re: Credit Card Rewards and Points Discussion

I ended up burning them. I figure with the slowdown in apps from moving to TX and buying a house again, I'm setting myself up for a solid refresh of UR if not Avios if I need them. I still have like 20,000 left, these points just don't go away. My normal spending without even trying too hard generates over 30,000 points a year, and I could be a little better with my Ink card on that front.


Plus, with said house getting new floors, stair rails, etc, saving $750 off the hotel is nice. I would book cheaper hotels but the wife works hard and that is what she wants

I'm going to scope out using Korean Air's chart for Africa. Might be able to get seats by battling away from the herd.

Will have the answer for this on the 19th. Billing statement closes and a friend of mine used my old ink referral and received the card. He is entitled to the bonus. Lets see if I get the 10K referral bonus. Thing to note though is that this was a couple of days before the new ink came out.

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Will have the answer for this on the 19th. Billing statement closes and a friend of mine used my old ink referral and received the card. He is entitled to the bonus. Lets see if I get the 10K referral bonus. Thing to note though is that this was a couple of days before the new ink came out.

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let us know

will say this, over the summer, part of my parents summer europe vacation included a stop in istanbul which ended up becoming a disaster as they landed there the day of the coup. I called chase, and they arranged a a car with a driver, from istanbul to greece for them to get out. I couldn't even get in touch with my parents the phones were not working, i told them the hotel and that was it, they arranged the whole thing and got them out. Pretty cool stuff they can do honestly

Thanks

Wow

Sorry to derail, but quick question. I have gotten some great advice on utilizing points for trips in this thread (Special thanks AmeriKop45), but that was before the travel board was created, and I didn't know if that was the more appropriate place to ask those types of questions.

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AmeriKop45

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You got any good award deals for hotels in New Orleans? I have a 3 night stay coming up and am really not looking to pay $.

I have ~150k UR, 100K MR, 100K marriott pts, 20K SPG.

Prefer Marriott/SPG but at this point anything would work.

Holy cow. I remember (from the coup thread) that your parents were in Istanbul. Very glad to hear they made it out safe and sound.

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upon a flight to Madrid for $362.

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That's 1 way? What time of year and from where?