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

[mmmears]

I missed all of you!!! Glad the boards (and specifically this thread) is online again. It looks like my most used smilies are still here. I agree with everyone else about the new look though. I really don't like it. Clearly I am not a fan of change.

Hmm I’m not a big fan of this new look. Looks way too much like Facebook and I really miss the individual page numbers. I was just now able to log in.

We’re supposed to board in about 15 minutes for LAX!! We got A 21 and 22 and they told everyone there are 17 empty seats so should be a good flight.

Ooh, you're on your way! I hope you have good flights and an incredible time in Japan!!! Can't wait to read about your trip and hear how things go. Bon voyage and safe travels!

My wife told me if I want to build my own lightsaber at SWGE, I need get rid of (preferably sell) my Nimbus 2000.

I think you should remind her that you are her personal shopper and as such you deserve to have one of each.

Have to share my churning wins (& losses). Flight to Vancouver on AA points (see some of us use them for flights ) with seats upgraded with travel credit from BOA card. DH had no tray table. We were supposed to be able to get an alcoholic drink with the upgrade, it wasn’t offered and they had no sparkling wine when I asked for a mimosa. I used my Barclays Aviator for WiFi ( $25 credit per year) and tweeted inflight at AA to complain about the tray table. DH got 2500 miles for his lack of tray table. Arrived at YVR on time but OMG immigration was awful. Over an hour in line. Finally got to hotel. Upgrade to a corner room, city view, on 32nd floor! An hour later, a knock on the door was delivery of a lovely welcome gift. Nice! The Hyatt is quite nice, Starbucks in lobby and super fancy elevator system which you use your room key for and it stops only on your floor (no buttons in elevator) Had a fun tour in North Vancouver today of Capilano suspension bridges and Grouse Mountain, booked with URs. And beautiful weather, sunshine and blue skies in the 70’s.
ETA I also upgraded my Amex Hilton card for 150k points this morning

Oh, have a wonderful trip. I hope you love the cruise and Alaska! Honestly it was one of my favorite vacations and I hope you enjoy it, too.

 

[Alexle2007]

I thought I would be reporting back on SpringHill Suites in Hershey but I was able get the same rate last minute at Fairfield and went with it since it is where we typically stay. I will say the girl thanked me for being Platinum Elite. Now if I can just retain that title for next year too.

 

[mmmears]

I feel your pain! I'm trying to get under 5/24 and if I refrain from any personal cards it will be...December I'm staying at a couple of Hiltons next month and while I'd love the Aspire...I'm really trying to stay the course. I did accept an Amex offer to upgrade my biz gold to (another) biz plat since that will give me a (hefty) MSR and yet keep me on track. I should easily knock out the MSR between home insurance and tuition so it's win-win.

Good luck!

Is there a business version of that card you could apply for? DH wants an Aspire but he's finally at 4/24 (with something like 15 months before another card drops off) so we are doing our best to keep him there just in case a new card comes out that we really want.

 

[LuckyMamaInDE]

Ok back to scrapbooking, over 20 single pages in and I'm just now finishing the first full day of Paris. This book is going to be HUGE. But I enjoy the paper/stickers/real photo's so much more than the digital stuff you can do.

I'm with you, I've scrapbooked for years and, for a while, I tried to get on the digital scrapbooking thinking I could travel with my "stuff' so much easier and work on an album anywhere, but I never made the transition. I still like my hoard of paper and stickers and much prefer actual pictures. I'm behind now. One of my goals for this year is to get caught up. We'll see how that goes.

And as far as the changes to the boards, meh . I don't like change either so thats part of it but I'm sure I'll get used to it. I can now find the emoji's now so thats a bonus. Never could get them to show up previously on my MacBook.

I love the real scrapbooks. I just need time to work on them. I have 100000000’s of pics and not enough time. I keep buying my papers and stamps that I want as I know one day I’ll have time. Digital just isn’t the same. I need 3-D and be able to touch everything. Doesn’t help that’s one of my businesses.

As for this new update. It’s slower than before. I’m on an iPhone and it’s loading the page slower.
What happened to the last read button?

Finding time for scrapbooking is my problem! I'm paper-based, could never figure digital out.

