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

[striker1064]

CIU appeared in my Chase account this morning. Seems positive! Now to see if I get shut down in a week.

 

[speedyfishy]

Oh yeah I didn’t see any kind of prints here. Most everything here is stationary and snacks. They literally have every kind of weird home product you could think of like a spatula holder, tissue box cover, toilet seat cover, idk just all kinds of stuff lol. We did buy the soap dispenser that dispenses in the shape of mickey’s head. Dh asked if we needed one for each bathroom in our new house

Oh that’s awesome. It’s actually good the merch isn’t the same. I want to go so bad.

 

[nickle831]

Oh yeah I didn’t see any kind of prints here. Most everything here is stationary and snacks. They literally have every kind of weird home product you could think of like a spatula holder, tissue box cover, toilet seat cover, idk just all kinds of stuff lol. We did buy the soap dispenser that dispenses in the shape of mickey’s head. Dh asked if we needed one for each bathroom in our new house

Um hello of course we NEED one in every room!

 

[DisneyMandC]

Rose gold? Platinum?

I’ve thought about Platinum so many times but I just can’t make it make sense for me. I don’t use Uber and it would be my luck that they would stop you from being able to buy GCs with the airline credit as soon as I get it lol. Right now it's between rose gold/Hilton/Marriott for me. Guess I'll see what kind of pop up I get.

 

[WVMomof3]

This reminds me of at least 3 of people I know that have only one thing in common. We all know you aren't actually an old man yelling "Get off my lawn" randomly at small children. I'm going to take a stab at your astrological sign since it's the only thing in common with these 3 aforementioned people. I'm guessing you sir, are a Libra! I don't know much about the astrological signs or anything but one of my friends said the following to me when I asked where he wanted to go for dinner. He said, "Didn't you know I'm a Libra? I can't make a decision." This then reminded me of the other two I know that are like that. I've been shopping with them and they all share the same sign.

I don't know that I have indecision about 50 cents, but I say this about myself all time that I can NOT make a decision. I am terrible. I looked at vacuums for probably 2 years before I bought one, now I am looking at cars and I am not sure I will ever decide. Ughhh I can't even commit to vacation dates. But I am not a Libra! Sagittarius here.

 

[needsomesun]

I resemble this observation...

And have also debated over which deodorant to buy to save pennies. And I feel like I chose incorrectly the last time around

Same here, except I debate about it for my boys. They stink. So there's a lot of comparing price vs effectiveness. I'll buy whatever is on sale for myself. I too shop in bulk though so I can avoid going too often. I need to line them all up though so I run out of things at the same time.

 

[WVMomof3]

I am super salty about being at work right now.

We leave late next Wednesday night for our trip. We are working this weekend and someone is off several days too. It's funny, because we have these 'floater' positions that are supposed to help with overtime when people are off, so we don't have to work a million 12 hour days or run up against our 72 hour a week limit, but... somehow they are never called in to help with this when I am working 12 hours, only when my coworkers are (the ones that work second and third shift).

So my schedule is as follows:
Today 3am 12 hrs
Tomorrow 6am 8.5hrs
Wed normal
Thursday 3am 12hrs
Friday normal
Saturday Sunday Monday 3am 12hrs
Tuesday Wednesday normal (wait almost forgot Tuesday is a plant wide meeting so 9hrs on Tuesday!)
Leave late Wednesday, 9pm local time and land at MCO 1:30am EST

Some time in there I pack. And I've got an extra 12hr day compared to the other person, because the person taking PTO is doing a half day for the last day so I come in early for the second half of that shift. And really, either today or tomorrow I will leave an hour early because my lovely boss added training for everyone, thus why I must come in at 6am tomorrow, which put me at 72.5 hours. Then she always questions me if I tell her she is putting me over the limit like I can't do math.

Today was a 3am day no matter what, the rest are due to someone's PTO. We start up early and even though it's almost a guarantee I won't actually do anything until at least 5am or later, someone has to be here just in case.

