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

[needsomesun]

Does anyone have T-Mobile? Wondering if they are any good.

We do. They're okay. Verizon seems to have the best coverage where I live, but we saved a bit changing. Coverage is not quite as good, but it's rarely an issue. The free netflix is nice because that's something we were paying extra for anyway. They occasionally have good deals on Tmobile Tuesdays, though lately haven't been very exciting. My family likes the $2 Dunkin gc that occasionally comes on Tuesdays, since we have 5 lines. $10 in dunkin is good. But haven't seen it in a while...

 

[Jen and Ashwin]

DON"T DO IT! IHG lies and puts you in a hotel! You don't stay on property. They fail to point that out. I did a chargeback on them w/ Chase. The hotel they wanted to put us in at Myrtle Beach was like 30 min from the beach!

I already know which places in Williamsburg are a possibility, including the hotels. They are all within close proximity to Colonial Williamsburg. The hotels are actually closer than the Vacation Club resort. I am fine with whatever of the 4 options that they place us into for purposes of this trip. I guess if we were staying somewhere else, then that would definitely be a concern.

 

[needsomesun]

Nothing on mine are wife's account

Same

 

[LilSweetPeaPhoto]

I already know which places in Williamsburg are a possibility, including the hotels. They are all within close proximity to Colonial Williamsburg. The hotels are actually closer than the Vacation Club resort. I am fine with whatever of the 4 options that they place us into for purposes of this trip. I guess if we were staying somewhere else, then that would definitely be a concern.

If you're okay with the hotel switch, then I guess have at it. I was traveling w/ my kids and was like what will they do while I'm at the presentation. They are 14 and 10. Plus we were expecting to be ON the beach. Not 30 min away.

 

[needsomesun]

Since there are lots of us with tween/teen boys, DS never wears but now in order to take advantage of out of uniform opportunities, he needs. Any recommendations on brands your boys like? He is still in a boys size.

I have one tween and one teen boy. Neither of them care about brands. They're just all about comfort and live in athletic clothes. No jeans or anything with buttons.

 

[smmco]

Since I got my second denial for a Citi AAdvantage Business card last week after waiting 97 days from the first denial, I decided to pull the trigger on a Barclays AAdvantage Aviator Business card.

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Here is the middle finger to CITI!!!

I was instantly denied the Citi personal and then got instantly approved for the Citi business with a 14k credit line. I just got a 60k miles email offer on the Citi personal. It's hard to figure these banks out.

 

[stitchfan18]

I'm trying to select my airline for the $250 airline fee credit on my Hilton Aspire and it keeps giving me a page load error. Has anyone else who jumped on the $0 annual fee aspire been able to choose their airline? I'm hoping the website is just having an issue...

 

[RoyalJay]

I’m starting to be surprised anymore when my flight is actually on time. I feel like I’m delayed probably 2/3 of the time.

Has anyone had any luck pulling the 45k AmEx Green offer? I might pull the trigger on it if I could get that.

 

[Jen and Ashwin]

If you're okay with the hotel switch, then I guess have at it. I was traveling w/ my kids and was like what will they do while I'm at the presentation. They are 14 and 10. Plus we were expecting to be ON the beach. Not 30 min away.

I have a 2-year-old and she will obviously have to come with us. She can entertain herself for a bit, but I am sure it won't be pleasant. But maybe that will work to our advantage? We definitely aren't going to purchase and I am sure they don't want to listen to my crying kid for more than they absolutely have to. The plan is to do the presentation first thing when we arrive so that we can enjoy the rest of the weekend care free.

 

[needsomesun]

We've never done much traveling since we had kids, just long weekends on the east coast where we could drive. We are hoping to do a west coast trip this summer which would involve flying (3 kids -15, 13, 10). Thinking about how to make all of this happen and how to get the best deals. I think that opening a credit card with an airline would help us with the $2K+ in flights from the east coast to the west coast. Not to mention the rental car and hotels we will need. I read some of the first page of this thread and it says that you can loose a lot of points/$ if you don't open your credit card at the right time. How do you know when the best time to open it is? It seems like many people like SW on this thread - do they offer the most bonuses? I would love any help that people who take the most advantage of the offers are able to give me. The whole thread and figuring everything out seems very overwhelming right now. We only have a Discover and Chase CC right now.