Have to share my churning wins (& losses). Flight to Vancouver on AA points (see some of us use them for flights ) with seats upgraded with travel credit from BOA card. DH had no tray table. We were supposed to be able to get an alcoholic drink with the upgrade, it wasn’t offered and they had no sparkling wine when I asked for a mimosa. I used my Barclays Aviator for WiFi ( $25 credit per year) and tweeted inflight at AA to complain about the tray table. DH got 2500 miles for his lack of tray table. Arrived at YVR on time but OMG immigration was awful. Over an hour in line. Finally got to hotel. Upgrade to a corner room, city view, on 32nd floor! An hour later, a knock on the door was delivery of a lovely welcome gift. Nice! The Hyatt is quite nice, Starbucks in lobby and super fancy elevator system which you use your room key for and it stops only on your floor (no buttons in elevator) Had a fun tour in North Vancouver today of Capilano suspension bridges and Grouse Mountain, booked with URs. And beautiful weather, sunshine and blue skies in the 70’s.
ETA I also upgraded my Amex Hilton card for 150k points this morning

I'm excited to hear about your cruise!

I hoard too but I'm finally using some of the old stuff and it makes me so excited. That pirate skull and cross bone paper I needed for some reason, Oh Pirates and Princesses at DLP. Picture with Jafar, oh look I actually have a Jafar sticker! I've been using new stuff too and need to make another trip to Joanne's tomorrow after the gym because I need more pages so I'm sure I'll look at the stuff there too because you just never know. Once I get all the pictures in the book I still need to print all the labels and stuff, cut them and put them in. We have a new printer that isn't bluetooth and I don't like wasting paper so I'm just typing what I need and then I'll fix the fonts and print all at once.



I stopped scrapbooking back in 2010, just never got around to getting back to it. I have only managed to get WDW trips and now the DLP trip, scrapbooked. I still need to go back and do stuff with the other trips etc. Some has photo's printed already and some don't.

I had gotten a groupon for a photobook before xmas thinking I'd use it for Paris but changed my mind so I did it with my DC trip from 2017 since it was also my 3rd trip there. It was such a pain to do and not all of the photo's printed as nicely as they could/should have. I do have a lot of neat stuff that I bought for the last two trips for when I get around to scrapbooking them someday. I need a craft room, it would make things so much easier because I wouldn't have to clean the mess up or get everything out and put it away. I could do some here or there.

I stopped scrapbooking regularly when my mom got sick in 2008. I've done a few pages here and there to finish an album but haven't started anything new.

We're rearranging ds's old room (he'll be 26 next week lol) into an arts/craft space where dh can paint and I can keep projects out to work on. I sew more than anything--dh converted an old IKEA tv cabinet so that I now have a heavy-duty pull-out shelf for my Husqvarna machine As soon as we move the bed into older dd's old room (she's 24) we'll add a large table for cutting and craft projects.

 

[Haley R]

I missed all of you!!! Glad the boards (and specifically this thread) is online again. It looks like my most used smilies are still here. I agree with everyone else about the new look though. I really don't like it. Clearly I am not a fan of change.



Ooh, you're on your way! I hope you have good flights and an incredible time in Japan!!! Can't wait to read about your trip and hear how things go. Bon voyage and safe travels!




I think you should remind her that you are her personal shopper and as such you deserve to have one of each.



Oh, have a wonderful trip. I hope you love the cruise and Alaska! Honestly it was one of my favorite vacations and I hope you enjoy it, too.

Thank you! We just landed at LAX! It was a great (40 minute) flight and everything went smooth. Now to go make sure our luggage showed up. We’re both pretty tired and plan to get to the airport early tomorrow morning so might crash pretty soon after getting to our airport

 

[Lain]

Is there a business version of that card you could apply for? DH wants an Aspire but he's finally at 4/24 (with something like 15 months before another card drops off) so we are doing our best to keep him there just in case a new card comes out that we really want.

The Aspire comes with a $250 airline incidental credit, so it’s not a bad idea to wait until at least December to triple dip the credit, and meanwhile hit a few more Chase biz cards and finally do a MDD when you’re ready to break 5/24.

 

[mmmears]

Instead of showing how many likes a poster has, it shows a "reaction score." Anyone else thinking that all you have to do is post one controversial post on one of those contentious, opinionated threads elsewhere to double your score?

 

[nhgirl]

Test your lucky streak and buy a lotto ticket!

I won $2 playing Megabucks!!

 

[Lain]

As far as credit cards go, I now understand the feeling of waiting to be under 5/24! Last I posted I was looking to apply for a Chase business card for the office supply category. I was fine with waiting, but now I've been drawn into the Costco Citi card The 4% on gas is really drawing me in, especially since we've been shopping more at Costco lately and getting gas while we're there. It's killing me to keep using my CFU there and only earn 1.5%, while I could be earning 5% + 5% on my Discover! If I had the Costco card, I'd be earning 4%! I'm trying to wait until I'm under 5/24 to make my next move, but it's so hard...

