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Free Southwest companion pass if you can spend $4k in 3 months!! I was close to signing up for one of these cards last month. Glad I didn't!

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Thanks for sharing - we were discussing this deal in depth earlier this week. Side note...That article title is so cringeworthy lolol!

Please be aware that you would only have the CP for the remainder of this year (so at this point probably a maximum of 10 months and more realistically 8-9 months).

The tradition CC method for earning a CP can get you one for a minimum of 13 months and for many people up to 23 months of usage. :)

And so this “best offer in the history of Mankind” (I kid) is actually more like a “Meh” offer for most churners.
 
Thanks for sharing - we were discussing this deal in depth earlier this week. Side note...That article title is so cringeworthy lolol!

Please be aware that you would only have the CP for the remainder of this year (so at this point probably a maximum of 10 months and more realistically 8-9 months).

The tradition CC method for earning a CP can get you one for a minimum of 13 months and for many people up to 23 months of usage. :)

And so this “best offer in the history of Mankind” (I kid) is actually more like a “Meh” offer for most churners.

Lol, I should have known. I only went back around 4 pages and didn't see mention of it.

I'm not a churner and it's actually perfect for me.
 
No problems at all booking one way fares with United (all 5 of my current United reservations are one way). It's very strategic to use on person's stash of miles/points to book multiple tickets v. paying out the nose to transfer. DH has unwittingly used his miles for several of my flights.:D

Yay. Thanks. Well, I guess I can stop sweeping all of his URs into my account, then, since I will be transferring a chunk back to him anyway. Still have a while before flights open up (this is a 2020 trip that I'm planning for) but I've got just about enough points to do 4 of us in business both directions, and my "test case" award travel research is looking like it should be possible to find that many award seats on the routes I want. I think the Biz Explorer bonus will give us the last chunk. Then I can start hoarding hotel points to stay in cool places (think we will need 2 rooms in most European hotels with a family of 4, so I'll need a good stash).
 


No problems at all booking one way fares with United (all 5 of my current United reservations are one way). It's very strategic to use on person's stash of miles/points to book multiple tickets v. paying out the nose to transfer. DH has unwittingly used his miles for several of my flights.:D

@1st*toright - I second this. No issues booking one-way award seats with United. We do it all the time.
 
Just a couple days ago that United Biz offer was targeted (but not to me or DH), so it makes me happy that it went public. Think I'll apply for DH since he's 3/24 this month. As DoC points out, sometimes a dummy booking will give you a $50 statement credit, so I'll hold off for a few days in hopes that the United system will autoupdate with the new offer.

In other cc news (on DoC), BoA Cash Rewards is making it possible to change the 3% category once a month. The options for 3% are gas, dining, drugstores, home improvement & furnishings, online shopping, and travel - capped at $2500 in purchases per quarter. It's 2% at grocery stores and warehouse clubs, and then 1% everywhere else. It has $0 AF and and $200 signup bonus for $500 MSR. What makes this card especially useful is if you qualify for the 25%-75% bonus from having assets with BoA. I had DH call to pc his old Merrill+ to this card (foregoing our $200 signup bonus, but I'm saving runway for his Chase biz apps coming up: probably United and CIC) so we should be able to earn 5.25% (with the 75% bonus) on whatever category we pick. It also has the BankAmeriDeals which are the same as Chase Offers. I think that's pretty strong for a $0 AF card; its downside is that it charges FTF. That online shopping one is intriguing, I'll have to experiment when his card arrives.
 
So we are much closer to finishing the BBP spend than I anticipated. We were able to put some reimbursed spend on the card and little things add up, as they like to do, so I'm looking for a new card in Feb instead of Mar.

Since I'm still 4/24 and looking to do a short trip to Vegas to help celebrate a birthday in a few months that seems like it'll take a good chunk out of our SW stash, I started entertaining the idea of the SW Biz card. 60k points can last us a while. I was trying to avoid another Chase biz card until the summer but when I said no biz cards for a year, an airline card doesn't count, surely :p Then I thought if I get that one, you almost have to pair it with a personal for the CP, right? In for a penny, in for a pound and all and wow, wouldn't need to pay for a flight for a long time with 110k+ points. That would take me to 5/24 but I have a card dropping off in May so really no harm there and won't need to MDD or anything at that point.

