OK, here's a summary of a solid day in the churning (and real) world:
1) For those who read my earlier post about the United Club card, I called the status line this afternoon and... Approved!! Glad that saga is over with.
2) Had appointments today for the family (5 of us) to finally get TSA Precheck. Used a different card for each application, and should get reimbursed for each one. That's a cool $425 worth of value right there.
3) Met my MSR on the Amex Hilton biz.
4) Received my Amex Gold Biz in the mail, ready start in on that guy.
5) DW's CIP bonus posted, 90k URs!
6) Used both Dosh and Rakuten for cash back.
So all really good stuff in the churning world. But the best thing by far? I've been battling cancer the last couple of years but finished chemo late last year. And now my most recent tests (9 months post chemo) came back clean, and all is looking good right now!! It was really touch and go in 2018 (heck, I applied for ZERO cards in 2018, that's how bad it was), so every time I get a clean test back it's an unbelievably great feeling.
Due to my experiences lately I do have this urgency to do stuff NOW, and that unfortunately carries over to this game and I can be a bit too reckless. My United Club saga actually had me worried about something bad Chase might do. But I really liked the post by
@SouthFayetteFan and am definitely going to learn from that. I've had a flurry of activity lately and now need to lie back, meet the two MSRs I have right now, and cool it for a bit. As I've posted about a bit lately, I'm really interested in the ANA around the world ticket, and am going to be working towards that.
Thanks as always to everyone for the insight and support that is provided in this forum. It is truly one of a kind. I'm off to celebrate!