Do you have a Chase Freedom or mind PCing the CFU to a CF? This quarter’s 5x UR bonus category is grocery stores and home improvement stores, both of which usually have huge racks of gift cards for sale like at office supply stores. You can even buy gas station gift cards at grocery and home improvement stores for the 5x UR (and many grocery store chains will even earn you fuel points for gift card purchases).

 

[Lain]

Instead of showing how many likes a poster has, it shows a "reaction score." Anyone else thinking that all you have to do is post one controversial post on one of those contentious, opinionated threads elsewhere to double your score?

I don’t like it. Sally Field never got meme-worthy by saying, “You react to me, you really react to me!”

 

[Haley R]

Geez I’m having a heck of a time getting the site to load for me. Kind of annoying. All other sites work

 

[Lain]

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Clip the coupon to your app to save $10 when you purchase $100 or more in Visa Gift Cards. Expires 6/8/19.

DPs report that this coupon works on variable load VGCs up to $500. Use a credit card that earns a high bonus for supermarket purchases like the Amex Gold (4x MR), Chase Freedom this quarter (5x UR), or Amex Blue Cash Preferred (6% cash back).

 

[afan]

Geez I’m having a heck of a time getting the site to load for me. Kind of annoying. All other sites work

On my phone it doesn't like the wifi and will load with reg data which I hope changes but we have unlimted so I guess it doesn't matter.

@Lain did you change your pick or did the new boards change the color of it? Either way I like it.

 

[Lain]

@Lain did you change your pick or did the new boards change the color of it? Either way I like it.

Thanks! I did change my avatar pic. Why not with all the other changes going on around here?

 

[Lain]

Uh... there's a middle finger emoji that's just waiting to be used, and then I'm sure the user will get some (bad) points or banned.

 

[afan]

Uh... there's a middle finger emoji that's just waiting to be used, and then I'm sure the user will get some (bad) points or banned.

I wonder if it's blocked. Did a preview and no it's not. That's a good thing to post on the tech board. Really want to use it though ans I know where and how I'd do it too. It would for sure get me a time out though.

I do wish I had some of these emojis on my phone. I feel like android is so far behind the game.

ETA I created an emoji thread on the tech board. We'll see what they say\do.

 

[kmc8826]

I don’t like the new site. That is all. Adapt and overcome I guess.

My Citi Biz AA card came. Glad it came since whole reason I got it was to use on the Plastiq deal and my mortgage. It is my first Citi card. It seems like people have had trouble activating sometimes? Any recommendations? Is it easier to just go through the app?

 

[Lain]

I wonder if it's blocked. Did a preview and no it's not. That's a good thing to post on the tech board. Really want to use it though ans I know where and how I'd do it too. It would for sure get me a time out though.

I do wish I had some of these emojis on my phone. I feel like android is so far behind the game.

I just tried it, clicked 👁 Preview and it shows up. But I'm not gonna do it. This is a family friendly site. I'll leave the hostility for the ‘Disney for families’ thread.

 

[GusGus16]

Back from my 2 week trip-Disneyland, San Diego and pacific coast highway/hwy 1. Read what I could when I had some time. Had a good trip, but super busy and now trying to catch up on some real life things now that I'm back. Will try to write a few hotel reviews, but stayed I think at 6 different hotels during the trip so probably won't be getting to all of them. The Disneyland portion we stayed at the Sheraton 4 points Anaheim, overall a good experience, walkable to the parks, I would think just over half a mile to security. You do have to cross the highway on-ramp, so would be hesitant if you have kids not in strollers. There are more impressive and closer hotels, but with the point cost and I did book before the increase it made sense for me to stay there.

I loved Disneyland, it far exceeded my expectations and California Adventure may be my favorite theme park I've been to. Would also recommend Big Sur to everyone! Will try to get back when I get caught up and break down the point cost and credit card worthy notes of the trip, I was able to make it to Timberline for lunch during my layover today...

 

[afan]

I just tried it, clicked 👁 Preview and it shows up. But I'm not gonna do it. This is a family friendly site. I'll leave the hostility for the ‘Disney for families’ thread.

I think I was editing when you were posting. I posted about it on the tech board.

I wonder how many angry reactions that thread has I am surprised knowing how some threads/posters get that they have it as an option. Those stroller and ecv threads are bad enough already.