But then I started wondering about the CIP. The white whale. I didn't get it first as I didn't think I could make the spend but then after getting the CIC turned out we could do it, d'oh. On a normal basis 5k in 3 months is hard for us. I'd be hoping for some light MS with bank account funding as we're less liquid than last year and don't have as much float while we build up the reserves again. I had thought I might try over the summer as we'd have a back up plan with the school taxes payment if the bank account funding didn't go through. The township takes CC's now for an ok fee, so the worst case scenario is we use a little of the bonus to pay the fee. Sounds good, but with all the changes going on should I risk a known 80k bonus for what might be around 6 months from now? And with an itty bitty "business" do I risk not getting the CIP after getting the SW biz a few months before? Ugh.

I see two roadmaps:
A.
Feb - go for CIP, cross fingers PNC is happy enough with me now to let me fund a savings account and not reverse it like last time; hope for 115 day MSR window
Mar - assuming PNC works, try Hilton 100k before support offer ends (stretch to last day maybe) and cross all fingers and toes I can make overlapping MSRs
Jun/Jul - try SW Biz to replenish stash.
Sep - SW plus inflight offer
Dec - ?? I'll be back to 4/24 at this point so sky's the limit.

B.
Feb - go for SW Biz [4/24]
Apr/May - try for SW plus inflight offer (or hope the link still work on land) [5/24]
May - card drops off report [4/24]
Jul - go for CIP, hope Chase thinks I'm good enough for 3 biz cards :) [4/24]
Oct - go for whatever Hilton is available to replenish that stash? [5/24]
Nov - card drops off report [4/24]
Dec - ??

I like B better as then I can use the CP for our flights in Sep. We have nothing planned for 2020 so the CP isn't necessary, it'll get used as we tend to fly at least once a year and probably twice, so it's nice knowing for sure you got value out of it. With B I contemplated playing chicken with the Hilton reporting date but with the timing of my flights and card drop off date I might screw myself. Then again getting the SW Biz might screw with the CIP too. But with A, if I can pull off the CIP I could always transfer UR to SW if needed and it fits in all the cards I wanted for 2019 - it's just risky and have no definitive plans for the CP I'd get for 2020. So I haven't come up with the perfect scenario yet :) Also contemplated just ditching the CIP for now and taking the easier CIU spend, as I can't see them keeping that card at a 50k offer indefinitely. So many options, what am I missing?

Stats:
5/17 - NCL [1/24]
11/17 - Discover [2/24]
4/18 - CSR [3/24]
4/18 - CSP [4/24]
5/18 - CIC [4/24]
10/18 - Barclay AA Biz [4/24]
 
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Do Chase biz cards get chase offers? My biz cards are in a different account from my personal cards, so I only have the info for the personal cards on my app. Am I missing out?

(we need a FOMO emoji around here)
 
Do Chase biz cards get chase offers? My biz cards are in a different account from my personal cards, so I only have the info for the personal cards on my app. Am I missing out?

(we need a FOMO emoji around here)

I've seen people say that Chase biz don't get the offers, and that's true for me and DH.
 
Lol, I should have known. I only went back around 4 pages and didn't see mention of it.

I'm not a churner and it's actually perfect for me.
Cool! That was actually our assessment - this offer was intended for non-churners.
 
We have nothing planned for 2020 so the CP isn't necessary

Oh, but you will! Something about that CP and all those SW points will make you want to take a bunch of trips. I've said more than once this year "hey, lets go to Disney for the long weekend, because we fly for free now!". Hmmm...now that I think of it, this CP has cost me way more in $$$ spent at Disney.
 
So we are much closer to finishing the BBP spend than I anticipated. We were able to put some reimbursed spend on the card and little things add up, as they like to do, so I'm looking for a new card in Feb instead of Mar.

Since I'm still 4/24 and looking to do a short trip to Vegas to help celebrate a birthday in a few months that seems like it'll take a good chunk out of our SW stash, I started entertaining the idea of the SW Biz card. 60k points can last us a while. I was trying to avoid another Chase biz card until the summer but when I said no biz cards for a year, an airline card doesn't count, surely :p Then I thought if I get that one, you almost have to pair it with a personal for the CP, right? In for a penny, in for a pound and all and wow, wouldn't need to pay for a flight for a long time with 110k+ points. That would take me to 5/24 but I have a card dropping off in May so really no harm there and won't need to MDD or anything at that point.