BUT guess who has also been here, since about 3:20am! One of our floaters! Who worked himself out a sweet gig last year when we had a lot of changes going on, and he works 12hr days Monday through Wednesday and if he does anything beyond that is OT! And your base is typically a tad higher on that schedule, because it's calculated like you are working a 40hr week schedule, if that makes sense. Example, if this is a $50k/yr job, at 40hrs a week I make ~$24/hr, but coworker would make ~$26.70/hr so he still makes $50k a year total. And that means the OT rate is higher than mine, when he does it! Though he doesn't too often. I would have jumped on that job in a heartbeat BUT we were told that that schedule wasn't going to be allowed, it would be normal 40hr week.. And then they grandfathered him in, even though his official acceptance was after the change date. Had I taken it I would have been before the change date and should have been grandfathered in, but they told me they wouldn't let me do the 3 12s I don't begrudge him for his sweet gig, I totally blame HR and old management for how this turned out which is a bit longer story.

Anyways, long rant about that aside... WHY AM I HERE IF SOMEONE ELSE COMES IN AT THE SAME TIME ON THESE MORNINGS???? WHEN THERE IS NO REAL WORK FOR THE FIRST TWO TO FOUR HOURS????

I'm going to attempt to suggest I not come in early on these 3am Mondays any more unless he is off... it's not value added

And on top of everything else, my other coworker has decided to take off a week and a half after I come back.

So that schedule is like:
Me, off through Tuesday
Wednesday 12hrs til 7pm
Thursday FOURTH OF JULY 12hrs 7pm (I have worked every 4th since starting here... consolation is it's been until either 3pm or 7pm so I can still kinda do fireworks/bbqs, and we are paid 8hrs holiday plus double time for however many hours we work)
Want to interject here that there are rumors that they want to give us a 4 day weekend starting the 4th, but there are also rumors that they want to run us straight through the holiday and weekend.
Friday Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri 12 hrs 7pm.

That can't actually happen because that would put us over our 72hr limits. And really working the weekend of the 4th doesn't follow our every other weekend schedule that we are currently on. But who wants to bet either way I get to work up to 72hrs?

Meanwhile, while I am off the floater mentioned before is just going to cover my shift every day so the others aren't working 12s.....

At least you get paid for overtime. DH is salary and regularly works 12 hour days. Drives me bonkers. I tell him he does not get paid enough to work that long. I tell him he needs to be a slacker like everyone thinks government workers are anyway. He is topped out, will never get another promotion, so it is not like he needs to impress anyone. I tell him NOT to impress anyone. lol Because if he takes a more managerial position for the SAME pay I will kill him. Or most likely, he will kill himself from overwork.

 

[wendow]

@amalone1013 you definitely need a new job. And ASAP. That sounds terrible!

Aren’t you and dh still living with your in-laws? I know y’all want to move out but it seems to be still working okay. Maybe this is a good opportunity to find a new job before you have a house payment and feel more ‘stuck’.

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

This reminds me of at least 3 of people I know that have only one thing in common. We all know you aren't actually an old man yelling "Get off my lawn" randomly at small children. I'm going to take a stab at your astrological sign since it's the only thing in common with these 3 aforementioned people. I'm guessing you sir, are a Libra! I don't know much about the astrological signs or anything but one of my friends said the following to me when I asked where he wanted to go for dinner. He said, "Didn't you know I'm a Libra? I can't make a decision." This then reminded me of the other two I know that are like that. I've been shopping with them and they all share the same sign.

Not a Libra haha. I had to look up what I was though - I know nothing of these signs, haha.

I’m just a deal seeker and I try to optimize everything when it comes to money. Works well as a churner though haha.

 

[MKTokyo]

I am super salty about being at work right now.

We leave late next Wednesday night for our trip. We are working this weekend and someone is off several days too. It's funny, because we have these 'floater' positions that are supposed to help with overtime when people are off, so we don't have to work a million 12 hour days or run up against our 72 hour a week limit, but... somehow they are never called in to help with this when I am working 12 hours, only when my coworkers are (the ones that work second and third shift).

So my schedule is as follows:
Today 3am 12 hrs
Tomorrow 6am 8.5hrs
Wed normal
Thursday 3am 12hrs
Friday normal
Saturday Sunday Monday 3am 12hrs
Tuesday Wednesday normal (wait almost forgot Tuesday is a plant wide meeting so 9hrs on Tuesday!)
Leave late Wednesday, 9pm local time and land at MCO 1:30am EST

Some time in there I pack. And I've got an extra 12hr day compared to the other person, because the person taking PTO is doing a half day for the last day so I come in early for the second half of that shift. And really, either today or tomorrow I will leave an hour early because my lovely boss added training for everyone, thus why I must come in at 6am tomorrow, which put me at 72.5 hours. Then she always questions me if I tell her she is putting me over the limit like I can't do math.

