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

[wanderlust7]

If you have a link for where to purchase this I would appreciate it. I never heard of it and would like
to get for my daughters. thank you

I have this one:
https://www.amazon.com/Travelon-Anti-Theft-Classic-Shoulder-Black/dp/B005AIIPLS
There are many different styles. I got lazy with hooking on the clip though, but DS would often do it for me lol.

 

[elgerber]

I have this one:
https://www.amazon.com/Travelon-Anti-Theft-Classic-Shoulder-Black/dp/B005AIIPLS
There are many different styles. I got lazy with hooking on the clip though, but DS would often do it for me lol.

We had smaller Travelon bags with these same clips. My dd actually still uses hers daily as her purse, 4 1/2 years later.
this is what we used, but we had solid colors

Amazon.com: Travelon Anti-Theft Classic Light Mini Crossbody Bag (Black w/White Stripe) : Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry

 

[GZanta77]

I was really worried about theft and was rather paranoid on the metro. Had my travel purse with the locking hook and would always have my hand on it. But it was totally fine and we felt very safe in Barcelona.

Just to echo this - have visited Barcelona a few times (including with young children) and have never felt unsafe - quite the opposite in fact. I would be surprised if you are at any more risk there than most major cities. Take the same precautions that you would in any unfamiliar major city and you should be fine.

 

[EACarlson]

Are the Hilton's resort fees waived too if they are booked through Chase Travel portal or just waived if booked with points directly through Hilton?

Resort fees are waive if you book directly through Hilton using Hilton points. To Hilton if you book using UR through the chase travel portal, you're just another bottom of the barrel third party guest.

If you have a link for where to purchase this I would appreciate it. I never heard of it and would like
to get for my daughters. thank you

My wife bought one from Ebags a year or two ago.

 

[CyndiLouWho]

7. NEVER take the Swan bus... walk to the Boardwalk or Yacht Club, you'll thank me later, LOL

I couldn't agree more. There were a few things I disliked during our last stay but this one bothered me the most. We walked to Boardwalk after taking Swan bus once to MK.

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

I couldn't agree more. There were a few things I disliked during our last stay but this one bothered me the most. We walked to Boardwalk after taking Swan bus once to MK.

Crazy enough... my comment relates to taking it to Animal Kingdom

I never have taken it to MK, we always walk to BW. But one morning this trip we were like, oh let's try it out for AK... NEVER.AGAIN. LOL!

 

[magickingdomprincess]

Crazy enough... my comment relates to taking it to Animal Kingdom

I never have taken it to MK, we always walk to BW. But one morning this trip we were like, oh let's try it out for AK... NEVER.AGAIN. LOL!

We took the bus to AK in Oct and had no issues. What was the problem? We did walk to BWV for the MK bus though.

 

[CyndiLouWho]

Crazy enough... my comment relates to taking it to Animal Kingdom

I never have taken it to MK, we always walk to BW. But one morning this trip we were like, oh let's try it out for AK... NEVER.AGAIN. LOL!

Well, we only took it once. That was enough. I'm sure it doesn't matter which park but at MK, Swan bus drops you off in the parking lot at TTC not the bus area. So you still have to take the ferry or monorail. No thanks.

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

We took the bus to AK in Oct and had no issues. What was the problem? We did walk to BWV for the MK bus though.

We waited a long time for a bus to come. Then once we boarded, we had to stop at 2 more hotels, Dolphin then Reserve since it’s now open. Then had to wait in the normal parking line to get into the parking lot vs the way Disney buses go. We were behind 5 cars who all took forever to pay. Then drove all around the parking lot before pulling into a random bus spot in the lot. The bus was not marked for animal kingdom (just said charter) and the driver was rude and didn’t even answer questions people asked and also gave no instruction on where to catch a return bus. My biggest frustration was the amount of time it took to get into the park (measured from the time we left our room to actually reaching the gate). We took the BW bus back to Swan and will continue using BW buses in the future both ways

 

[mmmears]

Does the Saks credit work if I use an AU plat card instead of the main one?

 

[calypso726]

Honestly, I think the URs are better. And of course, any MSR card. I have BoA Plat Honors, and between DH and me, we have the Travel Rewards, Cash Rewards, and Premium Rewards cards. They see very little spend. The only one that sees any use at all is the Cash Rewards, which I sometimes use on Plastiq for mortgage (mine codes as travel category; I know people have mixed experiences with that). But it's no longer available as a MC. DoC is reporting some upcoming rumored changes to BoA's tiers and elite cc offering, so I'm keeping an eye on that. As these loyalty programs are showing a trend to switching over to dynamic pricing, it's more challenging to get the really amazing redemptions that were more common in the past, so straight cash back does have its own appeal.

