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

[pillow]

In happy news, Chase matched the higher offer on DH's SW card. He applied on March 2 with the 50K offer. They gave him an extra 10k via SM. Easy peasy. Thanks to @SouthFayetteFan for suggesting we send an SM.

 

[CyndiLouWho]

The ones from SBs? I either use them on sams website to buy Disney or on the Disney website to buy Disney. Mostly sams for me though.

So you just buy one $25 GC at a time? Or goes Sam’s let you specify how much on each card? (I’m not a Sam’s member, but a coworker let’s me use her account to order.). Didn’t think of direct from Disney. Doh. I still have a Walmart GC to use but that one I could print to use in store.

 

[pillow]

Agree!!! Getting ridiculous!

We're going to Costa Rica over New Years, which is a very busy time. I have tentative reservations, but I don't want to finalize things until the flights are booked. Plus, I need to rent the car. If flights aren't what I think they'll be, I'll need to scramble. Lots of lodging is already completely booked. Come on SW!!!

 

[GlamMistress]

I know most here are under 5/24 and this is a bad offer for those, but did anyone see this NLL public offer for the Amex no-AF Hilton? This seems super risky to me, but I've already had the no-AF Hilton years ago and I was interested in getting another for upgrade offers anyway, so I pulled the trigger yesterday. It went pending and I was approved today. Took the temp card number and paid a portion (ugh) of our rent, so I will know very soon if the 75k points post.

I successfully churned the Amex Delta Gold - the first time, got the card, no issues. The second time, I applied with a mailer code that had no lifetime language. No issue whatsoever about getting the points again.

It's actually time for me to cancel that card again. I'm hoping to churn it again as soon as Delta sends me another mailer with NLL!

 

[amcc]

I know I often caution people about getting caught up in the excitement...but I don't know how much higher this bonus can go! 75k pts for $1,000 spend...depending on how you value AA miles you're getting more than $1,000 value out of this signup!! For those using them for Disney it's still a phenomenal deal...and it's a biz card! Just sayin...........

EDIT: I went for a match via phone on my card and a match via SM on my wife's card. I did order employee cards for each of us on the respective cards to show that I'm serious about this haha!

Ugh, the fine print says 30 days from account opening and I was approved on 3/30!! What’s that emoji???
I will definitely try to get a match for this using my son for an employee (he’s 16 but I can’t find minimum age for employee card).

 

[amalone1013]

I know I often caution people about getting caught up in the excitement...but I don't know how much higher this bonus can go! 75k pts for $1,000 spend...depending on how you value AA miles you're getting more than $1,000 value out of this signup!! For those using them for Disney it's still a phenomenal deal...and it's a biz card! Just sayin...........

EDIT: I went for a match via phone on my card and a match via SM on my wife's card. I did order employee cards for each of us on the respective cards to show that I'm serious about this haha!

Tempted to throw DHs hat in the ring... no reporting to personal credit report right?

Some questions on Plastiq business referrals, the 10,000 FFD offer.

1) Does the referrer have to be signed up as a business?

2) Can I refer P2? I know Chase does not have any problem with this but not sure if Plastiq sees things the same way.

3) What qualifies as a business from Plastiq’s point of view? P2 has one of those businesses that is good enough to get a CIP if ya know what I mean, wink wink. Is Plastiq going to be as easy-going when awarding the FFD’s to P2’s business account?

The Plastiq news comes just as I am making some major payments on a kitchen renovation to a contractor who does not accept credit cards so I am trying to get the most out of this.

Thanks for your help!

Here's what I did. DH and I each have personal accounts and got the offer to refer a business. I referred myself for a new business account from DHs offer. I think I just said it was a business, dont recall having to pick a category like with a credit card. I did NOT use just business cards to make the $10k in payments... I used Citi AA Bizs and CIPs and CIC, but also Arrival Plus and MCGCs. I did have to contact suppose because the FFDs didnt post automatically and I had to send them DHs referral code, but we both got ours.

So you just buy one $25 GC at a time? Or goes Sam’s let you specify how much on each card? (I’m not a Sam’s member, but a coworker let’s me use her account to order.). Didn’t think of direct from Disney. Doh. I still have a Walmart GC to use but that one I could print to use in store.

You can specify on Sam's how much for each card and gift card.

 

[Oscar Madison]

Arrive early, take a break, stay late.

Our family follows this creed and it has never let us down.

 

[DrFacilier]

We are there 8/6-8/15 and our days dropped as well. I’m not terribly surprised. I actually expected them too because Aug has gotten slower and slower with more schools moving up their first day, a lot of people can’t travel. Our district was in the aug 20 range like 5 years ago and then bumped up a week and this year even an earlier week. I think my neighbor said her kids go back aug 5th this year!!

