SouthFayetteFan
Saving Money on Disney Vacations since 2006
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Omg I’m having a night. Just bought rockettes tickets for the wrong time. I meant to buy 7:30 pm tickets and somehow I bought tickets for 10:30 am the day after thanksgiving.
Any suggestions for reselling? I would probably hold them until September. I did call Ticketmaster and they can't do anything. Will try calling the box office tomorrow but I'm not hopeful.
Ahh, makes sense! My airport is a United hub (previously a Continental hub) so the globe has always been the image in my mind.I’ve always lived in United’s hubs, so it’s always been my go-to airline and I’d even say I liked it. I really hate what Munoz and Kirby have done to the airline, but I guess a lot of it is just part of broader trends in the industry.
Is DH on pain medication? Maybe thats itThat’s why I had to get on here again and post my news. I told DH that he was approved for this new card and the DVC plan is coming together and I literally saw his eyes glaze over...
I got the arrival+ in 12/18 and the Aviator biz in 2/19. If you are ok using a 5/24 spot, I’d probably go for the arrival+ first just cause the offer has been increased for longer and it’s more valuable.Barclays is a one card per person place, right? Pretty hard to get 2?
Welcome to the thread!
Sounds like you have a pretty good handle on things. Any chance you have a side "business" like dog-walking, selling things on FB/CL/eBay, stuff like that which you could call a business in order to apply for business credit cards? The highest sign up bonus on things right now is the 80K URs from CIP, but you need a business and have to have applied for less than 5 (personal) credit cards in the past 24 months. If you can list your cards for us, we can better help you. A lot of us are sole proprietors of our "business" and get business cards, which opens up many more possibilities.
ETA: The Chase Freedom Unlimited 3% on the first 20K isn't going to last you long based on your monthly spend. If you don't want to go the business card route, I'd look into the Alliant Visa 3% card that is uncapped. But really the big money is in the sign up bonuses.
Amex shutdown story on today’s episode of As the World Churns: https://www.reddit.com/r/churning/comments/bgf1xw/discussion_thread_april_23_2019/elkn2zz/
Looks to be MS-related. Claimed a “low” volume of $30k in 3 months at gas stations, drug stores, and GCM, and cycles his limits.
Accounts closed and 650k MR lost, with another 250k MR in the red.
This is unfortunately not a travel credit or “travel eraser”. You can use URs to book travel thru the portal and Disney hotels/dining aren’t an option. (You could potentially get tickets thru a backdoor link which we could help you with). Good news: You absolutely could use URs for Universal tickets.Thank you - this is great to know. DH is a real estate agent, so we can get a business card. So basically the 80K URs = $1000 credit on travel purchases after $5000 of charges. Pretty good return. I still need to purchase Universal tickets, Disney dining plan and 2 WDW tickets. Any chance any of those count as "travel" that I can apply the $1000 against?
We went swimming in January this year.Thank you for the feedback. We have never done any of the water parks because we have always gone in January. Our next trip will be February, which isn’t much better, but may just be warm enough to try VB. I think our boys would love it, and it sounds like they would love CB too!
Thank you for the feedback. We have never done any of the water parks because we have always gone in January. Our next trip will be February, which isn’t much better, but may just be warm enough to try VB. I think our boys would love it, and it sounds like they would love CB too!
The important thing with January/February trips is to not count on being able to swim or visit water parks. If you're thinking of it as "a bonus" or it "might be nice" then you won't be disappointed. As you can see from my signature, I have extensive Jan/Feb visit experience. I can tell you that your highs could be as high as mid 80's or the high could not even hit 50. Even when it is at its warmest, temperatures start low in the morning and then fall quickly at night due to the limited sun (sunsets coming at around 6pm that time of year). The other thing is you can't trust the forecast when packing for a week-long trip. That time of year, the temperatures and outlook 6-10 days out can change rapidly. When you leave, you might see a forecast of all 70s and by the end of your week it's in the low 50s. A rainy day can also kill all warmth. So like I said...don't count on swimming between Jan 1 and Feb 28, and if you can, count it as a blessing!We went swimming in January this year.