Today was a 3am day no matter what, the rest are due to someone's PTO. We start up early and even though it's almost a guarantee I won't actually do anything until at least 5am or later, someone has to be here just in case.

BUT guess who has also been here, since about 3:20am! One of our floaters! Who worked himself out a sweet gig last year when we had a lot of changes going on, and he works 12hr days Monday through Wednesday and if he does anything beyond that is OT! And your base is typically a tad higher on that schedule, because it's calculated like you are working a 40hr week schedule, if that makes sense. Example, if this is a $50k/yr job, at 40hrs a week I make ~$24/hr, but coworker would make ~$26.70/hr so he still makes $50k a year total. And that means the OT rate is higher than mine, when he does it! Though he doesn't too often. I would have jumped on that job in a heartbeat BUT we were told that that schedule wasn't going to be allowed, it would be normal 40hr week.. And then they grandfathered him in, even though his official acceptance was after the change date. Had I taken it I would have been before the change date and should have been grandfathered in, but they told me they wouldn't let me do the 3 12s I don't begrudge him for his sweet gig, I totally blame HR and old management for how this turned out which is a bit longer story.

Anyways, long rant about that aside... WHY AM I HERE IF SOMEONE ELSE COMES IN AT THE SAME TIME ON THESE MORNINGS???? WHEN THERE IS NO REAL WORK FOR THE FIRST TWO TO FOUR HOURS????

I'm going to attempt to suggest I not come in early on these 3am Mondays any more unless he is off... it's not value added

And on top of everything else, my other coworker has decided to take off a week and a half after I come back.

So that schedule is like:
Me, off through Tuesday
Wednesday 12hrs til 7pm
Thursday FOURTH OF JULY 12hrs 7pm (I have worked every 4th since starting here... consolation is it's been until either 3pm or 7pm so I can still kinda do fireworks/bbqs, and we are paid 8hrs holiday plus double time for however many hours we work)
Want to interject here that there are rumors that they want to give us a 4 day weekend starting the 4th, but there are also rumors that they want to run us straight through the holiday and weekend.
Friday Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri 12 hrs 7pm.

That can't actually happen because that would put us over our 72hr limits. And really working the weekend of the 4th doesn't follow our every other weekend schedule that we are currently on. But who wants to bet either way I get to work up to 72hrs?

Meanwhile, while I am off the floater mentioned before is just going to cover my shift every day so the others aren't working 12s.....

That would drive me crazy.

Their pins here are pretty bad lol. They aren’t very good quality. They don’t do the whole pin trading here. I did see some I liked but they didn’t say Tokyo Disney on them. What are prints?

Try the Pirate Treasure shop in Adventureland & the big shops in both parks. The Donald birthday pin might still be available & I really like that one. I don't think Bon Voyage (assuming that's where you went) stocks all pins. I understand why they don't stock Duffy items there but it's annoying to have to go into the park itself (& the shop that is never big enough to hold everyone who wants to be in it) just to buy Duffy (or friends) an outfit. What could have been a 30 minute errand always takes half a day because you can't just leave afterwards...

 

[wendow]

Dh was instantly approved for citi biz #2!! After blowing through all our AA points for our Aug trip, we are back on the train and earning points for our 2020 trip. Feels good to not be time pressured like we were for Aug

 

[MKTokyo]

Most of the meals at WDW are too big for one person, which is partly why you so often see people suggesting to split or buy the kids meal. Being small or large isn't also a good excuse for that person. I could be a small bodybuilder that needs 3000 cal + a day or I could be a large in height person that's good on 2000 and so it's too much. But I also find someone explaining themselves as very LARGE as someone I'm now judging because of it and they are probably eating more than they should. But really who even explains themselves as very large that just seems weird and would have been better to say they have a hearty or healthy appetite. Or maybe my two week+ of counting calories so help my clothes still fit while building muscle is getting to me. I just want the fat on my hips to go away or I'm going to stop purposely building muscle which isn't a good thing to say as we age. But ugh, I already cut out a ton of sugar, not that I miss it but it's annoying. OK I need to stop complaining and eat lunch.

