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[DisneyMandC]

We are back from NYC - I will try to do hotel reviews on the other thread when I have a minute. The short version is that The Lexington (Marriott Autograph Collection) is perfectly fine, and was reasonably priced. The Chatwal (Marriott Luxury Collection) is absolutely phenomenal, but pretty pricey. Worth the splurge this trip, but now I never want to stay anywhere else in NYC and it is hard to justify spending that many points (of any flavor) on a hotel room.

We were moderately spendy on the trip, but my dental work came in cheaper than expected, so I've still got some work to doon the MSR for my CIP. Have a plan to get there, though - spent yesterday evening at the emergency room with DH.

He's fine. He took a header on his bike yesterday afternoon (not moving fast, he was wearing a helmet). Banged up his face, shoulder and hand, and was feeling kinda dazed. All seemed ok, but a few hours later he had a kind of small seizure and passed out on the couch (scary - eyes rolled up, uncontrolled movements, not responsive for a couple of minutes). I had just called 911 when he came back to himself. I decided not have an ambulance come, but took him over to the emergency room right away. They checked him out - just a concussion, and he hasn't lost consciousness again. He's home today, pretty sore and his head hurts some, but he isn't nauseated anymore.

Also, my dental work was pretty painful, so they kept asking him if he needed anything for the pain, and he was saying "no, I'm fine" while I was sitting there going "noooooo, get some serious drugs and slip them to me!" We didn't get home until well after midnight, so I'm tired and my mouth still hurts like the dickens.

We have a high deductible insurance plan (with an HSA we can use to reimburse ourselves) so I'm figuring that last night was probably good for a good chunk of a MSR... always looking for the silver lining.

Yikes!!! That's scary!! hope he's feeling ok this morning. And you too!

 

[speedyfishy]

There have been some reports of GCs not working at Walmart to load serve. I just went today and everything worked perfectly. I’m worried about losing this MS avenue.

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

I applied for an was approved for the citi aa biz 40,000/2k offer with statement credit today! Yay! Not 100% sure of my plan for these points, but I’ll use them somewhere.

Can someone remind me how long to wait between applications so I can put it in my calendar when to apply again?

95 days CONGRATS! (Choo Choo)

 

[nickle831]

No, the change happened last year. Chase implemented new restrictions on the Southwest personal cards that make it harder to earn the CP through credit card signups.

Under the restrictions, (1) you're limited to holding only one open Southwest personal card at a time (you will be rejected for a second personal card if your first personal card is still open); and (2) you will be rejected on a new application for a Southwest personal card if you received a bonus on a Southwest personal card in the past 24 months (whether or not you still have that card open).

It's still possible to get a CP by getting the SUBs from a personal Southwest card (as long as you qualify under the above restrictions) and a business Southwest card.

https://www.doctorofcredit.com/chase-southwest-cards-limit-of-one-personal-card/

ah gotcha thanks.

 

[DrFacilier]

Decided to finally jump aboard the train last night.
CitiBusiness AAdvantage Platinum Select (P1 and P2) and
Barclays AAdvantage Aviator Business (P1 and P2)
Choo choo!!! Thanks to @SouthFayetteFan for the recommendations.

@wendow many prayers for your daughter and your family. My wife has a chronic illness as well. Not fun.

 

[LuckyMamaInDE]

We are back from NYC - I will try to do hotel reviews on the other thread when I have a minute. The short version is that The Lexington (Marriott Autograph Collection) is perfectly fine, and was reasonably priced. The Chatwal (Marriott Luxury Collection) is absolutely phenomenal, but pretty pricey. Worth the splurge this trip, but now I never want to stay anywhere else in NYC and it is hard to justify spending that many points (of any flavor) on a hotel room.

We were moderately spendy on the trip, but my dental work came in cheaper than expected, so I've still got some work to doon the MSR for my CIP. Have a plan to get there, though - spent yesterday evening at the emergency room with DH.

