I love credit cards so much! v7.0 - 2025 (see first page for add'l details)

[Judique]

Yup! It was Christmas week out of Miami for my 50th birthday. If memory serves we hit a SUB and required spend for the BA card to get a travel together ticket for the future. We also used AA miles for the flights to Chile. If I were to do it all again, I’d hit the spend on a few cards or a card that had a very high MSR. I would still love to repeat that trip with an add on to South Georgia and the Falkland Islands.

Back then we weren't seeing such high required spend. Or maybe I wasn't looking at those cards?

In any case I am still waiting for my new southwest card to arrive. I think it's $4000 spend in maybe 6 months? And I noticed they have pay yourself back? I wonder if it's one to one on the points? When I actually get my card I can check it out.

No one in my family seems to be going anywhere in the next few months other than me. Maybe I'll blow through some of the points by picking up some Disney cards to pay the dues.

editing to say nixing this idea already as SW is worth a bit more than 1 to 1.

 

[mamapenguin]

Back then we weren't seeing such high required spend. Or maybe I wasn't looking at those cards?

In any case I am still waiting for my new southwest card to arrive. I think it's $4000 spend in maybe 6 months? And I noticed they have pay yourself back? I wonder if it's one to one on the points? When I actually get my card I can check it out.

No one in my family seems to be going anywhere in the next few months other than me. Maybe I'll blow through some of the points by picking up some Disney cards to pay the dues.

editing to say nixing this idea already as SW is worth a bit more than 1 to 1.

It’s $4,000 in 5 months. I was approved yesterday and my tracker says by February 3, 2026.