But then I started wondering about the CIP. The white whale. I didn't get it first as I didn't think I could make the spend but then after getting the CIC turned out we could do it, d'oh. On a normal basis 5k in 3 months is hard for us. I'd be hoping for some light MS with bank account funding as we're less liquid than last year and don't have as much float while we build up the reserves again. I had thought I might try over the summer as we'd have a back up plan with the school taxes payment if the bank account funding didn't go through. The township takes CC's now for an ok fee, so the worst case scenario is we use a little of the bonus to pay the fee. Sounds good, but with all the changes going on should I risk a known 80k bonus for what might be around 6 months from now? And with an itty bitty "business" do I risk not getting the CIP after getting the SW biz a few months before? Ugh.

I see two roadmaps:
A.
Feb - go for CIP, cross fingers PNC is happy enough with me now to let me fund a savings account and not reverse it like last time; hope for 115 day MSR window
Mar - assuming PNC works, try Hilton 100k before support offer ends (stretch to last day maybe) and cross all fingers and toes I can make overlapping MSRs
Jun/Jul - try SW Biz to replenish stash.
Sep - SW plus inflight offer
Dec - ?? I'll be back to 4/24 at this point so sky's the limit.

B.
Feb - go for SW Biz [4/24]
Apr/May - try for SW plus inflight offer (or hope the link still work on land) [5/24]
May - card drops off report [4/24]
Jul - go for CIP, hope Chase thinks I'm good enough for 3 biz cards :) [4/24]
Oct - go for whatever Hilton is available to replenish that stash? [5/24]
Nov - card drops off report [4/24]
Dec - ??

I like B better as then I can use the CP for our flights in Sep. We have nothing planned for 2020 so the CP isn't necessary, it'll get used as we tend to fly at least once a year and probably twice, so it's nice knowing for sure you got value out of it. With B I contemplated playing chicken with the Hilton reporting date but with the timing of my flights and card drop off date I might screw myself. Then again getting the SW Biz might screw with the CIP too. But with A, if I can pull off the CIP I could always transfer UR to SW if needed and it fits in all the cards I wanted for 2019 - it's just risky and have no definitive plans for the CP I'd get for 2020. So I haven't come up with the perfect scenario yet :) Also contemplated just ditching the CIP for now and taking the easier CIU spend, as I can't see them keeping that card at a 50k offer indefinitely. So many options, what am I missing?

Stats:
5/17 - NCL [1/24]
11/17 - Discover [2/24]
4/18 - CSR [3/24]
4/18 - CSP [4/24]
5/18 - CIC [4/24]
10/18 - Barclay AA Biz [4/24]
Personally if you don’t think you’d use the CP until sept you’d prob only get one use for it in 2019. Maybe wait on SW until 2020 for CP. I’d get the CIP now, and go for Hilton. Transfer CIP URs to SW to cover sept flight. Then go for SW CP late 2019. Lower CLs and 3 biz that spaced out should work!
 
So we are much closer to finishing the BBP spend than I anticipated. We were able to put some reimbursed spend on the card and little things add up, as they like to do, so I'm looking for a new card in Feb instead of Mar.

Since I'm still 4/24 and looking to do a short trip to Vegas to help celebrate a birthday in a few months that seems like it'll take a good chunk out of our SW stash, I started entertaining the idea of the SW Biz card. 60k points can last us a while. I was trying to avoid another Chase biz card until the summer but when I said no biz cards for a year, an airline card doesn't count, surely :p Then I thought if I get that one, you almost have to pair it with a personal for the CP, right? In for a penny, in for a pound and all and wow, wouldn't need to pay for a flight for a long time with 110k+ points. That would take me to 5/24 but I have a card dropping off in May so really no harm there and won't need to MDD or anything at that point.

But then I started wondering about the CIP. The white whale. I didn't get it first as I didn't think I could make the spend but then after getting the CIC turned out we could do it, d'oh. On a normal basis 5k in 3 months is hard for us. I'd be hoping for some light MS with bank account funding as we're less liquid than last year and don't have as much float while we build up the reserves again. I had thought I might try over the summer as we'd have a back up plan with the school taxes payment if the bank account funding didn't go through. The township takes CC's now for an ok fee, so the worst case scenario is we use a little of the bonus to pay the fee. Sounds good, but with all the changes going on should I risk a known 80k bonus for what might be around 6 months from now? And with an itty bitty "business" do I risk not getting the CIP after getting the SW biz a few months before? Ugh.