He's fine. He took a header on his bike yesterday afternoon (not moving fast, he was wearing a helmet). Banged up his face, shoulder and hand, and was feeling kinda dazed. All seemed ok, but a few hours later he had a kind of small seizure and passed out on the couch (scary - eyes rolled up, uncontrolled movements, not responsive for a couple of minutes). I had just called 911 when he came back to himself. I decided not have an ambulance come, but took him over to the emergency room right away. They checked him out - just a concussion, and he hasn't lost consciousness again. He's home today, pretty sore and his head hurts some, but he isn't nauseated anymore.

Also, my dental work was pretty painful, so they kept asking him if he needed anything for the pain, and he was saying "no, I'm fine" while I was sitting there going "noooooo, get some serious drugs and slip them to me!" We didn't get home until well after midnight, so I'm tired and my mouth still hurts like the dickens.

We have a high deductible insurance plan (with an HSA we can use to reimburse ourselves) so I'm figuring that last night was probably good for a good chunk of a MSR... always looking for the silver lining.

Oh my goodness, how frightening! I hope he has an uncomplicated recovery

 

[alryan]

We are back from NYC - I will try to do hotel reviews on the other thread when I have a minute. The short version is that The Lexington (Marriott Autograph Collection) is perfectly fine, and was reasonably priced. The Chatwal (Marriott Luxury Collection) is absolutely phenomenal, but pretty pricey. Worth the splurge this trip, but now I never want to stay anywhere else in NYC and it is hard to justify spending that many points (of any flavor) on a hotel room.

We were moderately spendy on the trip, but my dental work came in cheaper than expected, so I've still got some work to doon the MSR for my CIP. Have a plan to get there, though - spent yesterday evening at the emergency room with DH.

He's fine. He took a header on his bike yesterday afternoon (not moving fast, he was wearing a helmet). Banged up his face, shoulder and hand, and was feeling kinda dazed. All seemed ok, but a few hours later he had a kind of small seizure and passed out on the couch (scary - eyes rolled up, uncontrolled movements, not responsive for a couple of minutes). I had just called 911 when he came back to himself. I decided not have an ambulance come, but took him over to the emergency room right away. They checked him out - just a concussion, and he hasn't lost consciousness again. He's home today, pretty sore and his head hurts some, but he isn't nauseated anymore.

Also, my dental work was pretty painful, so they kept asking him if he needed anything for the pain, and he was saying "no, I'm fine" while I was sitting there going "noooooo, get some serious drugs and slip them to me!" We didn't get home until well after midnight, so I'm tired and my mouth still hurts like the dickens.

We have a high deductible insurance plan (with an HSA we can use to reimburse ourselves) so I'm figuring that last night was probably good for a good chunk of a MSR... always looking for the silver lining.

How scary!! Hope you both are feeling better soon!

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

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[Jax1023]

95 days CONGRATS! (Choo Choo)

I may do a crazy thing and use the for actual flights! I can get the lowest level mileage flight from philly to Mco for 7k miles sometimes, so that’s a pretty good deal

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

We are back from NYC - I will try to do hotel reviews on the other thread when I have a minute. The short version is that The Lexington (Marriott Autograph Collection) is perfectly fine, and was reasonably priced. The Chatwal (Marriott Luxury Collection) is absolutely phenomenal, but pretty pricey. Worth the splurge this trip, but now I never want to stay anywhere else in NYC and it is hard to justify spending that many points (of any flavor) on a hotel room.

We were moderately spendy on the trip, but my dental work came in cheaper than expected, so I've still got some work to doon the MSR for my CIP. Have a plan to get there, though - spent yesterday evening at the emergency room with DH.

He's fine. He took a header on his bike yesterday afternoon (not moving fast, he was wearing a helmet). Banged up his face, shoulder and hand, and was feeling kinda dazed. All seemed ok, but a few hours later he had a kind of small seizure and passed out on the couch (scary - eyes rolled up, uncontrolled movements, not responsive for a couple of minutes). I had just called 911 when he came back to himself. I decided not have an ambulance come, but took him over to the emergency room right away. They checked him out - just a concussion, and he hasn't lost consciousness again. He's home today, pretty sore and his head hurts some, but he isn't nauseated anymore.

Also, my dental work was pretty painful, so they kept asking him if he needed anything for the pain, and he was saying "no, I'm fine" while I was sitting there going "noooooo, get some serious drugs and slip them to me!" We didn't get home until well after midnight, so I'm tired and my mouth still hurts like the dickens.

