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

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I got an email for both of my Discover accounts

You made me realize I never get offers on my other Discover card. I wonder if I have something turned off in my profile or they just don't want me to use it? Do you have two of the same card or different ones?
 

Anyone here been getting Citi personal cards any faster than 1/60? Still seeing some scattered DPs of 1/8 working. I would hate to waste DW's Premier mailer though if 1/60 is in fact a hard rule now.
 
Yes, that's my ideal cruise if you add in Slovenia (I really want to see the chapel on Lake Bled; no idea why really).
I was selected to go to Slovenia to present a paper for one of my graduate courses (the university even picked up the tab) and it was such a beautiful country. I had some of the best pizza in Bled :) We spent a few days there and then got to go to some of the castles for dinners and some of the best red wine ever! I never knew how much I had to drink because my glass was constantly kept full. Slovenia was managed to go pretty undamaged during the fall of Yugoslavia. Definitely some place I would visit again.
 
I was selected to go to Slovenia to present a paper for one of my graduate courses (the university even picked up the tab) and it was such a beautiful country. I had some of the best pizza in Bled :) We spent a few days there and then got to go to some of the castles for dinners and some of the best red wine ever! I never knew how much I had to drink because my glass was constantly kept full. Slovenia was managed to go pretty undamaged during the fall of Yugoslavia. Definitely some place I would visit again.

That's great to hear! :) Free trip and awesome food and scenery-win win.
 
AAAAARGGH - I've committed the cardinal sin......missed a payment on DWs CIP. :badpc::badpc:>:( Its only a day late - i thought I had everything set up before I went on vacation, but clearly missed one.

Anyone able to advise on likely impact of future chase personal card applications - I had the CSP or CSR lined up for DW in the near future. Do I need to wait a couple billing cycles before applying? longer?

So mad.....really need to get myself set up on mint or quicken or something. 30+ credit cards to manage is inviting the odd mishap here or there.

Call them and see if you can fix it. Tell them you were on vacation. I'm not sure if it will work with Chase and I haven't missed a payment in this way in a long time, but I know I got the penalty lifted by calling at least twice with Amex - just plain forgot the account. Also, 1 day late shouldn't impact at all.
 
2 wins so far today! My 50k points posted on CIC. Already transferred to CSR

Also had our GE interviews today. Our appointments were for 9 & 915. We were a bit early and they took all three of us together right away. Agent is was super nice. Asked where we were traveling. When we mentioned Alaska cruise, he told us he is from Ketchikan. So cool. We actually chatted a bit about it. The only questions DS was asked were full name, DOB, address and dad’s name. DS said it was easy (he kept calling it a test beforehand) We were out of there by 9:15

So glad it went well today! I know you were worried.
 
For my kids private school, I found a lady that does a uniform exchange / sale for several different schools. I’ve never stepped in the official uniform store (3 kids there, total 5 years). Look on Facebook and ask around to see if you find something similar. The blazers are one of those things that barely makes it through half a year with how quickly they grow.
Thanks! The school does have their own swap that I am going to probably check out (although I must admit that I have a "thing" about used clothing.)All of their upper body clothing are required to have their name/logo on it and it is a smaller private school. (There are roughly 500 students between pre-k to 12th grade). Their shirts are white (why a school would pick that is beyond me) so that is one factor too. I might just start out with a few knowing I'll have to do laundry more frequently.
 
Do you think this only applies to rooms booked with this card or could it be used for a room paid for in March? Heading to WDW in 13 days so this could be a great way to earn some cash back

it needs to be booked via UR portal with a Freedom Unlimited Card in March but the stay doesnt need to be in March.
 
Do you think this only applies to rooms booked with this card or could it be used for a room paid for in March? Heading to WDW in 13 days so this could be a great way to earn some cash back
Unfortunately you have to use the Chase Ultimate Rewards portal for your booking and pay cash. It’s a nice offer but probably not applicable to most folks.
 
I'm sure there's several, but that doesn't mean it might not still be the best card for you :) It's all going to depend on why you want the Ultimate Rewards (UR) points. What's the driving factor to wanting those particular points? And ultimately, what's your overall goal for credit card rewards?

The Freedom cards (plain Freedom aka CF, and Freedom Unlimited, CFU) both earn UR points that can be redeemed for 1 cent per point - either as cash, a statement credit, or used through the Chase travel portal. You can also redeem them for gift cards and products for 1 cpp or less, but that's hardly ever as good value so I just ignore those for now. Both have no annual fee so when choosing one over the other you'd want to look into the earning potential of each. (Ideally you'd want both, but we'll hold off on that for now)

The CFU is an easy calculation as it gets 1.5% back on every purchase plus the sign up bonus. I'm seeing $150 (15,000 URs) back on $500 in spend, is the $200 bonus still floating around? I'm going to stick with $150 for apples to apples for now. I'm going to throw out a round number of 10k of annual spend planned for the card. That'd be $300 back in the first year, $150 for the sign up bonus and $150 in UR points from the spend.

The CF has the 5% rotating categories each quarter, up to $1,500 spent (max $75 back per quarter) and 1% back on everything else. It also has a $150 (15,000 UR) sign up bonus for $500 in spend. Assuming you can max out the categories every quarter, for the same 10k in spend, that'd be $490 - $150 for the sign up bonus, $300 for the category spend, and $40 for the remainder. I imagine you can't always max out every category (I rarely do) so I'll also make an assumption only 20% of that spend is at the 5% level. That still $330 - $150 bonus, $100 category spend, and $80 for the remainder - edging out the CFU by $30.

So what would be better than that is instead of putting the non category spend on the CF card you put that on the CFU card for the extra .5%, best of both worlds.

But, assuming you have the 10,000 in spend to put on these cards, if you are able to do higher amounts within 3 months you could be looking at even larger UR points. The Sapphire Preferred card does have an annual fee but it's waived the first year. After the first year you could product change it to one of the Freedom cards and still have no annual fee. For the $4,000 in spend within 3 months you'd get 50,000 UR points, the equivalent to $500 in cash. It earns 2x the points on dining and travel charges. It's not the greatest for ongoing spend unless you eat out a lot or have things that code as travel, but just the sign up bonus is usually worth getting this card. The Sapphire cards also allow you to transfer your UR points to travel partners, like hotels and airlines, and give you a greater redemption value through the Chase travel portal of 1.25 cpp. If you thought you'd like to use the UR points for either of these things, then it may make more sense to try for one of these cards even with the annual fee. Which is why I wondered what drew you to UR points versus another points system :)

I started out this time looking for marriot points without an annual fee. I got the hilton amex before christmas without af in order to start accruing points for a far future trip to bonnet creek. I already used more than half the sign up bonus booking rooms around a bus tour we are taking, and the wheels started turning!

Seeing the transfer partners for ur has me thinking of the trip to paris i promised my 10 year old when she graduates from high school...

So to answer your question, i am all over the map, but it looks like csp is the place to start regardless. Then the freedom to get more points...I think i am already in trouble. Thanks for your thoughtful answer!
 
You aren’t alone there. I don’t have autopay setup on any of my cards or bills.

I can't live this way. I never charge anything on a new account until autopay is setup.

Autopay in full. Never paperless.

I need to do this in case something happens to me. DH would be lost. This would buy him time to get things sorted without having a giant mess.
 
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