WOW this thread moves fast! I love it though! I feel like there is soooo much I can learn from you all!
Yes, I have LOTS of travel plans! This Disney trip for 5-6 nights in Nov '18 (for 6), we have a 7 day cruise out of New Orleans in Mar '19 (only planning to use rewards for hotel (Hyatt Place) 3/15 and 3/16 before heading out), a 10 day California roadtrip in Aug '19 (flights for 6, combo of hotels between SPG/Marriott, IHG, and Hyatt, rental van/SUV, and
Disneyland tickets), and a cruise for just us 2 adults for Nov '19. In between all that we just use our camper!
I think bank bonuses may be our next venture while we chill on cc for awhile. We have a large sum of cash sitting in accounts right now until the real estate market chills a bit (we do flips and rentals on the side). So "tying" $15k up to meet Chase's requirement isn't a huge deal. More need to figure out if I can easily change direct deposit at work easily.
Yes, we plan to chill for a bit. I only needed to "run so fast" because of this whole SPG thing. I wanted to get in that Disney trip before things changed since that was the #1 reason I got into this cc game.
Yes, I just learned about DoC's blog last week and have been reading up a ton on it. Thankfully we have a Chase branch, well about 5, within 10 miles of us, and that seems to be one of the best. Ironically we got a flyer yesterday and the hubby was like, I think i'm going to do this. I said no, I'M DOING IT first lol.