I love credit cards so much! v2.0 (see first page for add'l details)

[palhockeymomof2]

For the SW Priority card, to use the 4 free upgraded boardings benefit, do we just use the Priority card to pay and then the credit should hit automatically? I would assume that's how it would work but just wanted to double-check. Hopefully we'll be able to use this benefit for our flight tomorrow (it's subject to availability). TIA!

Yes you use the SW Priority card to purchase the upgraded boarding at the desk by your gate

 

[palhockeymomof2]

We're meeting up with my mom in Disney in Oct. I had it all set up so our flights arrive and depart MCO at the same time. Well, now my mom's late evening flight out of MCO got cancelled and she was rescheduled 6 hours earlier! Not only does this mean an entire day of Disney is wasted for her, but now she has to take DME to the airport by herself as our flight is still at night. I suppose if I was a better daughter, I could reschedule my flight to the afternoon one as well, but I really wanted to spend one more day at F&W at EPCOT... hmm...my love of food vs my love of my mom...decisions, decisions...

You may have already looked ...but is there a later flight closer to yours that you could switch your Mom too

 

[Alexle2007]

Thanks for the info! I think I've convinced myself just to keep the reservation as is using the UR's, and if anything happens use our car insurance. But, I still have two other reservations to choose from if I change my mind tonight.

I use my CSR but if I were using my CIP, I think I could make a case that I was scouting inventory for my eBay business. I am sure there's lots of good inventory in Orlando or wherever.

 

[Brian4891]

So I was testing out the AMEX referral link as I am considering referring P2. I have an AMEX Ascend/Surpass. I am getting two different offers depending on whether I paste the link into Internet Explorer or Chrome. I am copying the exact same link into the two different browsers.

Internet Explorer: 140,000 HHonors Points, but no Free Weekend Night, after $3,000 spend in 3 months. Free Weekend night after $15,000 spend
Chrome: 130,000 HHonors Points, AND Free Weekend Night, after $4,000 spend in 4 months. Also Free Weekend night after $15,000 spend

Not sure what that's all about, but thought I would share!

 

[Lain]

Thanks for the details Lain! DH has that same upgrade offer, it just requires one purchase to get the certificate. He just received the 25K certificate from his premiere card in May. He has 2 Marriott cards & 2 SPG cards. I don't think that we would ever go for the SPG Lux as I'm not comfortable paying that big fee. Do you think it would be a good idea to upgrade?

I’m a bit tight on time today, but in short I would. Whether you should depends on if you have an idea how or plans to use those 35k FN certs. The additional 10k should give you more options where to redeem the FNs, but no one knows how Marriott’s eventual change to peak pricing will affect availability at Category 5 hotels. The difference in AF is, what, $10, from $85 to $95? I think the other notable difference between the Marriott Premier card and the Premier Plus/Boundless is the old Premier had the ability to earn Elite nights for every $3k if spend.

OMAAT’s writeup should still be mostly relevant and might help: https://onemileatatime.com/upgrade-marriott-credit-card/

 

[Lain]

So I was testing out the AMEX referral link as I am considering referring P2. I have an AMEX Ascend/Surpass. I am getting two different offers depending on whether I paste the link into Internet Explorer or Chrome. I am copying the exact same link into the two different browsers.

Internet Explorer: 140,000 HHonors Points, but no Free Weekend Night, after $3,000 spend in 3 months. Free Weekend night after $15,000 spend
Chrome: 130,000 HHonors Points, AND Free Weekend Night, after $4,000 spend in 4 months. Also Free Weekend night after $15,000 spend

Not sure what that's all about, but thought I would share!

Yeah, there’s been a lot of chatter this morning here and on r/churning about the different offers that are popping up via referral.

https://www.reddit.com/r/churning/comments/cf66nd/_/eu7k812

Definitely do some testing to compare the different welcome offers + referral bonus and apply for the best one for you.

 

[gottalovepluto]

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[gottalovepluto]

Do we know if the AmEx self-referral clawbacks are over? My 20k MRs are still safely tucked in my account.

Someone on r churning claimed to have gotten one yesterday

 

[gottalovepluto]

Still no Newegg email for DH

I had a fam member whose Newegg order disappeared into thin air. They asked Newegg what happened and Newegg said their order was cancelled because the billing address had exceeded the item limit. They said the item limit will reset after 48 hours and to then try again. (They haven't tried yet.) Any chance that happened to you? Apparently they track via billing addresses, credit card numbers, phone numbers, etc.

 

[amalone1013]

For the SW Priority card, to use the 4 free upgraded boardings benefit, do we just use the Priority card to pay and then the credit should hit automatically? I would assume that's how it would work but just wanted to double-check. Hopefully we'll be able to use this benefit for our flight tomorrow (it's subject to availability). TIA!

Just charge it to the card as someone else said. We have never had trouble upgrading even on several full flights to MCO. I think the highest we've ever been when upgrading is A6 or so.

 

[amalone1013]

I had a fam member whose Newegg order disappeared into thin air. They asked Newegg what happened and Newegg said their order was cancelled because the billing address had exceeded the item limit. They said the item limit will reset after 48 hours and to then try again. (They haven't tried yet.) Any chance that happened to you? Apparently they track via billing addresses, credit card numbers, phone numbers, etc.

