I love credit cards so much! v3.0 (see first page for add'l details)

[StephPlum]

Talking about weather. I am within 2 weeks of my trip so I am in that checking the weather there every day habit. High of 70 in Joshua Tree and Vegas; High of 80 in Death Valley. Sounds perfect to me!

 

[georgina]

All this Beaches and Cream talk inspired me to make an ADR there for my solo May trip (staying at BCV on rented points).

Wow, bought a 5 day PH from UCT on Thursday, it arrived in my mail today. That was fast.

 

[FoxC63]

In this sense you and he are swperate as you shpuld not add each other as AU*. He can do the BOA just fine but if its a personal it will add to his 5/24.
For you, grab the Chase first and then get the Amex. No problems. Amex doesn’t care and Chase doesn’t either as long as you stay under 5/24 and haven’t gone crazy on personla cards by the time you are ready for your next Chase biz.

*For the CIP you can get DH an employee card and it won’t count against his 5/24 as it doesn’t report to personal credit.

Thank you! DH downgraded his Disney Visa to no fee, I used his link but that was about a year ago It's the only Chase we have.

 

[MickeyMouseCD524]

The BBP is 12 months and a flat 2x MR back with $0 AF. I believe it only has a SUBvia referral link. Its a biz card.

Thank you! I'll go look into it now!

 

[Mopedmom1]

You mean there's a part of town that's even shadier than "Felony Flats"?!

Yep!

I've found there are certain cashiers that have done that to me before. So I avoid them. I tend to load at the Money Center, and then try to hit a lane, but the lines are always SOOO long. On a good day I can load $600 (I do $400 at the Money Center and $200 in a lane). I have 2 Walmarts I can split between. It sucks that it's so many hoops to jump through, but it is nice to get the "easy" points/spend.

Both of their spiels were VERY similar so I think it is being drummed into their heads by management. I also think the $100 amount might have been a trigger. Either way I will just avoid that store from now on! And I think I will use the $100 GC's to pay my electric or propane bills.

 

[stitchfan18]

I need to play catch up on this thread, but I wanted to share my DP from DH's precheck payment since a couple were interested when I asked if Amex employee cards would trigger the credit a couple weeks ago. DH had his precheck appointment last Monday and paid the fee with his employee green card that is link to my plat biz account. Credit for the charge posted on Saturday.

 

[striker1064]

At the Orlando Amtrak station now waiting on my train to go home. Quite a successful trip, if I do say so myself.

We did some bouncing around this trip and I wasn't the biggest fan of that, but we were trying to stretch our DVC points as far as possible so it worked out. First night at the Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace outside Disney Springs and that was fine, hotel was mostly nice and I enjoyed walking to Disney Springs. Second night in a standard view Grand Floridian Villa studio, our first time. We had a view of the monorail, very cool. Last two nights in a Kidani savanna view studio. For my money, it doesn't get any better than having a zoo right outside your balcony.

This was a quick trip focused on the Princess races. We were both signed up, but unfortunately DW had to drop out due to injury, so it was up to me to carry the load.

It was weirdly chilly for Florida. Standing in the corrals for the 10k at 46° and 20+ mph wind gusts was miserable, but I set a personal 10k record at 55:16 so I couldn't complain.

The weather on Sunday for the half marathon was much better, a little chilly standing in the corrals at 55° with light winds, but I can't complain. And I finished my first half marathon in 1:58:44. It was one of the most amazing experiences I've ever done, and I'm already looking forward to Wine and Dine registration opening in a couple weeks.

And we just made an offer on an AKV DVC contract. Running and Disney, it does that to you.

On the churning front, I'm about $2k away from the Surpass FNC after this trip, and recently got a CIU in the Chase Just For You offers. All is well!

 

[spacerangerqueen]

Disney springs is crazy today

I found it to be pretty tame for a Sunday actually. We passed by a huge backup of cars at the Lime Garage and sailed up to the second floor of Orange Garage where there were 499 open spaces! Saw the Sonic movie with a fairly empty theater. AMC wasn't crowded at all, kinda shocking. We walked over to WOD from AMC and didn't find it very crowded. A lot of runners, but not a crazy amount of them. Starbucks was a bit backed up, but that's normal haha.

Friday was gross weather wise. I thought I was going to get blown off the road driving home from work. I think I am still warming up from then!

 

[Haley R]

or you could get some more exercise and walk over to Ample Hills.
(This from someone who has eaten and had ice cream from B&C multiple times in the past and really doesn't care and would be just as happy to get a container of Hagen Daz from the Boardwalk store.)

I really want the no way Jose though. I was planning to get a sundae at b&c with the same toppings as that.

 

[Haley R]

I found it to be pretty tame for a Sunday actually. We passed by a huge backup of cars at the Lime Garage and sailed up to the second floor of Orange Garage where there were 499 open spaces! Saw the Sonic movie with a fairly empty theater. AMC wasn't crowded at all, kinda shocking. We walked over to WOD from AMC and didn't find it very crowded. A lot of runners, but not a crazy amount of them. Starbucks was a bit backed up, but that's normal haha.

