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[CaliforniaGirl09]

This is just terrible. I feel for you and your son

Ditto! What a nightmare @*WDW*Groupie* . Keep us posted on everything. Thinking of you and your son.

 

[MsOnceUponATime]

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[smallsy]

I'm so sorry this is happening, WDWGroupie. Thinking of you and your son.


I should know this already, but when does the chase pop-up appear, before getting to the app or after hitting submit? DH just cancelled his SW biz prem last week but now it's showing up in his offers.

 

[MsOnceUponATime]

BA is not flying to Dubai until the 14th now (don't get me started -- Virgin is getting 2 flights a day out and they are so much smaller, but I digress); I called AA and they grabbed the only remaining seat in biz class on the 14th. Cash options are now prohibitively expensive; I could get him to LHR on points (I'd transfer to EK) on the 13th, but what would be the point in getting him there 1 day earlier. To say I don't have much confidence in BA getting a plane there by the 14th is an understatement.

I asked the AA CSR if she could try Etihad from Abu Dhabi -- they had 1 seat in economy class on Sunday, which would be awful for him (he's 6'3"), but that was blocked. She explained that Delta, United, etc. are blocking other airlines from booking seats because they are getting their own passengers out. And it doesn't seem that there are any One World partners flying to Dubai. If we wait for the Cdn government to get repatriation flights underway he'll be eligible for social security before he gets back lol.

I did strongly suggest to him that he talk to the hotel about possibly filing paperwork with the government if he 'can't afford to continue to pay for his food and hotel'. Not that he can't, but if the offer is on the table and this keeps dragging on, I sure would be asking.

I feel for you guys. I don't know what else to say on that one. It's just a chaotic mess! Is (was) he there for work or for fun?

 

[afan]

I'm so sorry this is happening, WDWGroupie. Thinking of you and your son.


I should know this already, but when does the chase pop-up appear, before getting to the app or after hitting submit? DH just cancelled his SW biz prem last week but now it's showing up in his offers.

It's like amex, pops up when you hit submit.

 

[MsOnceUponATime]

Ahem - am I the only person in this thread who did not know that a roundtrip flight to Fiji from Houston is only approximately $900? This is on AA. Looks like each Tues, Thurs and Sat are days that have a $750 fare (with the exception of July).

 

[NewbieMom]

No retention offer on the CSR for me. I still have a 200k URs earned before the Oct cutoff at 1.5 so I might just have to keep it for another year. Otherwise, if I downgrade to the CSP, I'd only get 1.25 and 1 for the Freedom.

@*WDW*Groupie* just want to say I'm so sorry you're going through this ordeal. As a mom (albeit to much younger children) I can't imagine how worried and stress you must be right now. I hope you're DS gets home soon.

 

[*WDW*Groupie*]

I feel for you guys. I don't know what else to say on that one. It's just a chaotic mess! Is (was) he there for work or for fun?

He's self-employed, so a bit of both.

If he had booked the cash flight home on Emirates 2 days ago it would've been $5,500. It's now over $10,000. So that's off the table.

 

[*WDW*Groupie*]

Dd, her bf and myself are heading down east today to tour a uni that she is considering for her next degree and our flight has been delayed going on 5 hours now (message says 'aircraft swap'; it's AC, we live in their hub city, how can a swap take this long?). If we don't get out tonight we miss the tour of the uni for tomorrow morning as well as a few apartment viewings I have lined up and both of them took the day off work (they could've both worked at least a half day). And I'm sure that Delta will bill me cash for the 2 FNCs I have booked for tonight. Grrr. Not a good day for flights in this house.

 

[afan]

Just an fyi canceled my Discover hysa this morning. I pulled the money out last month but waited until the interest hit for Feb not realizing they don't let you transfer less than $25 out. They are sending a check.

 

[LilSweetPeaPhoto]

Just an fyi canceled my Discover hysa this morning. I pulled the money out last month but waited until the interest hit for Feb not realizing they don't let you transfer less than $25 out. They are sending a check.

I've been using Wealthfront and keeping very little in Discover, but I've been taking advantage of the bonuses they have sent me. I'm debating if I want to close them as I think I'm going to try and open the offer w/ AARP and Barclay

 

[afan]

I've been using Wealthfront and keeping very little in Discover, but I've been taking advantage of the bonuses they have sent me. I'm debating if I want to close them as I think I'm going to try and open the offer w/ AARP and Barclay

I already have a hysa with cap 1 which is why I closed it, don't need another. Moved it to Marcus.

 

[Crazed4DisneyinSC]

Just an fyi canceled my Discover hysa this morning. I pulled the money out last month but waited until the interest hit for Feb not realizing they don't let you transfer less than $25 out. They are sending a check.

I transferred everything out of mine on 3/1, after the interest for Feb hit, and then closed it once all the money was out on 3/3. They are sending me a bank check for $0.01

 

[eticketplease]

No retention offer on the CSR for me. I still have a 200k URs earned before the Oct cutoff at 1.5 so I might just have to keep it for another year. Otherwise, if I downgrade to the CSP, I'd only get 1.25 and 1 for the Freedom.

Are you sure you would get the 1.25 if you downgraded?

Are there any dp's for those who did downgrade to the CSP keeping that rate?

I'm kicking myself for thinking someone that had the card since launch would get a retention offer and I should have transferred my points from the CSR to P2's CSP before the cutoff.
Now P2's CSP is the same rate as booking travel with a freedom if using the portal with a few exceptions of getting "boosted"



I downgraded to the freedom with hopes of grabbing a CSP welcome offer when I'm under 5/24 and Chase doesn't hate me as much.

 

[VGCgroupie]

Just an fyi canceled my Discover hysa this morning. I pulled the money out last month but waited until the interest hit for Feb not realizing they don't let you transfer less than $25 out. They are sending a check.

Same. I am getting a check for .16

 

[afan]

I transferred everything out of mine on 3/1, after the interest for Feb hit, and then closed it once all the money was out on 3/3. They are sending me a bank check for $0.01

Same. I am getting a check for .16

I feel better about my almost $3 check now.

In college I got a check for a penny because they'd messed my loan disbursement up. I waited until I had something else to deposit but I wanted all my money since I had to pay interest and pay it back.

I get it but also it cost more for these checks than they are worth.

 

[VGCgroupie]

End of the month my annual fee for my personal Hawaiian card will be billed. Spoke with them and it doesnt seem like an AF waiver will happen. Has anyone cancelled the card with a flight that has not be taken where the 50% off companion fare was used? Verbiage seems like you have to have the card for it but that could just be upon booking. Flights with Hawaiian have went way up since the merger for our location so I dont know if I can justify keeping the card for $99

 

[Sheree]

which would you keep? united $99 personal or quest biz? don't need both

still trying to figure out what to do with large tax bill. citi triple cash sounds good as does aa executive. still pondering dh doing amex gold or plat

 

[Crazed4DisneyinSC]

still trying to figure out what to do with large tax bill. citi triple cash sounds good as does aa executive. still pondering dh doing amex gold or plat

There’s the Citi Double Cash (2% on everything), or the US Bank Triple Cash which has an elevated sub right now. But there’s no Citi Triple Cash… or I’d be in line!

 

[havaneselover]

I already have a hysa with cap 1 which is why I closed it, don't need another. Moved it to Marcus.

I just opened a Marcus HYSA. They have a nice offer right now. I'll keep C1 just in case, but they're not my favorite bank. But now I have SOFI checking and savings (use for quarterly tax payments), Chase checking (opened for a bonus and just use it to pay one bill), WF checking (my operating account), C1 (emergency fund), and Marcus. It's a little much.