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It will list Air Canada Rouge clearly. It did for me even searching and booking via United with miles.

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Thanks, I'll look more carefully from now on
It should say on the AC page under the flight number. I seriously doubt they'd fly a Rouge plane to Australia -- they use their "real planes" for the longhaul flights, i.e., China, Japan, Australia, etc.
The Air Canada flights involve 2 stops, like in Toronto or Montreal and then in Vancouver. I'm concerned about the shorter flights, not the Vancouver to Sydney part.
 
I have the Hilton Aspire which has an airline incidental credit. I know GCs haven’t worked recently but I read about smaller airline charges counting Anyone think a $150-200 flight on SW might work?
 
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I haven't had a chance to check but I am guessing they're not going to put a BW offer on a Hilton card... which is a shame because I have a LOT of BW stays coming up!

What kind of work do you do?

Police dispatch supervisor. It's a crying kind of field, I guess!

Why would it throw up flags? People have AirBnB businesses who need to spend on a fireplace. GCs at Sam's and supermarkets are fine, but throw some regular shopping items in your cart so the total amount isn't obviously GCs.

OH! I can buy GCs at my local grocery with Amex??? Thank goodness because it's actually a part of my regular shopping, especially with Christmas coming up.

I didn't see this discussed yesterday:
https://www.doctorofcredit.com/american-express-major-overhaul-on-card-benefits-begins-january-2020/
I'd love to do a quick takeaway, but DoC's already done a great job outlining the Good and the Bad. Worth reading to see which cards and benefits will be affected.

Amex will start notifying customers on 10/1/19. Changes go into effect 1/1/20.

Will definitely need to read this, although mine is a Hilton so maybe not what he's talking about. Thank you!

Phone app and it’s free! I haven’t played yet today but I’m going to in a little bit

My 12 yo will love this! Thanks for posting about it!

Omg the new Mario kart app is amazing and other people are terrible 😆

I am quite sure I am terrible... in any format!


Off to go look! ETA: Oops! Wrong card! :scared:
 
Police dispatch supervisor. It's a crying kind of field, I guess!

I am laughing so hard right now! I am also a Dispatch Supervisor. We dispatch for Police/Fire/EMS.
As soon as I read your comment I knew you had to be in the same field. I did think you were a cop first though. And then I was wondering how many barking dog calls and aliens in my attic calls you got sent to. :jumping1:
I made an I.T. person cry once when he was jacking with our CAD and delayed a response to a person that ended up passing away. I was on fire 🤬🤬🤬
 

I am laughing so hard right now! I am also a Dispatch Supervisor. We dispatch for Police/Fire/EMS.
As soon as I read your comment I knew you had to be in the same field. I did think you were a cop first though. And then I was wondering how many barking dog calls and aliens in my attic calls you got sent to. :jumping1:
I made an I.T. person cry once when he was jacking with our CAD and delayed a response to a person that ended up passing away. I was on fire 🤬🤬🤬
No way! What a small world! We are PD only where I am...

That really, really stinks about your CAD getting messed up >:(>:(>:( How is it that the IT folks that are assigned to our area don't understand that our computer system needs are different than the others they deal with???? I had our IT folks try to just unplug a printer and take it away.... it's our NCIC printer! It cannot just be unplugged and removed!

Unfortunately we do get a ton of barking dog calls. Usually the sounds in the attic aren't aliens- they think it's the neighbors!
 
Interesting data point today. Similar to what happened with P2's card last week.

I upgraded my existing SPG personal last August to the Bonvoy Brilliant when I was offered the 100,000 upgrade offer. My AF was in April and it posted and I paid it then. Yesterday I did a quick chat with Amex to downgrade the card and they did so easy peasy. Renewal membership fee of $52.57 and adujusted member fee of $247.68. I was thinking I might cancel the card outright, but if there is a chance I get another upgrade offer I will definitely consider keeping it.
 
I haven't had a chance to check but I am guessing they're not going to put a BW offer on a Hilton card... which is a shame because I have a LOT of BW stays coming up!



Police dispatch supervisor. It's a crying kind of field, I guess!



OH! I can buy GCs at my local grocery with Amex??? Thank goodness because it's actually a part of my regular shopping, especially with Christmas coming up.



Will definitely need to read this, although mine is a Hilton so maybe not what he's talking about. Thank you!



My 12 yo will love this! Thanks for posting about it!