He provided his exact height & weight, which I have never seen anyone do on a theme park message board other than to explain how a ride or an article of clothing works for their body size if other people are wondering about it. Maybe he thought he was on Match.com

It's too bad we can't press a button to decide which area gets toned during exercise. It's never the one you want. I wanted my thighs to look better so I started using a stair climber & the first place to improve was... my arms. Go figure.

 

[Haley R]

Oh that’s awesome. It’s actually good the merch isn’t the same. I want to go so bad.

The merch here is the best I’ve ever seen. It’s so unique. I had a whole list of things I knew I wanted just from watching vlogs lol. Dh and I each bought a passholder and I knew ahead of time I wanted the cheeseburger one.

 

[Haley R]

Um hello of course we NEED one in every room!

Haha we ended up just getting one but it was super tempting to buy more than one. They actually weren’t that expensive

 

[Haley R]

That would drive me crazy.


Try the Pirate Treasure shop in Adventureland & the big shops in both parks. The Donald birthday pin might still be available & I really like that one. I don't think Bon Voyage (assuming that's where you went) stocks all pins. I understand why they don't stock Duffy items there but it's annoying to have to go into the park itself (& the shop that is never big enough to hold everyone who wants to be in it) just to buy Duffy (or friends) an outfit. What could have been a 30 minute errand always takes half a day because you can't just leave afterwards...

Yeah we were at Bon voyage. They had a pretty small selection of pins. I kind of knew coming here I wouldn’t come away with any pins. I do want to do the games in both parks and lose to get pins there lol. I’ll have to check out the stores you mentioned.

I totally agree about the Duffy stuff! We’re going to disneysea tomorrow and I’m most definitely buying myself a gelatoni. I’ve been waiting for him for so long. I love the summer clothes out right now but I’m not giving that much money for them. I think I’m also gonna get the Duffy sunny fun hat with the fluffy ears.

 

[DisneyMandC]

At least you get paid for overtime. DH is salary and regularly works 12 hour days. Drives me bonkers. I tell him he does not get paid enough to work that long. I tell him he needs to be a slacker like everyone thinks government workers are anyway. He is topped out, will never get another promotion, so it is not like he needs to impress anyone. I tell him NOT to impress anyone. lol Because if he takes a more managerial position for the SAME pay I will kill him. Or most likely, he will kill himself from overwork.

I feel his pain... I've worked every weekend for the last four weeks. I wish I could be a slack off government worker like everyone thinks, but I'm too worried about my cases. I finished a big case yesterday and I'm hoping I can at least not be doing anything for the next couple weekends. DH is gone this weekend and I just want to binge watch Netflix and do my cross stitch lol.

 

[bernina]

Dh was instantly approved for citi biz #2!! After blowing through all our AA points for our Aug trip, we are back on the train and earning points for our 2020 trip. Feels good to not be time pressured like we were for Aug

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[WVMomof3]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...inibar-family-says/ar-AACCPBy?ocid=spartanntp
Several more very similar deaths in the Dominican Republic are coming to light.

 

[bernina]

Planning ahead for the next few months of applications.

By the end of this week I should be working on about $8K of minimum spend between Amex and Citi.

We value URs the most followed by MR and then Delta (DTW is a delta hub).

DH and I are both at 3/24 so the focus is on business cards.

I plan to go for the Amex BBP for DH as we’ll be closing his Platinum soon (1 year mark). I’ll refer from my Platinum to get the 15K referral.

I’m wondering if I should go for my second CIP (will refer from DH’s CIP). I got CIP #1 in March 2018. I completed the MDD on 4/16/19 so 90 days from then (mid July) should be okay? Can I use my SSN and full name (same as CIP #1)?

 

[miztressuz]

AmEx seems to have put out new targeted transfer bonuses. Some are getting up to 50% bonus to BA or JetBlue.

https://www.reddit.com/r/churning/comments/bywi8j/_/eqmm81s

https://www.reddit.com/r/churning/comments/byj588/_/eqlwevh

I got a 50% bonus to Bonblah