Yeah, originally I did my card then DHs on my new Newegg account and his got cancelled for that reason. I would have had to wait until tonight to order again, but was impatient so just made DH his own account yesterday. He actually just got a fraud call about it while I was at lunch and they processed it now and they are in his email!

@gottalovepluto I should add that they could see that I had tried to order with his card and he had also...

 

[havaneselover]

Just got approved for Citi AA Biz 2. It took 24 hours. Yikes. Will do my test $50 AA gift card purchase as soon as I get it then wait for the statement to close. Hoping if this works these miles plus what I already have will get me three nights at the Swan next summer.

 

[schmass]

I just loaded my Serve for the first time!! I was sweating as I did it, but it was fine. Do I have to wait a certain period of time before transferring to my bank? If I do it right away does that send up any red flags?

 

[speedyfishy]

I just loaded my Serve for the first time!! I was sweating as I did it, but it was fine. Do I have to wait a certain period of time before transferring to my bank? If I do it right away does that send up any red flags?

Should be fine doing it right away. Takes a few days to link your accounts with trial deposits though. The shutdowns happened even when people didn’t transfer right away and used it for bill pay so I don’t think waiting would stop a shut down. I wouldn’t worry about a shut down just order backup cards now and don’t activate them until you need them lol.

 

[GlamMistress]

Conversation starter: do you value simplicity at all? Do you think you would earn as many rewards with fewer cards but more focused spending or do you enjoy the chase of new bonuses? Do you value not having to log into several different accounts and remembering due dates or do you think this is just part of the trade-off?

 

[*WDW*Groupie*]

Just closed my Citi AA biz card. Prepping for #2 (which I could have applied for on July 14th). Wanted to close out #1 first and give myself a bit of a breather after just getting CIPpy #3.

Citi must use a menu of responses because I tried to close on Wednesday but the girl said I had to call in. Tried again today and I have been advised that it has been closed. But in both conversations they said that "they hate to loose me as a customer". The first time I told them you let a dog loose in the doggie park but lose a customer. I noticed the exact same mistake today. Guess someone in IT doesn't have a good grasp of grammar.

 

[Killer Fish]

So I just made that painful call to Barclay about my Aviator Biz app. They did indeed receive my documents but, apparently, an AT&T bill does not suffice as a "utility" bill so I now need to send a bank statement since the utility bills are all in DH's name. Since that isn't the same level of PII, I am just going with regular mail. Good thing I called else I would have never known. I did ask why as an 8 year customer I was now having to provide this level of documentation and she said because it was a "new account" being a business card. Just ridiculous!

My app was pending for 4 weeks before I called....I am fairly certain it would have stayed pending forever. So glad I did not need to deal with the document nonsense. The last of my points from the MSR posted and I will be closing this card soon.

 

[*WDW*Groupie*]

Just got approved for Citi AA Biz 2. It took 24 hours. Yikes. Will do my test $50 AA gift card purchase as soon as I get it then wait for the statement to close. Hoping if this works these miles plus what I already have will get me three nights at the Swan next summer.

Did you use a mailer or dummy booking? I am thinking of applying shortly for my #2 Citi AA biz card.

 

[havaneselover]

Just closed my Citi AA biz card. Prepping for #2 (which I could have applied for on July 14th). Wanted to close out #1 first and give myself a bit of a breather after just getting CIPpy #3.

Citi must use a menu of responses because I tried to close on Wednesday but the girl said I had to call in. Tried again today and I have been advised that it has been closed. But in both conversations they said that "they hate to loose me as a customer". The first time I told them you let a dog loose in the doggie park but lose a customer. I noticed the exact same mistake today. Guess someone in IT doesn't have a good grasp of grammar.

Lol--it took me a few reads to get that!

 

[miztressuz]

Whoop! There was an email with a link to get the card number so I gave it a try and I now have it. Yay!!

In trying to set up his Amex acct, it wants a reference number Should I just wait until the card is here before doing that?

Do you have the application or approval emails? IIRC there was a reference number included in one or both of those that's used in the "setup your account" email link so you can do it before you get the card.

I’m only gold. I thought about transferring his points to me but it looks like I have to pay for that now. SPG always let you transfer to your spouse for free. Bonvoyed again! Paying for the transfer pretty much negates the point of the free nights, so I’ll just prob leave it alone.

I don't believe you have to pay to transfer now, so it's worth a call. FWIW, I had hubby call to transfer points from my account while we did a reservation and they transferred the points with no mention of the fee. Hubby is Plat, I'm Silver. So under the previous terms I'd have paid $10 per transfer since technically the member sending the points is supposed to call. But I figure worse case is you have to get DH to give verbal approval on the call and you having the Gold status might get around that since it was waived for Gold and Plat members, if they are still charging for transfers.

Trying to have multiple members on the reservation and getting it credited to the correct account seems very hit or miss now. I saw one report on r/churning after the merger that it worked out for someone. Someone in their party did a points+cash booking, then at check-in he added his number to the reservation to give status to the room and he got the elite night credit afterwards. So it seems like it can happen, but I have no idea what stars have to align for it to work. For me the first try was a straight points booking, second was a FNC; no joy for either. In theory a points+cash booking should look the same to the hotel because you're just buying points and the hotel still gets a e-cert, so not sure if that's a factor on why it worked for them or just luck of the draw