We have a high deductible insurance plan (with an HSA we can use to reimburse ourselves) so I'm figuring that last night was probably good for a good chunk of a MSR... always looking for the silver lining.

Wow - glad to hear everybody is ok!

 

[spacerangerqueen]

Thanks for the tip. Orlando is definitely on the agenda. And no... we didn’t check out Waterworld. Again, it’s not an IP we’re particularly interested in, and I adore Kevin Costner. As we were leaving, we were walking next to a family and overheard the wife say to her husband, “oh, there’s Waterworld here,” and her kid asked, “what’s Waterworld?” Lol. I’m old enough to remember it as the most expensive movie ever made at the time that turned out to be a gigantic flop. I was surprised they made an attraction of it after that.

I've never seen the movie Waterworld (my DH said it's actually one of his faves) but I have heard incredible things about the show. It's supposed to be the best in the theme park business. I believe it just won an award for being the longest running top rated show. It's definitely on my list if I ever make it back to USH (I haven't been since the late 90s)

 

[elgerber]

Have a plan to get there, though - spent yesterday evening at the emergency room with DH.

He's fine. He took a header on his bike yesterday afternoon (not moving fast, he was wearing a helmet). Banged up his face, shoulder and hand, and was feeling kinda dazed. All seemed ok, but a few hours later he had a kind of small seizure and passed out on the couch (scary - eyes rolled up, uncontrolled movements, not responsive for a couple of minutes). I had just called 911 when he came back to himself. I decided not have an ambulance come, but took him over to the emergency room right away. They checked him out - just a concussion, and he hasn't lost consciousness again. He's home today, pretty sore and his head hurts some, but he isn't nauseated anymore.

Also, my dental work was pretty painful, so they kept asking him if he needed anything for the pain, and he was saying "no, I'm fine" while I was sitting there going "noooooo, get some serious drugs and slip them to me!" We didn't get home until well after midnight, so I'm tired and my mouth still hurts like the dickens.

We have a high deductible insurance plan (with an HSA we can use to reimburse ourselves) so I'm figuring that last night was probably good for a good chunk of a MSR... always looking for the silver lining.

Oh my goodness, that must have been so scary!!!! I'm glad he is ok now.

 

[Natgridenergy]

@Albort or anyone else familiar with loading Serve, I had a little trouble today. I went to Walmart looking for a kiosk to load my MCGCs from Staples but they didn't have one! I tried at the register but it was running as credit and didn't give me the option to cancel and switch to debit. I called a few other Walmarts nearby and none seem to have a kiosk either. Any suggestions on loading these MCGCs? Family Dollar?

2 WM's near me have received this "update" not allowing Serve to be reloaded with MCGC's. Apparently it still works to load BB cards with them. Dollar General and Family Dollar are still going strong in my neck of the woods.

 

[speedyfishy]

2 WM's near me have received this "update" not allowing Serve to be reloaded with MCGC's. Apparently it still works to load BB cards with them. Dollar General and Family Dollar are still going strong in my neck of the woods.

Any problems with Visa metabanks?

 

[PolyRob]

We are back from NYC - I will try to do hotel reviews on the other thread when I have a minute. The short version is that The Lexington (Marriott Autograph Collection) is perfectly fine, and was reasonably priced. The Chatwal (Marriott Luxury Collection) is absolutely phenomenal, but pretty pricey. Worth the splurge this trip, but now I never want to stay anywhere else in NYC and it is hard to justify spending that many points (of any flavor) on a hotel room.

We were moderately spendy on the trip, but my dental work came in cheaper than expected, so I've still got some work to doon the MSR for my CIP. Have a plan to get there, though - spent yesterday evening at the emergency room with DH.

He's fine. He took a header on his bike yesterday afternoon (not moving fast, he was wearing a helmet). Banged up his face, shoulder and hand, and was feeling kinda dazed. All seemed ok, but a few hours later he had a kind of small seizure and passed out on the couch (scary - eyes rolled up, uncontrolled movements, not responsive for a couple of minutes). I had just called 911 when he came back to himself. I decided not have an ambulance come, but took him over to the emergency room right away. They checked him out - just a concussion, and he hasn't lost consciousness again. He's home today, pretty sore and his head hurts some, but he isn't nauseated anymore.

