re: Credit Card Rewards and Points Discussion

How many pax? 1 or 2?

Unless you find something on Flying Blue - you only have enough points for 1 person in Business.

I'd look for flights out of Rome if possible. Btw - Florence to Rome is a very scenic drive on the Chiantigiana all through Tuscany. So if you can, position yourself in Rome. You will have much better (and more) options flying out of Rome than Florence.

You can use UR to United for 57.5K on United operated flights. But why waste it on their terrible business class? 70K on other Star partners (SWISS, Lufthansa, Turkish etc).

Or 57.5K AA miles on Biz for OW carriers. Just gotta make sure you avoid exiting UK on BA. Getting to London on it is fine, but making the TATL on BA will kill the whole deal with the absurd fuel surcharges. You need to make the TATL on Finnair or AA

Again, if business is not a must, look into cash prices to use TYP/UR.

Lastly - remember that you need to make a decision soon, as both UA and AA will charge a close in booking fee of $75 once you are within the 21 day window of your flight.

ANA F. 180K RT. Stopover and Open jaw allowed. So stop in Japan on way to Vietnam.

Don't mean to pick but make sure you are looking at SGN (not SNG). Also check HAN.

If flying into BKK or SIN is an option, then you have some more options. Catch a cheap intra-asia flight on one of the LCCs.

Lastly - which AmeX card do you have? There have been business class sales lately which you can purchase @ 2 cpp if you have amex bus plat.

If none of these work out, let me know. I'll look into it.

So, my wife and I both have a CSR. My wife got a text from Chase about a possible $1.99 fraudulent charge. Called and they are going to remove it. They noticed it before we did.
While on the phone, I told my wife to have them add me to her account so I could talk to them about issues on her card (she would prefer I do that).

They are sending her a new card, and apparently sending a card for me as an authorized user? I didn't intend that, just wanted my name on the account.
Should I just call Chase now, or wait and see what they send us and then call?

They added you as an AU like it sounded like you wanted. They are just going to send you another card with your name on it. If you don't need it, put somewhere safe and forget about it.

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They added you as an AU like it sounded like you wanted. They are just going to send you another card with your name on it. If you don't need it, put somewhere safe and forget about it.

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I guess I'm wondering if there is a fee for a 2nd card? I want to be an authorized user on her account, but I really don't need a card on her account, as I will use my own. If no fee, it won't bother me, just stick it in my safe.

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Albertsons have hard coded their registers to disallow MO purchases with gcs. It worked on Thursday night, didn't work today. So it's recent.

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Any chance it was just a screw up by the csr? Did you try multiple albertson's?

Damn.. Bancorp One Vanillas I assume? I've been meaning to try liquidating at the post office.. I guess this might force my hand.

You serious? That's good news. I'll try tomorrow.

Figured out what the problem was. I picked up the MB MCGCs instead of Bancorp. These are the troublemakers that don't seem to work anywhere.

Bancorp ones still work fine. So heads up to anyone else trying to maximize 5%s