1) I’m a bit hesitant to try for a second CIP but I’ve seen lots of success here which is reassuring. I should be 0/24 since my only 2 personal cards are 10+ years old.My thoughts:
1) Are you considering pursuing multiple CIPs? You could do CIP2 and mid-May should be safe (although I don’t know your stats from before that Feb card)
2) CSP and its 60k offer is definitely superior to CSR IMO these days Unless you need a CSR to gain access to the 1.5x travel portal. You can always upgrade a card to CSR in the future (if you already have a freedom you could do that at anytime)
3) any interest in MDD (modified double dip)
4) you could jump on the biz grAAvy train if you’re looking for a short term distraction. $2k MSR
Ah, got it. How long after hitting the $5000 do the URs appear? Want to make sure we have time to purchase the Universal tickets for Sept. This would be great - we have to buy 1 day P2P tickets for 8 people, which is over $1400 (I priced this on undercovertourist - and this was before the recent price increase).This is unfortunately not a travel credit or “travel eraser”. You can use URs to book travel thru the portal and Disney hotels/dining aren’t an option. (You could potentially get tickets thru a backdoor link which we could help you with). Good news: You absolutely could use URs for Universal tickets.
BUT, even without Disney, it’s still a great card given that it’s $850 in cash back for $5k in spend. Even accounting for the $95 AF, that’s a 15% return.
You have to be under 5/24 to apply for this card so you need to verify how many cards you and/or your husband have gotten in the past 24 months before you even think about pursuing Chase unfortunately. If you are at 5/24 or greater you will hit a brick wall denial with Chase.
I'll dig deeper into this as the trip won't be until May 2021. Things, I assume, could/will change again with their pricing. I'm really not even sure how far out you can book with them as I am so used to flying Southwest.I was very sorry to see this and was coming here to post. Seems like a trend for airlines to move towards more dynamic pricing.
I don't yet know what the practical effect of this change is. Hawaiian has always kind of had a range of award availability as you can see from the old award chart. I logged in to check some of the holiday pricing because that's what I was searching last, and there was no change; still requires lots of points. We always have my wife book award travel on Hawaiian because she holds the credit card, so we can pool all our points to her for free, and she has access to the (slightly) discounted awards that's mentioned as available to Hawaiian credit card holders.
ETA: I know @MrPTato was looking at flying to Hawaii in lie-flat first class, and Hawaiian was an option now that they've started up BOS<>HNL flights. I replied with some suggestions and a look at award pricing here: https://www.disboards.com/threads/i...r-addl-details.3729982/page-748#post-60402220
I just did a similar search and see economy award seats are now 26,250 HawaiianMiles each way (vs. 17.5k previously). It could be that the SuperSaver fares are gone, and these are the Saver fares available; or it could be the new pricing. [I’m probably seeing the discounted SuperSaver fares to the East Coast, which appears to have been added under the new chart.] I'm still seeing lie-flat first class one-way from BOS>HNL available at 130k HawaiianMiles (which is the ceiling for this class of fare anyway).
I'll need to look closer at this when I have more than a moment.
You're both in good shape at 3/24 Check your PM for the DISchurners info where I also shared some additional info that you'll find pertinent.Ah, got it. How long after hitting the $5000 do the URs appear? Want to make sure we have time to purchase the Universal tickets for Sept. This would be great - we have to buy 1 day P2P tickets for 8 people, which is over $1400 (I priced this on undercovertourist - and this was before the recent price increase).
So I just pulled our free experian report, and this is what shows on both mine and DH's report (I can't remember who actually applied, but we both have cards on each of these account, so does it matter?)
Mar-19 Chase Marriott Bonvoy
Oct-18 AmEx Gold
Feb-18 AmEx Platinum
That's it for the past 24m. We did opt for $30k of pay over time credit on the AmEx Platinum which appears as a separate account opened in Aug 2018, so if that counts separately it's 4. I'm annoyed now that I did that because we won't even use it, ever.
DH got Jet blue biz 9/18 (auto approved) and arrival + 12/18, but he had to personally speak to them to lower the JBB CL to get arrival +. No biggie and glad we did. Used it to erase cruise and Universal trip charges.Knocked out my CIP#2 spend in just under a month. Unfortunately, not likely quick enough for the bonus to post at statement close, but no big deal.
So onto the next card...
Looking at Barclays AA biz or arrival+. It isn’t quite time yet for another citi AA biz, but that will probably be next.
My TU report has zero inquiries, so that’s good.
Travel goals: Disney of course, and 4 weeks in Charleston this summer. Next big trip likely Hawai’i or possibly Med cruise...probably Hawai’i and probably not until next May unless I get courage to do it during the holidays.
Barclays is a one card per person place, right? Pretty hard to get 2?
This is definitely a goofy quirk of Barclays. You'd figure they'd be more upset at the person who cancelled the card...but NO, cancelling the card is your best bet at getting more, LOL!...Oddly DPs have shown more success with closing and reapplying than sockdrawing current cards.