We're planning on doing a similar trip this summer, also with 3 kids. East coast to west coast. I'm out of SW miles, thanks to an upcoming cruise. But applied for the SW performance Biz for DH and will get 80000 RR in Jan. Next we'll apply for another SW card (not sure which) to get the rest of the RR we to fly. We have a lot of Hilton points, thanks to their many cards, so will probably stay in Hiltons for the most part. Anything else, including rental car, will probably come from URs from our CSR (and other chase cards).

 

[MickeyMouseCD524]

Thinking of getting CSR card when I ditch my Disney card. I already have CFU and CIP. But the CIP I try to keep just for business expenses. Thoughts?

 

[ten6mom]

that's what I'm wondering..... altho I don't want to be dishonest and 'steal' anything, I'm going to try calling tomorrow when I have some time. I have two invoices,so their system must have it as sending two! when I look at my online account, it shows the first as returned. Argh. I'm also not driving back to the store a million times trying either.

At some point you will have done all you can do. Hopefully it works out, but once you've exhausted your options, sounds like you have a nice gift to give someone.

I have one tween and one teen boy. Neither of them care about brands. They're just all about comfort and live in athletic clothes. No jeans or anything with buttons.

My 13 and 15 are the same, except the 15 year old loves Vans, Quiksilver, those types of brands (why???? he neither surfs nor skates) and the younger one actively avoids brand names.

Thankfully they still just want inexpensive basketball shorts from Walmart

 

[jaysraptor]

Double post.

 

[jaysraptor]

That's crazy! I've been denied that like 4 times now. But I've gotten 2 Citi, LOL

It is crazy. I put the exact same information on both applications, and get an instant denial from Citi, but get an instant approval from Barclays. I did notice that they pull from different credit agencies, but my credit scores were 819 with Equifax and 823 with Transunion before I put in either application.

 

[jaysraptor]

I was instantly denied the Citi personal and then got instantly approved for the Citi business with a 14k credit line. I just got a 60k miles email offer on the Citi personal. It's hard to figure these banks out.

I might eventually try for a Citi personal to establish a relationship with them, then go for the Biz card.

 

[platamama]

RetailMeNot is having up to 20% cash back today - worth a look.

Amex Plat folks - Saks is on there for 16% cash back.

 

[orangecuse]

Amex credited me $25 today. I had given up on getting the credit for that offer so thats nice. (Its been months, all of my other offers credit in like 2 days).

Citi AA biz folks- when did you see the SUB post?

 

[platamama]

Amex credited me $25 today. I had given up on getting the credit for that offer so thats nice. (Its been months, all of my other offers credit in like 2 days).

Citi AA biz folks- when did you see the SUB post?

SUB posts on statement close date.

Glad you got the long delayed credit from Amex! They are hard to figure out.

 

[mmmears]

Years ago, my mom ordered a 15-piece set of All-Clad cookware from Williams Sonoma. Two sets arrived at her house. She called to let them know that she received an extra set in error. They had no record of it and said they weren't able to accept a return of the second set. Guess who got a free set of All-Clad?

Many years ago DH and I registered at WS. We didn't get a few items that people paid for (and we knew they had a record of it) and had to go in and make them fix that. Then after the wedding they just started sending us random stuff, mostly new, but also a returned (and used) toaster and other junk. We told them and they wanted us to pack it all up and pay to ship it somewhere which was just annoying. I'll just say that they have terrible record keeping at WS.

 

[LilSweetPeaPhoto]

I know the website is where to get more Amex offers. But for well over a week now when I go to look it says "Sorry about that! It doesn't happen often, but offers are currently unavailable. Please try again later." This is for every card I have. But on the app I will get 50. Any ideas?