I see two roadmaps:
A.
Feb - go for CIP, cross fingers PNC is happy enough with me now to let me fund a savings account and not reverse it like last time; hope for 115 day MSR window
Mar - assuming PNC works, try Hilton 100k before support offer ends (stretch to last day maybe) and cross all fingers and toes I can make overlapping MSRs
Jun/Jul - try SW Biz to replenish stash.
Sep - SW plus inflight offer
Dec - ?? I'll be back to 4/24 at this point so sky's the limit.

B.
Feb - go for SW Biz [4/24]
Apr/May - try for SW plus inflight offer (or hope the link still work on land) [5/24]
May - card drops off report [4/24]
Jul - go for CIP, hope Chase thinks I'm good enough for 3 biz cards :) [4/24]
Oct - go for whatever Hilton is available to replenish that stash? [5/24]
Nov - card drops off report [4/24]
Dec - ??

I like B better as then I can use the CP for our flights in Sep. We have nothing planned for 2020 so the CP isn't necessary, it'll get used as we tend to fly at least once a year and probably twice, but it's nice knowing for sure you got value out of it. With B I contemplated playing chicken with the Hilton reporting date but with the timing of my flights and card drop off date I might screw myself. Then again getting the SW Biz might screw with the CIP too. But with A, if I can pull off the CIP I could always transfer UR to SW if needed and it fits in all the cards I wanted for 2019 - it's just risky and have no definitive plans for the CP I'd get for 2020. So I haven't come up with the perfect scenario yet :) Also contemplated just ditching the CIP for now and taking the easier CIU spend, as I can't see them keeping that card at a 50k offer indefinitely. So many options, what am I missing?

Stats:
5/17 - NCL [1/24]
11/17 - Discover [2/24]
4/18 - CSR [3/24]
4/18 - CSP [4/24]
5/18 - CIC [4/24]
10/18 - Barclay AA Biz [4/24]

That is a tough decision, I can see pros to each plan.

It seems to me that SW Biz is easy to get and CIP is harder, based on what people here report on approvals. (SW Biz is my 3rd Chase Biz as instant approval 10/18, I got the CIP 6/18 as my 2nd after pending approval 2 days...and my 1st Chase Biz is a CIC from 10 years ago.) Many times CIP goes pending, but I see a lot of instant approvals on SW Biz and I would value the 80K UR signup (more flexible than RRs with the option of using as RRs) over the SW Biz (especially since you have the CSR for 1.5x multiplier). I guess if Chase denies you a 3rd biz card, which would you feel better about having in hand? If the MSR is a hump with the CIP, there's always Venmo so that you're not out OOP fees (3% fee balanced by 3UR earning).
 
Staples usually carries $50 Disney GCs in store.

Alternatively, you can do as @amalone1013 suggested, and use the Staples 10% back Amex Offer to take advantage of Staple’s fee-free $200 VGC deal that starts this Sunday, then run those VGCs over to Best Buy to buy Disney Gift Cards, and scanning Swagbucks, $100 per day to maximize a SB return worth $9.50, plus whatever Best Buy rewards depending on your Elite status. Effectively up to ~20% off Disney if you’re comfortable buying VGCs from Staples with your Amex.

Really wish we had a Staples here to take advantage of @amalone1013 's plan! The closest is about 3 hours away :sad2:

Thanks for sharing - we were discussing this deal in depth earlier this week. Side note...That article title is so cringeworthy lolol!

Please be aware that you would only have the CP for the remainder of this year (so at this point probably a maximum of 10 months and more realistically 8-9 months).

The tradition CC method for earning a CP can get you one for a minimum of 13 months and for many people up to 23 months of usage. :)

And so this “best offer in the history of Mankind” (I kid) is actually more like a “Meh” offer for most churners.

Lol, I should have known. I only went back around 4 pages and didn't see mention of it.

I'm not a churner and it's actually perfect for me.

I've been thinking about this offer and it would actually work out well for my non-churner DH, except that we're working on the MSR for his Arrival + and won't be done with that for probably two more months, and he is not open to MS'ing or bank-funding to speed it up, and he will not apply for a biz card. We have two trips planned with SW this summer that we'd be able to use it on. Oh well, hopefully this offer will be around next year and we could possibly use it for Hawaii.
 
On the new SW offer, my DS is interested. He currently has the $69. Could he apply for the $99 card and get the bonus, while the $69 card is still open?
I believe he is at 3/24, I will double check and his credit limits. New home purchased in August, 795-800 score. I think he should be good to get it?
Then he could theorectically open PNC and fund $2000 and maybe even a PNC savings for the other $2000?
 
