re: Credit Card Rewards and Points Discussion

Yeah I've thought about the hyatt there but we aren't really wanting to stay in cancun hotel zone area.

We've really been looking on the outskirts like playa mujeres, maroma, and riviera areas. Just trying to plan how many points i'm gonna need to get it booked.

Yeah I know that. I was just looking into Excellence Riviera cancun on the Portal and some of the rooms listed don't say all-inclusive. I just find this weird because I think excellence is all inclusive period. Its probably something I would have to call chase or excellence about directly. Just figured I'd ask to see if anyone had any experience with that in the UR portal.

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Unfortunately you may have to walk across an airport to find out if you are paying or not.

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Seen some articles saying that guests are free. Going to be at the Orlando airport and I don't see anything on those lounges.

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Anyone go through the process of cancelling a "non refundable" hotel booking booked with points through the Chase UR portal? Need to cancel the room I booked for the LSU game in Houston for obvious reasons

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Call Chase, it should be covered under travelers insurance/trip interruption claims

I believe you should get a cash reward in the amount of your itinerary $ amount though, not your points refunded to your acct


Then when that is all said and done, you should contact the hotel and see if they'll hit you back for a double dip

What's the best way to do an Australian trip?

Best friend is working there for ~8 months and wife and I will visit. Know nothing about Australia

What was it about business cards and Chase 5/24 again?

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What was it about business cards and Chase 5/24 again?

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It is a bit murky but evidence points that you can get business credit cards if over 5/24, which makes sense since it should be separate credit report.

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Looking to find out if American Airlines offers a premium card that will get you Gold status. Any knowledge of this?

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They do not. If you get the Citi Executive card you get 10000 EQM with $40k spend. There are several Barclay cards that give 3000 EQM after $25k spend and the Aviator Silver offers an additional 3000 EQM once you hit $50k spend in a year.

I found it easier to just do a status challenge with American. After November 14th I'll have Platinum status through January 2019.

I also disobeyed a cardinal rule in the points game and speculatively hopped on the 40% Amex transfer bonus and turned 73k Amex MR points in to 103k Avios. I'm going to use them for a first class from HKG to LAX on CX. 119k Miles off peak. So essentially almost getting one first class one way award from the AMEX plat card sign up off of one card and I got the British Airways card and just hit the $20k spend for 100k points, so I'll have about 225k Avios.

2 First class awards from 2 cards is a good deal in my book. Need 238k for the 2 flights, but I'll just transfer over some UR points to get rest. I've never done long haul first class CX, so I'm excited about that, but finding 2 seats in advance will be the trick. They're out there, might just have to be flexible or be willing to be damn flexible up until the last 2 weeks when they start opening some up.

Damn do I miss the 72k AA miles first class from SE Asia to anywhere in the US. Still have to get our asses home from LAX to MSY. Might end up on SW with the companion pass. Tough to go from CX first class to the cattle herd of Southwest.

I started this game about 5 years too late. The golden age of churning in the 2000's to 2012ish were pretty damn great. I have a feeling people in 10 years will still be having similar conversation saying we still had some pretty damn good deals today.