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re: Credit Card Rewards and Points Discussion
Posted on 8/1/14 at 9:20 am to Teddy Ruxpin
Posted on 8/1/14 at 9:20 am to Teddy Ruxpin
Transfer fee kills the value of any skypesos you may want.
If I had the 240k Skymiles I'd just use them to get bumped to 1st class everytime
If I had the 240k Skymiles I'd just use them to get bumped to 1st class everytime
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Posted on 8/1/14 at 9:27 am to hiltacular
VA Buckeye and Hiltacular thanks! 
Posted on 8/4/14 at 9:55 am to Da Hammer
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VA Buckeye
Yo, hoping you see this. I'm heading to Cedar Point Thursday and land in Cleveland at noon. Flights were booked with points so thread relevant.
We were thinking of going to Cleveland Browns practice but it's on Wednesday so no Manziel for us. Indians are out of town as well. We have to get to Sandusky later on in the day, but would kill a few hours in Cleveland if there is something to do not named the
R&R Hall of Fame.
Any suggestions even though you're in VA these days/may not know a thing about Cleveland? It's my best friend and I. Thanks
ETA: yall should jump on the new public United offer of 50k + 5. Great to use with Chase UR.
This post was edited on 8/4/14 at 10:04 am
Posted on 8/4/14 at 8:14 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
When applying, do you get better offers if you wait for something in the mail or are they the same offers you can find online?
Posted on 8/4/14 at 9:04 pm to HailToTheChiz
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When applying, do you get better offers if you wait for something in the mail or are they the same offers you can find online?
It all depends.
Sometimes the best offer available is available online for everyone.
Sometimes it's online but the link is "floating" around or you have to do some trick to get it to show up.
Sometimes you get emailed directly by being a member of a rewards program. For example, Southwest and United have given me good offers that matched any previous best public offers even though I don't spend a ton with them at all.
Lastly, very specific offers targeted to "high rollers."
I follow blogs and twitter to determine this so I apply only at the optimum times.
Posted on 8/4/14 at 10:23 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
United :cringe:
Some guy said on the OT that I had to be a Delta employee the way I rep'd them
Some guy said on the OT that I had to be a Delta employee the way I rep'd them
Posted on 8/4/14 at 10:30 pm to BACONisMEATcandy
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United :cringe:
Some guy said on the OT that I had to be a Delta employee the way I rep'd them
Ya, United probably isn't all that great, but my miles with them aren't being used to fly them very far, usually just a domestic connect, and I find most airlines to be basically the same for two hours.
Now if I was a first class baller, I'd probably bitch about the type of nut they give for snacks or whatever those people complain about.
This post was edited on 8/4/14 at 10:32 pm
Posted on 8/4/14 at 10:53 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
I've seen people complain for the Flight Attendants eating the Delta cookies... They equated it to them stealing office supplies
Some people will find anything to complain about
Some people will find anything to complain about
Posted on 8/4/14 at 11:39 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
quote:Which Twitter accounts?
I follow blogs and twitter to determine this so I apply only at the optimum times.
Posted on 8/5/14 at 7:25 am to Teddy Ruxpin
I really don't have many suggestions for Cleveland. Haven't been there in a long time. You may want to drive down to Canton to visit the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Posted on 8/5/14 at 8:47 am to Teddy Ruxpin
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ETA: yall should jump on the new public United offer of 50k + 5. Great to use with Chase UR.
What do you mean great to use with UR? Can't combine them correct? Or are you just referring using united miles for travel and then whatever else with the UR's?
Posted on 8/5/14 at 9:01 am to BACONisMEATcandy
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Some guy said on the OT that I had to be a Delta employee the way I rep'd them
I have been to Europe twice now and both times I used an employees buddy pass and got to fly there and back in first class and just had to pay taxes (~$200)... so needless to say Delta has my loyalty for life
Posted on 8/5/14 at 9:30 am to VABuckeye
Ya I figured. But worth the try and worth avoiding the OT to ask you. Thanks. I'll have to Google Canton distance and all that.
Chase UR points transfer into United. So 55k United points, transfer in 5x from Chase is RT Europe ticket for example.
quote:
What do you mean great to use with UR? Can't combine them correct? Or are you just referring using united miles for travel and then whatever else with the UR's?
Chase UR points transfer into United. So 55k United points, transfer in 5x from Chase is RT Europe ticket for example.
Posted on 8/5/14 at 9:57 am to Teddy Ruxpin
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Chase UR points transfer into United. So 55k United points, transfer in 5x from Chase is RT Europe ticket for example.
Ok, I thought you were referring transferring United miles to UR...that would be nice as I have quite a few I'd like to use other places.
Posted on 8/5/14 at 10:05 am to Teddy Ruxpin
This may have been discussed in the thread, but I'm just curious to know what the best reward you have ever received from a rewards card. Have you saved up a ton of points for a big trip, an item, cash back, etc? What's the best reward you've ever gotten from a card?
Posted on 8/5/14 at 10:13 am to TakingStock
Amex at one point (may still be) was offering 100K points for their business platinum, that is the best reward I have seen.
Is it chase that offers the 5x at Office Depot? That is damn good too.
Is it chase that offers the 5x at Office Depot? That is damn good too.
Posted on 8/5/14 at 11:03 am to hiltacular
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Amex at one point (may still be) was offering 100K points for their business platinum
They still are but it's a targeted offer. I'm hoping that mailer hits me soon.
Posted on 8/5/14 at 11:14 am to TakingStock
I bought two first class tickets to St. Lucia from the skymiles I earned last year for a peak travel week.
Saved me $3500
Saved me $3500
Posted on 8/5/14 at 12:37 pm to TakingStock
quote:
This may have been discussed in the thread, but I'm just curious to know what the best reward you have ever received from a rewards card. Have you saved up a ton of points for a big trip, an item, cash back, etc? What's the best reward you've ever gotten from a card?
Most points from one signup bonus: Chase Ink Bold 60,000 UR points.
I've booked a bunch of travel this year, probably about $5k worth and paid under $1k for them. Destinations being 2 people to Boston (twice for weddings), 2 x Cleveand to Cedar Point, 2 X San Fran, 1 X Miami, and 2 X Spain.
My biggest reward redemption will probably come up in 2015, as I'm planning a Thailand/Cambodia honeymoon for Dec., and as of now Starwood would cover about 6/7 nights already for hotels, and the plane tickets will probably be business one way, economy the other.
Unlike some travel bloggers, I don't have 6 weeks vacation to put together some crazy Round the World trip, even though I know how to do it.
This post was edited on 8/5/14 at 12:41 pm
Posted on 8/5/14 at 7:10 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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I've booked a bunch of travel this year, probably about $5k worth and paid under $1k for them. Destinations being 2 people to Boston (twice for weddings), 2 x Cleveand to Cedar Point, 2 X San Fran, 1 X Miami, and 2 X Spain.
My biggest reward redemption will probably come up in 2015, as I'm planning a Thailand/Cambodia honeymoon for Dec., and as of now Starwood would cover about 6/7 nights already for hotels, and the plane tickets will probably be business one way, economy the other
That's unbelievable - what cards do you have that helped you make that happen?
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