I love credit cards so much!

[CyndiLouWho]

We pretty much are spoiled movie theater people too! Our AMC is all leather recliners. I am not sure how I ever watched movies any other way. I also love that I can choose our seats online and there is no getting there early just to get good seats. Never saw anyone bring in a blanket to ours but I may have to start the trend here lol!

Same. Only way we see movies. Usually hit the matinees for about $5. 2 AMC near us, one has better seats with tables but in seat ordering only. I don’t like having to order from my seat because the wait people are constantly walking in front of you to deliver food during the movie. The other theater still has nice seats just no tables or place to put my giant purse, in which I smuggle bottles of water for everyone

 

[mmmears]

Same. Only way we see movies. Usually hit the matinees for about $5. 2 AMC near us, one has better seats with tables but in seat ordering only. I don’t like having to order from my seat because the wait people are constantly walking in front of you to deliver food during the movie. The other theater still has nice seats just no tables or place to put my giant purse, in which I smuggle bottles of water for everyone

We tend to wear coats to the theater and cram as much stuff as we can in every single pocket.

 

[CyndiLouWho]

All this talk of AMC Theaters! Did you know that you could be earning at least 5 United miles per dollar spent on AMC GCs on the MPX app? Occasionally more during holiday promotions. +25% bonus miles if you’re a MileagePlus credit cardholder. You can purchase AMC GCs in exact amounts almost instantly after you get your total due at the ticket booth and concession stand.

I need to check this out. I always buy AMC GCs on Raise or something when they have a promo then load into my app. Always have a GC balance at AMC and buy tickets online ahead. Last weekend woke up to more rain and all soccer games canceled, so before I got out of bed I found a movie and bought tickets. Sadly, around here movies sell out ahead, especially the early cheap shows. I managed to get the last 3 seats together, all the way in the last row.

 

[wendow]

I decided to use my Amex offer for $10 off $50 for Walmart grocery. The Walmart grocery stores are about a 30 min drive from me but I figured the offer plus using a $10 off first order promo was worth it. $20 off my groceries is pretty good. Also, Walmart grocery is so cheap. Even without the offer I may make this my regular grocery store. Does anyone order from here? Is the produce/meat good quality?

I order from Walmart about once every two weeks. I get most of my produce from Sprouts and my meat from Costco. I'm not a huge fan of either from Walmart. I will get produce from them if we are low but it's not my preference. May just be my store?? I do order a lot of other things from them like frozen veggies, snacks, cereal, bagels, as well as household items like kleenex, tylenol, shampoo, etc.

 

[Alexle2007]

Finally got a moment!

My Rose Gold card arrived yesterday in a thick enveloped-shaped white cardboard box from Omaha, NE. I see Amex paid $3.75 to have the card shipped to me. I open it up, and there's a deep blue cardstock sleeve with the wording "Now You're Golden" embossed in rose gold. Very slick. Inside the sleeve, there's a colorful size 10 envelope with a photo wraparound and the copy "Welcome to the New Gold Standard." Inside the envelope is my new Rose Gold Metal card and a bunch of card agreements.

The Rose Gold card is not very pink; more copper in color. The Rose Gold card is definitely not as hefty as the Platinum card. Whereas the Platinum card has a sort of glossy, almost waxy feel, the front of the Rose Gold card feels a bit more matte. The back of the Rose Gold card feels like a matte plastic material.

There's a small scratch on the front of my card! Oh well, the first scratch is always the hardest; nothing holding me back from swiping and dipping this card now.

The package did not include my wife's AU card! I chatted with Amex and they told me that as an AU, her card was mailed separately in a regular envelope via USPS, and that I could expect it soon. My wife flies off to Japan for a week of work this weekend, but I guess she won't be missing much since the 4x dining category is for U.S. restaurants anyway. I need to re-do the cards in her wallet tonight.

Hope you all who are still waiting for this card get yours soon!

@Lain described it but here's the excitement- IT'S HERE!! so excited!!!! I cannot wait to use it in all its rose pink glory

Totally agree. The one DH has is more of a copper color (which we really liked). I guess it came earlier since it wasn't a replacement card? Anyway, it wasn't "too pink" for him and had a nice feel. (We didn't compare weight with the platinum card though).

Ok, I am totally bummed! I am still “impatiently” waiting for mine to arrive! The only thing I received was my PP for my AmEx Plat. Oh, limited edition rose gold where are you?

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

@SouthFayetteFan interesting AMA on churning...

*watches*

Well that was super weird...and short lived. I think Andysol did a pretty bad job vetting that one - I wonder if the other mods gave him a lecture about that?? LOL! He may have overstepped his mod boundaries there.

 

[Lain]

Well that was super weird...and short lived. I think Andysol did a pretty bad job vetting that one - I wonder if the other mods gave him a lecture about that?? LOL! He may have overstepped his mod boundaries there.

Yeah, she didn’t say anything we didn’t already know, and didn’t know a lot of what we already did.

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

Yeah, she didn’t say anything we didn’t already know, and didn’t know a lot of what we already did.

Maybe they should do an AMA with me and @Albort. We know more than that HAHA!

 

[kmc8826]

For those who either upgraded their SPG personal to Lux or even considered it...what was your offer? I think @MrPTato, @Judique, @CyndiLouWho? Any chance it was 100k after $4k spend? I have googled it and looks like the common offer was to spend $5k if getting the 100.

