean, I think it would be fun and it would be some obscure characters probably but not enough to pay extra on top of MNSSHP ticket and waste party time. I love MNSSHP but there's already not enough time to do everything one night.

 

[Artygal90]

I’m sorry but I have to share this:
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He decided he would lay on top of her because that was obviously the most comfortable spot. She was licking her lips that’s why her mouth is open. That’s their litter box by the way lol

Babies!

My orange cat likes to sit on top of his sister too. Silly boys!

 

[disfanforlife]

I was just explaining it to DH and told him HE wouldn't have PP anymore because I'm canceling his CSR. He's already whining about it. Dude, you've been in ONE lounge, you're not going to miss it.

I don’t have CSR or CSP yet, but would like to in the future. I have a question, why cancel the CSR if you can get the $300 travel credit each year? Wouldn’t it be better it keep it and be able to use the 1.5 for redeeming URs? I feel like I am missing something and am still reading and soaking in knowledge so when I get ready and am able to apply I’ll have a good plan in place.

 

[Albort]

I don’t have CSR or CSP yet, but would like to in the future. I have a question, why cancel the CSR if you can get the $300 travel credit each year? Wouldn’t it be better it keep it and be able to use the 1.5 for redeeming URs? I feel like I am missing something and am still reading and soaking in knowledge so when I get ready and am able to apply I’ll have a good plan in place.

if u have a bigger card line, it becomes kinda redundant. 4x MR with Gold Card has basically replaced my CSR... If you have a CIP, that covers 3x travel.
the only loss is 1.5, which comes close if u have a cip/csp at 1.25.

 

[ski_mom]

Ditto what @wendow said. And I expect that you'll get the full 3 x $28 = $84 credit at Timberline when you say you're there with two guests on your PP. Since the entrees many items are more in the 14-20 range, you might not have as much OOP as you anticipate. We can never meet the full $84 credit with 3 people there.

ETA: Did you see the news that the Amex Plat associated PP will no longer cover restaurants in the US after Aug 1? Just FYI for future planning.

We were there two months ago, and got up to $28 per person. Since the bill only came to $77, the server gave 2 full $28 credits and a 3rd partial credit to zero out our bill. But in JFK last year our bill was over $84, and we just paid the difference.

Hopefully the Centurion Lounge will be open sometime soon! But seriously, that was a lame move by Amex.

We are planning on using our PP benefit tomorrow at STL when we fly out. They have a Pasta House that qualifies. I've cancelled my CSR, so we only have one PP now, but if I'm following this right, we get the $28 credit for 3 people? For some reason, I was thinking we only got it for 2 people, but if it's 3, it'll probably cover the 4 of us that are going on this flight.

 

[wendow]

I don’t have CSR or CSP yet, but would like to in the future. I have a question, why cancel the CSR if you can get the $300 travel credit each year? Wouldn’t it be better it keep it and be able to use the 1.5 for redeeming URs? I feel like I am missing something and am still reading and soaking in knowledge so when I get ready and am able to apply I’ll have a good plan in place.

We PC'ed both our CSR's. The reason is because we've not really been redeeming UR's for travel since Chase pulled all the Disney resorts. I end up just cashing out UR's and buying discounted GC's for any Disney costs. If you have other travel plans, then most likely, the 1.5x multiplier of the CSR will come in handy. For us, the occasional redemption is fine to do through the CIP at the 1.25x redemption rate.

We will get a CSR again sometime but for now, other than having a PP for my dh, we've not really missed our CSR.