I need helping thinking this through. Dh's CSR travel credit will reset in July, statement should close around 7/4. The AF last year posted on 7/2. I plan to cancel this card or downgrade to FU most likely.
Originally I was planning to book rental car for Hawaii via Costco using this card, that should trigger the credit I think. But, since that trip is later in August I realized today that might not be a good idea. I would think having the card active would matter.
So, then I thought maybe I should the rental via UR portal, pay $300 of it with the card. I'd need to book via my UR portal though, that's where I pool points and I'm keeping my card alive. I haven't even priced rentals so I'm not sure what it will cost, but it will be a 6 seater so not a cheap one for sure.
I do also need to pay the resort fee for the Hilton in Hawaii. Part of that will go on my Hilton card to trigger that credit, but there are 2 rooms so there will be more to pay. I was planning to cover the rest of it with my CSR travel credit which I stupidly used for Uber and have no depleted some of my credit without realizing it. Ugh. (Uber and the Costa Rica trip was mostly great except for one rather large hiccup which is why I wasn't paying attention.)
With all of that, what would you do? I know I have a small amount of time to use this credit before I need to cancel the card and ugh, the timing with the Hawaii trip just didn't match up.