I am quite sure I am terrible... in any format!



Off to go look! ETA: Oops! Wrong card! :scared:
So as the day went on, people weren’t so terrible anymore lol. Unfortunately it’s one of those “pay to get better stuff” kind of games. I really hope it doesn’t turn into one of those things where you can’t win if you don’t spend money. I never spend money on phone apps
 
:offtopic: DH wants to retire now he has 20 and can start the pension. I have been telling him he can if he would start home schooling the girls. (And that comes from all of you inspirational people on here!) I guess yesterday he had a conversation with someone at work who does homeschooling with his kids (or his wife does). In a complete 180 DH is now seriously thinking about it! I had told him there were resources/programs/instructions to follow but I guess it was the co-worker that told him that swayed him. Just kind of funny! I don't know that we will do it but the whole reason I even brought it up ever with him is all of you guys. So thank you!
 
How do I know my Serve card has been shut down? I went to load today and my first $200 swipe went through but it declined my second.
Login to your account. If you can get in it isn't shutdown. Have you reached your 5,000 limit for the month?
ETA: correct the accidental vulgarity, lol
 
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DP of Ram’s tickets coming for someone who applied for Unify after the new LA area language was added on Reddit. If you’ve done it before remember to use a new email. No one has received the $100 bonus yet so jury is still out. If you get approved you should see Ram’s tickets with a week.
 
So as the day went on, people weren’t so terrible anymore lol. Unfortunately it’s one of those “pay to get better stuff” kind of games. I really hope it doesn’t turn into one of those things where you can’t win if you don’t spend money. I never spend money on phone apps
I dont play video games EXCEPT for Mario Kart! My fave game ever, lol. We have an old Wii and once in awhile we bring it out to play Mario Kart. My favorite race is the Coconut Mall.
 
Weird DP here. Not sure what happened but applied for a CIP and called status line and basically it said there were no apps with my SS# pending at all. Called and they said it was there, but they hadn't looked at it at all. A couple of days later I call the status line, get the same auto message, then talk to a person who says my application was accepted. I'd be thrilled except now I'm wondering what was going on. Anyway, I guess I have a new MSR to work on.
 
Soooo.... when I got approved over the weekend for a Hilton Amex, they nicely provided the card number/pin etc so I could use it before the card arrived.

Just tried to make an online purchase with the info they sent me and it's declined.

Anyone experienced this? I'm sure the hard card will be here soon and I may have written the number down wrong?? But just checking to see if this is something that the experts have experienced.
 
Thanks, I'll look more carefully from now on

The Air Canada flights involve 2 stops, like in Toronto or Montreal and then in Vancouver. I'm concerned about the shorter flights, not the Vancouver to Sydney part.
When we flew to Sydney, we went Toronto to Vancouver, Vancouver to Syndey. AC doesn't have a plane with the fuel capacity to fly direct from either Toronto or Montreal. The plane we flew to Vancouver on was the same plane that went on to Syndey -- we left some of our things on the plane (in Vancouver) and had enough time to visit the restroom, wash my face, brush my teeth and change my clothes for the long flight to Sydney (it was overnight). There was no way we would've missed our flight if the plane was delayed in Toronto because there wouldn't have been a plane for the folks in Vancouver to take to Syndey. It's a decent route and the AC service on their "real planes" is quite good.
 
So nervous at the Southwest flight opening tomorrow morning---I have to try to coordinate MCO arrivals from two different airports for four different people using my RR points.

And dh and I are now driving to Florida in March (omg pray for me---we've done it like 7 times in the past) so that he can meet with clients before the WDW portion of the trip ... and DC area clients after the trip lol

Alas, I won't be trying to book these flights from a lovely cabin outside of Lake Tahoe. I rescheduled my trip bc 24yo dd had a tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy yesterday morning and was anxious because both dh and I would be out of town. I'm so glad I didn't go as she started to run a fever less than 12 hours out from the procedures---I can just imagine me turning right around in SMF and flying home!
 
Soooo.... when I got approved over the weekend for a Hilton Amex, they nicely provided the card number/pin etc so I could use it before the card arrived.

Just tried to make an online purchase with the info they sent me and it's declined.

Anyone experienced this? I'm sure the hard card will be here soon and I may have written the number down wrong?? But just checking to see if this is something that the experts have experienced.
Not with HIlton, but with DH Delta Amex Biz plat, same thing, got a card number, but it didn't work.
 
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