Ngwira
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 14, 2013
I don’t have the sw card but if you post on that credit card thread, you’ll get lots of feedback. I will be picking your brain as we are officially booked for our first trip to Disneyland. We are flying American to California and Alaska back to Philly. I actually prefer a redeye coming home as it makes the time zone transition easier. We are doing the opposite getting there as we have an 8am flight and willJust checking in. DH and I got back from a week in Texas this past Saturday where we celebrated my bff's 30th birthday and our 5th wedding anniversary. Spent about ~$500 while out there, which was mainly on food and a couple items we brought back, plus a birthday present and a trip out to Top Golf. I don't think that total is completely terrible, but we probably could have spent less than we did. No regrets though. It helps that my bff and her DH were able to pick us up/take us to the airport so we didn't have to spend $300 on a rental car.
While we were out there I decided to take the plunge on the Chase Sapphire Preferred card (the one with the lower annual fee) and was approved with no problems. This will replace the American Airlines card I was just approved for a few months ago. Originally I thought the American Airlines card would be more beneficial when we take our trip out to FL next year, since the plan was to take a red-eye on American, but after we talked over our trip some more we decided to nix the red-eye plan. After looking more into flight prices/times (i'm projecting since Nov 2020 is still too far out) I think we'll end up taking Southwest out to FL and back. I already have a SW card ($69 AF), but I got one of the targeted e-mails saying they'll give me 5,000 points if I upgrade to the better card ($149 AF w/ 4 upgraded boarding's and $75 southwest credit). I'm debating the upgrade, just so we can use the upgraded boarding next year in Florida. If anyone has this card and has any input on it, i'd appreciate it.
We don't get paid till Friday, but i've been working on my plan of attack for bills this cycle. It looks like I should be able to pay everything that needs to be paid, plus set aside that final $200 for our tree removal with no problems. I'll also be able to pay off some of the charges from Texas now, instead of waiting till the next pay period. My DH's smaller student loan is just under $800 and I really just want to take it out of our savings and be done with it, but i'm not sure I'm ready to see my savings drop at the moment. It wouldn't completely wipe out our savings, it would leave us with ~$800, but i'll have to think on it some more.
Hope everyone has had a wonderful summer! I'm so ready for fall and cooler weather.
land at 10am on the west coast.
I’m looking at 2 day park hoppers which are $1,000 for my family of 4.. But it’s Disney so hey...lol.
Anyway as our trip gets closer I plan to pm you.
On the debt dumping front, the budget has eased a bit since we have no major travel plans until spring break. We have a quick weekend trip to the world in about a month. Swan is paid for and have gift cards for the stay. I plan to buckle down and pay off some debt in the coming months.
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