Also, my dental work was pretty painful, so they kept asking him if he needed anything for the pain, and he was saying "no, I'm fine" while I was sitting there going "noooooo, get some serious drugs and slip them to me!" We didn't get home until well after midnight, so I'm tired and my mouth still hurts like the dickens.

We have a high deductible insurance plan (with an HSA we can use to reimburse ourselves) so I'm figuring that last night was probably good for a good chunk of a MSR... always looking for the silver lining.

Glad to hear everyone is ok!

 

[platamama]

We are back from NYC - I will try to do hotel reviews on the other thread when I have a minute. The short version is that The Lexington (Marriott Autograph Collection) is perfectly fine, and was reasonably priced. The Chatwal (Marriott Luxury Collection) is absolutely phenomenal, but pretty pricey. Worth the splurge this trip, but now I never want to stay anywhere else in NYC and it is hard to justify spending that many points (of any flavor) on a hotel room.

We were moderately spendy on the trip, but my dental work came in cheaper than expected, so I've still got some work to doon the MSR for my CIP. Have a plan to get there, though - spent yesterday evening at the emergency room with DH.

He's fine. He took a header on his bike yesterday afternoon (not moving fast, he was wearing a helmet). Banged up his face, shoulder and hand, and was feeling kinda dazed. All seemed ok, but a few hours later he had a kind of small seizure and passed out on the couch (scary - eyes rolled up, uncontrolled movements, not responsive for a couple of minutes). I had just called 911 when he came back to himself. I decided not have an ambulance come, but took him over to the emergency room right away. They checked him out - just a concussion, and he hasn't lost consciousness again. He's home today, pretty sore and his head hurts some, but he isn't nauseated anymore.

Also, my dental work was pretty painful, so they kept asking him if he needed anything for the pain, and he was saying "no, I'm fine" while I was sitting there going "noooooo, get some serious drugs and slip them to me!" We didn't get home until well after midnight, so I'm tired and my mouth still hurts like the dickens.

We have a high deductible insurance plan (with an HSA we can use to reimburse ourselves) so I'm figuring that last night was probably good for a good chunk of a MSR... always looking for the silver lining.

Oh my, that's scary! Hope the worst is over and that you both are on the mend quickly. Please take it easy and rest as much as you can.

 

[platamama]

@Albort or anyone else familiar with loading Serve, I had a little trouble today. I went to Walmart looking for a kiosk to load my MCGCs from Staples but they didn't have one! I tried at the register but it was running as credit and didn't give me the option to cancel and switch to debit. I called a few other Walmarts nearby and none seem to have a kiosk either. Any suggestions on loading these MCGCs? Family Dollar?

There have been some reports of GCs not working at Walmart to load serve. I just went today and everything worked perfectly. I’m worried about losing this MS avenue.

2 WM's near me have received this "update" not allowing Serve to be reloaded with MCGC's. Apparently it still works to load BB cards with them. Dollar General and Family Dollar are still going strong in my neck of the woods.

I also have not had success with MCGCs for Serve at WM (FD and DG are nowhere close to me so I haven't tried there). But that's been a long-standing issue AFAIK, requiring the cancel button trick that works in some cases and not in others. I've read USB MCGCs autodrain without a pin, but that hasn't been my experience either. So much YMMV in MSing. Cashier dependent, store dependent, gc issuer dependent, etc.

 

[1st*toright]

Thanks for all the good wishes. I figure any day that ends with everyone home safe in bed is a good day - days like yesterday really remind me of that. The worst part was that my little one was right there and was pretty scared - she was really anxious that I get her dad to the hospital as soon as possible. Fortunately my dad could come over and watch her, so she didn't have to go to the hospital with us.

 

[elgerber]

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[LynnTH]

Avoid Venmo and PayPal (and other P2P payment services) with Amex. Even outside of MSR, Amex has been known to shut down accounts for P2P (mostly PayPal) payments to people who share an address or last name as you.

Good to know. Thanks.