I swear my offer was spend $5000 in three months and get the 100k bonus points. I have been plowing through on it while at the same time working on my BGR. From my math which I have kept up on and double checked I still have about $2k on the BGR and $800 on the Lux. Tonight I got on the app to check and my $100k points have posted on the Lux. Double checked that it was not just on the app but on the actual Marriott account and it is there (100,000 bonus Lux posted 10/11). Any ideas? Should I keep going and meet the $5000 I was planning on or do you all think I am good now? If I don’t need to spend on the Lux I will definitely back off so I can finish the BGR and then get going on the personal Gold when it arrives. Not to mention the general “Amex don’t hate me I will spend a little on all my cards” plan. I am not complaining but it is a weird problem to have.

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

DISchurners Reminder...

I was doing some random checks tonight and noticed that some folks have expired links out there. Could everybody just take a few minutes this weekend or next week and check all of your links in all 3 threads. For those in the Chase thread, please remove your Freedom links, they are all dead!

 

[miztressuz]

Busy on the CC front today. Been working on some flight options and based on the it might be worth having airline points, and the offers going seem worthwhile. Even hubby agreed it seemed logical to have options. So after nearly 5 months I went for some new cards today.

1. Applied for the Barclay AA Biz 60k for the $95 AF+ a purchase. I didn't see it mentioned before, so either it's not enforced or everyone knows anyway, but the T&C says you need activity every 6 months or you can lose your eligibility for the card program. Instantly approved! I was surprised, expected to wait. So Barclay not as scary as I thought, it was deceptively easy.

2. Went for BoA next for the Alaska Air Biz 30k with the free companion fare for 1k in spend. Wow BoA asks a lot of stuff on a business app. This I should have been scared of. They wanted down to the month and year I opened the business. So many fields to potentially goof up. It went pending as expected and now I wait anxiously.
If I get it my plan for MSR is some bank account funding I've got my eye on for bonuses. I'm morally flexible when it comes to BoA so as long as they don't do a full shutdown like Chase, I'll survive any potential repercussions.

3. Between all the new cards this year (and stocking up on stuff last year) this has all made my Target RedCard feel sad and rejected. I got a letter in the mail today asking for me to let them know if I've misplaced it - they'd be happy to send me a replacement since they noticed I haven't used it recently
Nope, just getting at least 10% off on GC's which beats your 5%. Since they never sent me my 10% anniversary coupon after calling twice about it And since no more GC > GC, not as much incentive to shop there often for their deals.(yep after 15 years, finally a little salty towards Target) I wonder how many of these letters they've sent out in the last few months

 

[brownhaired_girl]

I order from Walmart about once every two weeks. I get most of my produce from Sprouts and my meat from Costco. I'm not a huge fan of either from Walmart. I will get produce from them if we are low but it's not my preference. May just be my store?? I do order a lot of other things from them like frozen veggies, snacks, cereal, bagels, as well as household items like kleenex, tylenol, shampoo, etc.

I agree their produce isn’t the best and we butcher our own beef so we don’t buy much for meat. We do get a good portion of our other groceries there because it is so close and easy for us. We have been getting the Gyft cards for 5x UR with the CIC and PayPal.

 

[Alexle2007]

Christmas is coming early! DH has gifted me my hardwood floors! Now to pack up the rooms, locate someone to install them and most importantly make sure the flooring company and installer take AmEx so I can complete my Plat MSR! They are beautiful 5 in hand scraped hickory pre-finished for our 2nd floor...so excited!

 

[Alexle2007]

I see I have offers for $250 for $1k MSR on BCP and $150 for $1k MSR on BCE. Are these good offers? For some reason the Plat is still showing up and I got that card last month...

 

[wendow]

Christmas is coming early! DH has gifted me my hardwood floors! Now to pack up the rooms, locate someone to install them and most importantly make sure the flooring company and installer take AmEx so I can complete my Plat MSR! They are beautiful 5 in hand scraped hickory pre-finished for our 2nd floor...so excited!

Ah, you lucky girl! I got my new hardwoods three years ago. Still in love!

 

[wendow]

I see I have offers for $250 for $1k MSR on BCP and $150 for $1k MSR on BCE. Are these good offers? For some reason the Plat is still showing up and I got that card last month...

I think the offers are same or better on DISchurners. I am seeing the same $250 back on the Preferred and $200 back on the everyday. Same min spend.

 

[Alexle2007]

Ah, you lucky girl! I got my new hardwoods three years ago. Still in love!

I am hoping to sneak in my family room and study so then the house will be complete. The 1st floor will be more work since we need to refinish the other rooms so that the stain color is consistent. I finally convinced DH we should enjoy them for the next 6 years before we sell when DS graduates.

 

[Alexle2007]

I think the offers are same or better on DISchurners. I am seeing the same $250 back on the Preferred and $200 back on the everyday. Same min spend.

Thanks! So I should self-refer for the bonus points. I’ll wait to see how much this flooring project is going to cost.

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

Thanks! So I should self-refer for the bonus points. I’ll wait to see how much this flooring project is going to cost.

Self refer is the way to go for sure!

 

[wendow]

Thanks! So I should self-refer for the bonus points. I’ll wait to see how much this flooring project is going to cost.

Definitely!!