I love credit cards so much! v4.0 - 2021 (see first page for add'l details)

[Judique]

That sounds even stupider than Citi flagging me for fraud because I rented a moving van and changed states.

I know we aren't real big on cash back cards here, but Navy Federal just changed their 1.5% card to 1.75% if you have a direct deposit with them. Don't know if that really changes the calculus for anyone here but it's at least interesting. Now that I have two 2% CB cards though I won't be bothering to get it.

I'm staying with my NFCU Flagship. It's 2% and they just credited me $130 for Prime. That ended in September but was certainly a nice one time perk.

DD has a 1.5% card and her paycheck is direct deposited. I'll have to ask her if she's getting the 1.75% now.

 

[elgerber]

I just have to pay for these with each card correct? Or is there something I need to activate?

I used my cap one venture and one other card for dd precheck. I didn’t have to activate anything I just paid for each one

 

[EACarlson]

I just have to pay for these with each card correct? Or is there something I need to activate?

With my Navy Fed Flagship, I just had to pay with the card and the credit was given automatically. With that card you get a credit for each AU as well, so I paid for both my wife's and mine with my card and both were given immediately.

 

[Terp03]

Any other ways to get credit for a Disney cruise? Already redeemed 200K in Chase UR with Disney gift cards at supermarkets with PYB but that ended on 9/30.

 

[Alexle2007]

Really thought I had a PlayStation 5 today. Had it in my cart. Rookie mistake. When I went to pay I wasn’t logged in. Of course whatever my saved Target password wasnt correct.
By the time I logged in they were gone.
I can’t believe I forgot to log in. They dropped right as we need to get ready and leave for school so I was constantly refreshing while brushing kid teeth and wiping faces.
So sad! I was really hoping to grab it for our 20th anniversary nice month for DH.
I can at least get it for Xmas if not by our anniversary.

Oh no! I missed one the other week through Sony Direct when the payment option wasn’t working properly. This week DH received a new invite and I scored one! This will be DS’s big Christmas present. We’re going to turn his “playroom” that he doesn’t use into a teen cave for Christmas. So new TV, furniture, etc. This will let me recoup my living room.

 

[Alexle2007]

Any recommendations for hotels in San Juan, PR? I have stayed at the Marriott for work but it felt rundown.

 

[becauseimnew]

This entire time I’ve been afraid of $10k MSR, turns out we charge more than I thought, we’ve been meeting the $7,500 chase MSR in less than 8 weeks. But even though I could use more MRs I think we’ll stick with churning chase Biz cards until that easy money runs out. I love the easy of cashing out URs and transferring them to Hyatt.

 

[Psychodisney]

GE and tsa precheck credits. Is it only GE on csr and personal plat or do they work on precheck too?

I want to sign up for GE in case I decide not to renew or have issues renewing my Nexus.

But my mom might be flying occasionally on her own with her dog and I realized I have 2 credits. She won't want the hassle of ge but I could get her to do precheck since it would be free. I would just have to go with her to pay right? We have dif last names so I don't think she could use the card.

We definitely paid at the appointment. I gave my DS my card. They did question him about it but let it go.

 

[Psychodisney]

Any recommendations for hotels in San Juan, PR? I have stayed at the Marriott for work but it felt rundown.

We stayed at a courtyard near the airport a few years ago. Nice beach and had a casino. Unfortunately, I think a lot of hotels seem rundown lately. Lack of revenue, lack of staff...

 

[disfanforlife]

Oh no! I missed one the other week through Sony Direct when the payment option wasn’t working properly. This week DH received a new invite and I scored one! This will be DS’s big Christmas present. We’re going to turn his “playroom” that he doesn’t use into a teen cave for Christmas. So new TV, furniture, etc. This will let me recoup my living room.

I want to get one for my son. Any advice on how to get an invite?

 

[havaneselover]

Just went for the Amex Gold Business offer--80k MRs for $6k in spend. Trying to hold off on my SW Chase cards because I can polish both of those off pretty quickly. Now I can order my couches!

 

[Alexle2007]

I want to get one for my son. Any advice on how to get an invite?

These are directions I followed:
To get those orders, all you need to do is is create or log into your Sony Direct account. Once you are signed in, head over to your account page by clicking ‘My Profile. After that, click on the edit button on your profile page, and you’ll get a redirect to the new account settings page. From there, press the notifications tab on the left-hand side of the screen and opt-in to receive news and special offers from Sony.

It took a couple of months to get the invite but it worked so I was happy.

 

[becauseimnew]

Just went for the Amex Gold Business offer--80k MRs for $6k in spend. Trying to hold off on my SW Chase cards because I can polish both of those off pretty quickly. Now I can order my couches!

I’ve had zero luck pulling that offer.

 

[havaneselover]

I’ve had zero luck pulling that offer.

I have no clue how I got it. Should have done 90k mrs for $10k but I didn’t so this works.

 

[Judique]

I transferred my UR's from a business card to my sapphire today. Wanted to wait until the last batch posted.

Tried sending a secure message but the system wouldn't send.

So I called the sapphire number and got transferred to the business section. They took care of it quickly.

Then I went back to see if I now had a connection between the two cards. But, since I transferred all the UR's, it wouldn't take me to that page. Will have to look when my next bunch of points get credited. Hope it will work that way.

Next I will transfer a few days worth to Hyatt so that I have my reservation for next summer. Love UR's!! I was late to the table but now I intend to make up for lost time.

 

[sinnika]

Any other ways to get credit for a Disney cruise? Already redeemed 200K in Chase UR with Disney gift cards at supermarkets with PYB but that ended on 9/30.

These are the things I have done to pay for my last several cruises: Purchased Disney gift cards at Kroger when they have 4 times reward points for fuel. A $250 gift card saves $35 when you do the full 35 gallon fill up (takes coordination of vehicles or gas cans). Used my Am Ex preferred where I got 6% cash back on groceries. Also used Costco as my travel agent to receive 7% back for the cruise price in Costco cash after the cruise was completed. So about a 27% savings. And of course if you have a placeholder, that's another 10% savings.

 

[Judique]

And, I can use the CSP $50 hotel credit after November 18. That would be when the annual fee is due.

Gives me more reason to keep the CSP as a CSP.

 

[havaneselover]

These are the things I have done to pay for my last several cruises: Purchased Disney gift cards at Kroger when they have 4 times reward points for fuel. A $250 gift card saves $35 when you do the full 35 gallon fill up (takes coordination of vehicles or gas cans). Used my Am Ex preferred where I got 6% cash back on groceries. Also used Costco as my travel agent to receive 7% back for the cruise price in Costco cash after the cruise was completed. So about a 27% savings. And of course if you have a placeholder, that's another 10% savings.

I do pretty much exactly the same.

 

[havaneselover]

DD applied for the CF Student 21 days ago. First we got the letter to confirm she was a college student. Yesterday we got one saying we needed to prove her birth date. I mean couldn't Chase have figured that out when they sent the last letter? Still surprised she wasn't outright denied since this would be her first credit card in her name.

 

[havaneselover]

Couches ordered and MSR almost taken care of. Went through TCB and should have a $110 or so in cash back.