ETA: I know you know your way around all the award redemptions, you are the queen of award redemptions. I only tagged you because you mentioned BoA, and it was an easy way for me to add thoughts about it.

LOL on the queen comment. I did see that article DoC wrote up so it may make things more or less interesting. I do agree with you and for me URs are better than straight cash back for me on both earning structure potential with a family of UR cards. I do appreciate MRs for airline transfers and in combo with a biz plat to get 35% of my points back when "paying" for first or business seats.

 

[hsmamato2]

ARRGGGGHHHHH.....have I hit the end of my chase good times? still waiting on swa biz app...I usually get instant approval.

 

[ski_mom]

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ARRGGGGHHHHH.....have I hit the end of my chase good times? still waiting on swa biz app...I usually get instant approval.

My DP on that is - I applied for P2 on 10/19/21 and got the we need more time message. I heard nothing more, but received the card in the mail on 10/30. So even without instant approval, received the card in 11 days. It was the first time for us to not have an instant approval either.

 

[becauseimnew]

ARRGGGGHHHHH.....have I hit the end of my chase good times? still waiting on swa biz app...I usually get instant approval.

DH didn’t get instant approval but was approved within 24 hours.

 

[Killer Fish]

I was transferred to 7 people and hung up on once before I could get my new Southwest personal card to be linked to the rest of my Chase accounts. They said that the reason was that my new account did not have my birthday on it.....I find it hard to believe that it would have let me submit the application without my birthday. Hopefully that never happens again.

I am also not sure why I am having a hard time deciding should I power through a little spend on the card now and "retain status" of my CP for next year or just wait and hit 2023/2024 knowing that I would really just miss out on using the pass on one early flight in January that was only 8400 points total. Seems like a no brainer to just wait right and get the full extra year right? Player 2 will also be getting 2023/2024 if that makes a difference.

 

[Arcades]

Barclays finally likes me again! I had to send in my personal information, but got approved for the JetBlue Business (but only a 1k CL ugh). Bank of America, who I've been with the longest, but only ever approved me 20 years ago for their cash bank card finally gave me an Alaska Airlines Business card on auto approval!

 

[CyndiLouWho]

ARRGGGGHHHHH.....have I hit the end of my chase good times? still waiting on swa biz app...I usually get instant approval.

My last 2 Biz cards were not instant approval. A month ago, took 4 days for CIC to appear in my account. Last week, applied for SW Perf Biz, 8 days later it appeared in my account. Still haven't gotten the card. Interestingly the second card had a higher CL, the first only got 3k.

 

[chattadisser]

ARRGGGGHHHHH.....have I hit the end of my chase good times? still waiting on swa biz app...I usually get instant approval.

DH and I used to always be automatic approvals for biz cards. The last few times we've gotten the "we need more time message" and then in a couple of days the card will show online in our account. I was just "approved" last week and am waiting on the card. I say "approved" just because I've still never received an approval email.

 

[afan]

I was transferred to 7 people and hung up on once before I could get my new Southwest personal card to be linked to the rest of my Chase accounts. They said that the reason was that my new account did not have my birthday on it.....I find it hard to believe that it would have let me submit the application without my birthday. Hopefully that never happens again.

I am also not sure why I am having a hard time deciding should I power through a little spend on the card now and "retain status" of my CP for next year or just wait and hit 2023/2024 knowing that I would really just miss out on using the pass on one early flight in January that was only 8400 points total. Seems like a no brainer to just wait right and get the full extra year right? Player 2 will also be getting 2023/2024 if that makes a difference.

Guessing you mean 2022/2023. Almost 2 years of CP vs less than 10k in points seems like an easy choice. But your years have me confused and I can't remember if there's 4 of you so use for both of you to have CP at the same time. I would guess since you are both going for it but if not I'd have you get it for 2022/2023 since you were already approved and have P2 do it for 2024/2025. No reason to both have it if you are just 2.

Now if you really meant 2023/2024 and will fly enough next year get it now. And then you can get it in 2025/2026.

 

[elgerber]

DH and I used to always be automatic approvals for biz cards. The last few times we've gotten the "we need more time message" and then in a couple of days the card will show online in our account. I was just "approved" last week and am waiting on the card. I say "approved" just because I've still never received an approval email.

We haven't gotten a lot of instant approvals on Chase biz lately either.

I did get instant approval on the Venture X this morning!! The credit line is absurd LOL. Now how fast can they get it here?