SouthFayetteFan
Saving Money on Disney Vacations since 2006
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Another day...another AMEX popup.
- First attempted early last week to put $345 on a card we never use (BBP) for an expense I was being reimbursed for.
- Then later last week put $100 on Hilton Personal card to use an AMEX offer.
- We've run $1,900 through our BCP since we upgraded it (but that's working on an upgrade offer).
I'm not sure how I win this game...I'm considering putting $1,000 in Refundable Southwest Flights on each of our cards. Then maybe the popup goes away, collect my MRs and cancel all the flights after I have my money. This may sound crazy...but this Schwab Plat may be the last AMEX card I ever get. I just want to get my 60k MRs, and then cash out all of my wife's MRs (which would be worth $3,300+ then). I don't see my wife getting approved for any more AMEX cards based on our struggles with this popup, and I've gotten virtually every AMEX card that interests me (and I have to imagine I'd see the popup too if I tried for one).
ETA: I wish I could come up with some other way to convert these 200k+ MRs into cash at a reasonable rate. I just can't come up with anything at a remotely fair value - the best for us would be Home Depot and Barnes, Olive Garden & Barnes and Noble gift cards at 1cpp and that doesn't really help achieve my goals.
- First attempted early last week to put $345 on a card we never use (BBP) for an expense I was being reimbursed for.
- Then later last week put $100 on Hilton Personal card to use an AMEX offer.
- We've run $1,900 through our BCP since we upgraded it (but that's working on an upgrade offer).
I'm not sure how I win this game...I'm considering putting $1,000 in Refundable Southwest Flights on each of our cards. Then maybe the popup goes away, collect my MRs and cancel all the flights after I have my money. This may sound crazy...but this Schwab Plat may be the last AMEX card I ever get. I just want to get my 60k MRs, and then cash out all of my wife's MRs (which would be worth $3,300+ then). I don't see my wife getting approved for any more AMEX cards based on our struggles with this popup, and I've gotten virtually every AMEX card that interests me (and I have to imagine I'd see the popup too if I tried for one).
ETA: I wish I could come up with some other way to convert these 200k+ MRs into cash at a reasonable rate. I just can't come up with anything at a remotely fair value - the best for us would be Home Depot and Barnes, Olive Garden & Barnes and Noble gift cards at 1cpp and that doesn't really help achieve my goals.