With swge opening later that month, many people will hold out. There is plenty of resort availability during our dates (hence, out came fd’ing!).

Yeah. It seems that August before the 29th is gonna be an especially sweet spot this year. We are in RI where most schools start right before or after Labor day. We went August 19th-26th last year and had pretty manageable crowd levels (except for the stupidity of doing Epcot on a Saturday during F&W).

I know I often caution people about getting caught up in the excitement...but I don't know how much higher this bonus can go! 75k pts for $1,000 spend...depending on how you value AA miles you're getting more than $1,000 value out of this signup!! For those using them for Disney it's still a phenomenal deal...and it's a biz card! Just sayin...........

EDIT: I went for a match via phone on my card and a match via SM on my wife's card. I did order employee cards for each of us on the respective cards to show that I'm serious about this haha!

(Gets off computer to call Barclays.)

 

[amalone1013]

I'm so sick of hail

 

[Alexle2007]

Like @Albort said, just load that amount to your amazon account

@Alexle2007 is there not a number you can all to find out your remaining balance?

Probably. I am just crazy busy at the moment and was trying to use them up since I had a bunch of stuff to purchase for staff appreciation week. I’ll look further into next week.

 

[Alexle2007]

stop and shop? Mine does

Sadly nope

 

[PolyRob]

I just got my Disney Premier Visa. Its contactless, but the card itself is much cheaper looking. My last one was shiny and almost holographic. This one is matte and everything but my name is on the back (like the CSR/CSP). Looks weird with the design IMO. Not a big deal because I barely use it, but it feels lesser than my non-'premier' card.

 

[pillow]

Ugh, the fine print says 30 days from account opening and I was approved on 3/30!! What’s that emoji???
I will definitely try to get a match for this using my son for an employee (he’s 16 but I can’t find minimum age for employee card).

DH was approved on 4/2 under the 60k offer. I sent an SM asking for the extra 5k and also asking if its too late to get the employee card 10k. I guess it couldn't hurt just to go ahead and order an employee card and make a purchase.

Is there any issue with naming myself as an employee on his account if I have my own Business Aviator account?

 

[DrFacilier]

I’ve heard mixed reports on them matching. I figured it’s worth a shot.

Well, I just did the same thing as you. (Called for me and SMed for P2). Hoping for the best.

 

[mmmears]

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[wendow]

So you just buy one $25 GC at a time? Or goes Sam’s let you specify how much on each card? (I’m not a Sam’s member, but a coworker let’s me use her account to order.). Didn’t think of direct from Disney. Doh. I still have a Walmart GC to use but that one I could print to use in store.

You can specify how much you put on each card. Sam's has a really convenient check-out system!

 

[wendow]

We're going to Costa Rica over New Years, which is a very busy time. I have tentative reservations, but I don't want to finalize things until the flights are booked. Plus, I need to rent the car. If flights aren't what I think they'll be, I'll need to scramble. Lots of lodging is already completely booked. Come on SW!!!

My dd18 wants is going to WDW with one of her friends for a long weekend the week before Thanksgiving and these girls are ready to book. She's gonna croak when I tell her SW pushed the release date out again! My aunt and family are going to WDW over Thanksgiving week and they also have been waiting to book SW.

 

[Haley R]

Dh sm’d to close his CIP #1 from last year. They said they closed it but we can still see it in his account. I’ll give it a few more days. We were gonna gave me go for CIP #2 but we need to wait until after we close on our house in June. Chase called Dh today asking about the card we just closed since we’re getting our loan with them.

 

[disneymagicgirl]

Just catching up from a milestone anniversary trip. Stayed at the Ritz Carlton Amelia Island and we really enjoyed it. It was 50K a night for those with the higher level free night. I only took a picture from the balcony (upgraded to a ocean view room) so not sure that I have enough for the hotel thread. Would definitely recommend. The service was outstanding.

Wait a little minute... that ritz is the same amount of points as the swan and dolphin, which cost a whopping $160 a night over Memorial Day. That is whacky.

Also, in my investigation of the above resort I discovered my free night cert posted on 5/2/19. It says it for my biz card and it was opened 3/1/18.

 

[Alexle2007]

You can specify how much you put on each card. Sam's has a really convenient check-out system!

I went to Sam’s for the 1st time today. They were super nice since I technically shouldn’t have been there yet because 7-10 am is apparently plus members shopping hours and not my $45 membership fee. I didn’t have time to look around since I was on a tight schedule. I feel like it could get overwhelming it was so large.