I know Chase offers credit slower than Amex and they say it can take up to 14 days to credit, and in my case so far they really mean it! I have a Staples order from 12/30 that I still haven't gotten the statement credit on! But, I did get an email so I know it should be coming, I suppose I should stop checking obsessively and just be patient...
 
Oh, but you will! Something about that CP and all those SW points will make you want to take a bunch of trips. I've said more than once this year "hey, lets go to Disney for the long weekend, because we fly for free now!". Hmmm...now that I think of it, this CP has cost me way more in $$$ spent at Disney.

Exactly :laughing: That's why I never contemplated getting one before because it's just so tempting to jaunt off somewhere and not think of the ancillary costs. I think the only thing we'd do different next year is I'd try to fly to Pittsburgh instead of driving. I could probably get a weekend rate rental for the same amount it costs in gas and tolls and save a couple hours of travel. (yes, we're exciting aren't we?! haha)

Personally if you don’t think you’d use the CP until sept you’d prob only get one use for it in 2019. Maybe wait on SW until 2020 for CP. I’d get the CIP now, and go for Hilton. Transfer CIP URs to SW to cover sept flight. Then go for SW CP late 2019. Lower CLs and 3 biz that spaced out should work!

Yes, we only have 2 flights planned this year - this new one in a couple months and our big trip in Sep - and we have enough RR points for both but will drastically reduce the stash. CP was never a goal, but figured it was a nice side effect if I was going to do the spend for the Biz anyway. If I did a CP this year through 2020 and we wanted to keep it, it'd set us up in a good rhythm for P2 to do it 2021 as he's not eligible again until Jan '21. But again, all side effects as we don't fly much. (P2 would rather drive everywhere. :rolleyes2)

I am working on lowering CL's now for whatever we decide. Chase has been generous and likes to keep me around 60% of credit to income, and while it's been nice looking at such lovely limits, I have to slash if I want any new card at all.
 
On the new SW offer, my DS is interested. He currently has the $69. Could he apply for the $99 card and get the bonus, while the $69 card is still open?
I believe he is at 3/24, I will double check and his credit limits. New home purchased in August, 795-800 score. I think he should be good to get it?
Then he could theorectically open PNC and fund $2000 and maybe even a PNC savings for the other $2000?

I believe so as long as it's been more than 24 months after he received the bonus on the $69 card (Plus).
 
My $1500 transfer to Discover just posted today. So I went ahead and fi
First rule: DO NOT do P2P (using PayPal, Venmo, etc.) between family/relatives/people who share the same last name or address using Amex cards. There are lots of DPs that Amex will freeze your accounts and hit you with a mini-FR.

2: Venmo payments make sense on the CIP because even though Venmo charges a 3% fee to use credit cards, the CIP earns 3x UR on the payment and the fee. And more importantly, Chase doesn't care about P2P payments between family/relatives/people who share the same last name or address.

3: Venmo cares somewhat if you're using their platform for MS, and will freeze or close your account (thus tying up any of your funds they're holding) if they think you're doing something shady. Venmo has tightened restrictions to limit users to adding only 4 credit/debit cards to your account in a rolling 6 months period. This limits the velocity and utility of liquidating certain MCGC/VGC gift cards as debit (and therefore no fee) through Venmo. Venmo also has limits on amounts transferred and withdrawn per week unless you take steps to verify your account.

4: Think of Venmo as only a conduit. If you are doing P2P between you and DD -- say you send $1k for "text books and lab fees" or "winter clothes shopping" or "new computer" to DD via Venmo, DO NOT have DD send the $1k back to you via the same conduit (i.e., Venmo). Have her withdraw the $1k to her bank, then write you a check or do an electronic transfer. Once the funds are withdrawn from DD's Venmo account, Venmo has no idea where those funds go next. Doesn't matter if DD has the same bank as you or not -- as long as she can get the money back to you to pay your CC bill and as long as she doesn't use Venmo to transfer the funds back to you.

5: It's a good idea to "season" your Venmo account to establish some pattern or history of transfers, so the occasional $500 or $2000 doesn't look like a big deal. For your college aged DD, it looks totally natural for a caring mom to send money for textbooks, lab fees, club dues, tuition, shopping, fun, ski trips, spring break, etc. Be creative. Use those emojis. :)


What about Amex GC on venmo? I got $1k one for taking the bump on Delta. I was thinking of passing it through Venmo to get the money into my bank account, because I don't see myself spending it (I like to get that spend on cards instead).
 
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