Friday was gross weather wise. I thought I was going to get blown off the road driving home from work. I think I am still warming up from then!

We passed the lime garage too since it said full. The orange one wasn’t bad but we had a decently long wait to get into the garage. There were tons of cars ahead of us. All of the bathroom lines were horrendously long. I had to go often since I’m pregnant and it wasn’t fun waiting in those lines. World of Disney wasn’t horrible but I got run into quite a few times from people not paying attention.

I’m not looking forward to the weather this weekend. I saw lows at 39-40

 

[disneedee]

@FoxC63, I was looking through my BCP statements to find out about the stores you mentioned and whether they got 6% back. But I couldn’t find a Meijers charge! I only go there on occasion and I just must always use an MSR card there. I was thinking that I do get 6% back at Meijer but I guess I’m not positive. Walmart I know doesn’t. But Kroger Marketplace DOES get 6% back, at least here in Ohio where I am. And regular Kroger too of course. HTH

no 6% at oregon Fred Meyers (kroger),

 

[spacerangerqueen]

We passed the lime garage too since it said full. The orange one wasn’t bad but we had a decently long wait to get into the garage. There were tons of cars ahead of us. All of the bathroom lines were horrendously long. I had to go often since I’m pregnant and it wasn’t fun waiting in those lines. World of Disney wasn’t horrible but I got run into quite a few times from people not paying attention.

I’m not looking forward to the weather this weekend. I saw lows at 39-40

Oh yuck, just looked at the weather. Thursday doesn't look good. We are doing the Strawberry Festival on Sunday which has been crazy hot the past few years so a high of 62 sounds pretty nice. Easier to eat fried food when you aren't melting haha.

 

[mmmears]

I really want the no way Jose though. I was planning to get a sundae at b&c with the same toppings as that.

I'm not a sundae person in general, but the No Way Jose is a "must do" whenever we go to WDW.

 

[Herding_Cats]

Can anyone tell me if when booking a cruise with URs if you have to pay for the entire thing at once, or if you can just make a deposit and then make payments/use URs to make payments?

 

[jenmsmith]

Nope never eaten there before. Is it cheap? We aren’t looking for anything too expensive

It’s a lounge menu, so reasonable cost for Disney standards. The rolls are the same ones from the Yachtsman and all of the things we’ve tried have been yummy.

 

[Haley R]

Oh yuck, just looked at the weather. Thursday doesn't look good. We are doing the Strawberry Festival on Sunday which has been crazy hot the past few years so a high of 62 sounds pretty nice. Easier to eat fried food when you aren't melting haha.

I was hoping to swim at POR but I don’t think that’s gonna happen. I know they heat their pools but a high of 66 isn’t great for swimming. We went to a strawberry festival over the weekend!

 

[Haley R]

I'm not a sundae person in general, but the No Way Jose is a "must do" whenever we go to WDW.

It’s sooo good!

 

[Haley R]

It’s a lounge menu, so reasonable cost for Disney standards. The rolls are the same ones from the Yachtsman and all of the things we’ve tried have been yummy.

I’m gonna look at the menu and see what Dh thinks. Can you just walk in or do you need an ADR?

 

[WVMomof3]

At the Orlando Amtrak station now waiting on my train to go home. Quite a successful trip, if I do say so myself.

We did some bouncing around this trip and I wasn't the biggest fan of that, but we were trying to stretch our DVC points as far as possible so it worked out. First night at the Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace outside Disney Springs and that was fine, hotel was mostly nice and I enjoyed walking to Disney Springs. Second night in a standard view Grand Floridian Villa studio, our first time. We had a view of the monorail, very cool. Last two nights in a Kidani savanna view studio. For my money, it doesn't get any better than having a zoo right outside your balcony.

This was a quick trip focused on the Princess races. We were both signed up, but unfortunately DW had to drop out due to injury, so it was up to me to carry the load.

It was weirdly chilly for Florida. Standing in the corrals for the 10k at 46° and 20+ mph wind gusts was miserable, but I set a personal 10k record at 55:16 so I couldn't complain.

The weather on Sunday for the half marathon was much better, a little chilly standing in the corrals at 55° with light winds, but I can't complain. And I finished my first half marathon in 1:58:44. It was one of the most amazing experiences I've ever done, and I'm already looking forward to Wine and Dine registration opening in a couple weeks.

And we just made an offer on an AKV DVC contract. Running and Disney, it does that to you.

On the churning front, I'm about $2k away from the Surpass FNC after this trip, and recently got a CIU in the Chase Just For You offers. All is well!

That is awesome! Congrats on your PRs.

 

[thevalley]

Any pros/cons for booking chase points for a rental car for a few days next month in Hawaii. I have never done it before and am on the fence. Thanks