I love credit cards so much!

[DisneyMandC]

Are you chatting or sending a secured message?

Wait, there's a difference?

 

[speedyfishy]

Hey guys! I see you are talking about the SW Priority upgrade offer. We just received a mailer with the offer yesterday. This is a good deal, correct? Doing the basic math it appears that for an additional $50 in annual fee we’ll receive an annual $75 travel credit back, plus 1,500 more in anniversary points. Am I daft? Am I missing something? Any regular user of this card who gets this offer should upgrade, right? Thanks!

When did you get your original southwest card? If you are eligible to cancel and get the bonus I think that would be better, but if you haven’t had the card for 24 months yet I think the upgrade offer is worth it.

 

[speedyfishy]

Wait, there's a difference?

The chat is instant. Secured message takes like four hours. I did secured message.

 

[DisneyMandC]

The chat is instant. Secured message takes like four hours. I did secured message.

Let me try that... is there anything specific you've said? I've just been saying that I applied for the 50k offer and after I was approved I learned there was a 70k offer and am hoping to be matched to that.

 

[Calfan]

Is the Amex biz plat 100k/$10k/3 mos offer definitively dead or have folks seen any recent DPs of still being to call in and get this offer? I'm currently working on return flights for our summer 2019 Africa trip, and one possible scenario involves paying cash for flights that combine a South African Airways leg and a Delta leg. The goal would be to upgrade those to business or first using miles if possible. I have a very small Delta mileage stash but a decent MR stash. Looking for ways to increase my MR stash in sizable chunks. Thanks.

 

[Albort]

Is the Amex biz plat 100k/$10k/3 mos offer definitively dead or have folks seen any recent DPs of still being to call in and get this offer? I'm currently working on return flights for our summer 2019 Africa trip, and one possible scenario involves paying cash for flights that combine a South African Airways leg and a Delta leg. The goal would be to upgrade those to business or first using miles if possible. I have a very small Delta mileage stash but a decent MR stash. Looking for ways to increase my MR stash in sizable chunks. Thanks.

calling in worked for me last thurs. i got the card yesterday.

 

[Calfan]

calling in worked for me last thurs. i got the card yesterday.

What number did you call?

 

[SBWB48]

Let me try that... is there anything specific you've said? I've just been saying that I applied for the 50k offer and after I was approved I learned there was a 70k offer and am hoping to be matched to that.

I also SM'd over chatting. My message was along the lines of "I was approved for the Citi AA Biz on XYZ for a 50,000 AA miles offer available on the AA site. After I was approved, I noticed a higher offer of 70,000 AA miles was available on the Citi website directly. I would like to be matched to the higher bonus offer that was available on Citi website."

Subject line was "Higher Offer".

 

[Artygal90]

(anyone else remember AstroWorld in Houston?).

Yes! I went there on an end-of-year field trip in 8th grade (our reward for completing middle school). I was too chicken to ride any of the rides, so I just walked around with my friends and shopped. I used to pass it every morning and afternoon on the bus my freshman year of high school too, but then they tore it down Driving past that huge empty lot on my way to church each Sunday makes me sad now. Maybe that's why I m itching to go back to Disney so badly - I was deprived of all those teenage years at Astroworld!

FWIW, my Plastiq check was deposited yesterday, so I guess it was just because the grace period to pay rent ended on the weekend. All those points are now posted to my statement! Yippee!

 

[speedyfishy]

Let me try that... is there anything specific you've said? I've just been saying that I applied for the 50k offer and after I was approved I learned there was a 70k offer and am hoping to be matched to that.

I just said I saw an offer for 70k AA miles and I was wondering if I could please be matched.

 

[DisneyMandC]

SM sent to Citi! We'll see what happens. Glad you guys said something because I didn't know there was even an option other than chat!

 

[SBWB48]

SM sent to Citi! We'll see what happens. Glad you guys said something because I didn't know there was even an option other than chat!

Citi's website/IT...it is slightly hard to find

 

[Lain]

Well, tried chatting with another Citi rep on getting the 70k offer matched for the 50k offer I applied for. No luck. Boooooo.

Everything I’ve read about Citi AA matches says (1) always SM — chatting or calling will not work; and (2) I’m a little hazy on this one, but [edit: @SBWB48 is right, you can do a +20k request.]

 

[SBWB48]

Everything I’ve read about Citi AA matches says (1) always SM — chatting or calling will not work; and (2) I’m a little hazy on this one, but request in max 15k increments — it might be a leap to go from 55k to 70k, and if they deny you, open up a new SM (not a reply to the denial), and try for 65k.

I thought 20K was the max? I was able to go from 50K to 70K, but other DPs from DOC and reddit have tried 50K to 75K and were denied.

 

[BamaBoy]

Has anyone stayed at the Fairfield Inn near Universal Orlando? I had booked that at a cash rate of $101/night for our November trip, but reviews are mixed. I was hoping to get someone's input from here. I saw @SouthFayetteFan had stayed at the DoubleTree near the Universal entrance and I'm interested in that too. It would be a 30k/night redemption, which I would be fine with using Hilton points on since I'm not saving them for anything specific other than Tokyo in a few years. But the parking is $20/day, and paying for parking makes me irrationally angry lol. But I'm still coming out $160 ahead before tax if I do an award stay at Hilton. Guess I just need to suck it up?

Stayed there, but it was 5 years ago. It was fine then. Very quiet and a good location. We had no issues then.

 

[Lain]

I thought 20K was the max? I was able to go from 50K to 70K, but other DPs from DOC and reddit have tried 50K to 75K and were denied.

You might be right. Hazy on the second part.

 

[DisneyMandC]

Woohoo! Just got the message back from Citi and they said they have added 20,000 to my account information to be credited once I meet the MSR!! Thanks for the tip on SM!! Never would have found that otherwise.

 

[SBWB48]

Woohoo! Just got the message back from Citi and they said they have added 20,000 to my account information to be credited once I meet the MSR!! Thanks for the tip on SM!! Never would have found that otherwise.

They didn't say when I would see the miles other than up to 1-2 billing cycles (and nothing yet, but I'm close to the MSR), so fingers crossed.

 

[disneybirds]

A couple months ago we used Plastiq to pay off a car loan. I had a Plastiq account that I'd used just a couple times - I don't have a CIP. But we got P2 a CIP for the car payoff. So I referred P2 for Plastiq, made a $500 payment on that account to trigger my 1000 fee free referral dollars on my account, and also the 500 P2 got on their account (after signing up and making $500 in payments). Then we put the rest of the car payments through my Plastiq account to use up those fee free dollars - should have done another $500 on P2s account to use those too! But that's okay, I'll get them used. Just an idea

Right now, only my DH has a CIP. Can we use the same CIP in two accounts? Can I use his CIP in my account as well as his?

 

[amalone1013]

Right now, only my DH has a CIP. Can we use the same CIP in two accounts? Can I use his CIP in my account as well as his?

I can't remember what card I put in both accounts, but I didn't have problems. I did have to send my car payment bill in twice.

We were paying off our car loan balance of $12.5k, so we did this:

• $500 with CIP with DHs Plastiq account
• $3900 with another card in my Plastiq account * had to send bill for this one
• $4300 with CIP in my Plastiq account * had to send bill for this one
• $3800 with a third card in my Plastiq account

I checked my account so that's the actual scenario. CIP is in P2s name, and other two cards aren't in either of our names.... long story

Since then I've just used the CIP in my account.