GlamMistress
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- Jul 18, 2017
Remind me - how fast can you apply for a Barclays BIZ card after canceling a personal? It doesn't matter, right? I've held lots of Barclays personal cards but never a biz.
Yeah...my costco is about 20+ minutes away,and I hate shopping in gigantic places that make me feel like a wandering orphan that needs to buy $8 million worth of stuff to get out....(yeah,I know I'm weird) I much prefer small grocery stores that are quick in/out and I know what I need to buy (I'm talking to you Aldi) HOWEVER I've been a member for at least 5 years now! I do shop there once or maybe twice a year just for fun (and spend too much) but the rental savings is what keeps me a member, I can't beat it anywhere. That combined with the 2nd free driver always got me. And I save far more than that $60 AF I pay. once we had a regular schedule of car rental/travel 3-4 times a year it was worth it.
I would not use them for regular grocery shopping either but would probably check it out a couple of times a year. I have used them for rentals in the past but didn't have a ongoing/recurring need. That's changed and having a go to rental option sounds wonderful.
I don't travel for work but I started the switchover last year,now flush with Hh points,and Bonvoy points are dwindling (sadly) b/c they're just not useful to me anymore. Hh points are so much easier to get and use! I love Hyatt too(just discovered those) but use it less.
i go the lowes offer on a couple of cards, I guess I can use them on amazon gc-whole foods gc...love that store but I need to save some $ there!
No kidding. Also, they just renovated their kitchen last month and had a limited menuAmex needs to hurry up with the DEN Centurion Lounge.
Thanks for the reply! I think I will change our Marina room to the ocean suites. I wish I would have taken the time to explore this before the new Marriott pricing went into effect. What was 70k points for two nights is now 80K. Oh well. Seems like it will be worth it.The sofa bed was good. My 2 boys shared and they seemed fine. The two sides are fairly close, but not right next to each other. Maybe a little more than a block away? I don’t you would want to be constantly walking back and forth a lot.
I’m not loyal to any program. I have points and free nights at Hilton, Marriott and Hyatt. I just use what fits best for each trip. Our NOLA trip now has rooms available at Hilton, but prices are all over the board. 60k points for a $270 room and 70k points for a $250 room down the block.I am sure all of the rewards programs have their faults. I haven't used them enough to really be familiar with the ins and outs of each. For this Thanksgiving trip, though, I was able to book all four nights through Hilton getting a value of about .06 per point, which from my brief google search seems to be within the standard value. For the two nights that Marriott was going to let me book, I would have been getting about the same value--but from what I understand, Marriott points are supposed to be worth more than Hilton points. Plus the "you can't book this with points but you can pay cash" message just irked me.
https://www.doctorofcredit.com/does...dit-card-count-as-a-purchase-or-cash-advance/Is GSB the only bank that you can use CC to fund with? Looking to open a couple accounts to meet MSR on new cards.
This is my fault, I’m sure. We just PCed a CF to a CSR. Was excited to have PP for Timberline againDoc is reporting Timberline is closing... again....
Was just there at the end of August. Have only visited on my outbound flights which are normally in the morning. So we've done breakfast a few times. In August they had the limited menu. Didn't bother me too much though it was odd they could do scrambled eggs but not over easy. I wasn't sure what type of equipment was different for those two types of eggs but maybe it was just the fact that they had limited space and doing one type of egg made it go faster.No kidding. Also, they just renovated their kitchen last month and had a limited menu
I’ve seen parts of the first one and don’t understand it at all. I think it’s really dumb lolIdk. My girls said it was dumb lol!
Disclaimer: I've not seen any of those movies...
You can cook 10 or 20 scrambled eggs at once in a pan, plus your idea of limiting to one type of egg helps with time and space.I wasn't sure what type of equipment was different for those two types of eggs but maybe it was just the fact that they had limited space and doing one type of egg made it go faster.
@marsh0013 So I am looking at some August fares through the UR portal and some NYC to LAX flights booked directly with URs and a CSR may actually be better than transferring to United
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This flight uses 2,220 more points than a saver award, but would save 12,780 - 22,780 points depending on what United is charging and the $5.60 fee and you would earn MileagePlus points.
My niece told me about it a few years ago. I just watched the first two within the last week finally. I will keep my expectations low for number 3. It's about the children of the Disney characters we all know, including the villains. The main characters are the daughters of Maleficient and Evil Queen and sons of Beauty and the Beast, Cruella and Jafar and their high school experience. It's format reminiscent of High School Musical. It's cute, but I thought the songs in HSM were better. Although, I am enjoying the costuming. I'm watching so I don't feel as out of touch LOL
We are a Hilton family here. DH is only a year or so from lifetime diamond. He travels about 100 nights a year for work...all Hilton unless I force him to use an amex deal or something at a marriott. (hey, free money is free money).
Before the merger, I was planning to have him start splitting his stays to accrue both types of points. Once he renewed diamond for a year, move over to marriott to hit status there. He is currently gold at marriott from his amex plat, but that really is nothing. Well, during/after the merger they infuriated me more than once so I we are just sticking with hilton. I have 3 free 35k night certs to use and a 7 night cert and literally have nothing to use them for at the moment. I think that is mostly mental because I despise marriott so much.
As for Hilton, they have never really made me mad. Sure, they have devalued over time, but so has every program. He earns tons of points from work travel and we reap the rewards of free personal travel to some great properties for it. A lot of the complaints of super high points I think comes from nonstandard room rewards. The resorts we frequent have remained at a fairly constant rate over time. I see the smaller hamptons in random towns fluctuate more, but I don't often use points for that type of place. I do wish there was a way to book upgraded rooms with a reasonable amount of points, but there just isn't. So we do a standard room and ask nicely for an upgrade. Sometimes it works, sometimes not....but when we are in a free room at a nice beach resort, I can't get too mad about that.
I know a lot of people jumped ship from marriott during the merger and came to Hilton. I'd say give it a try and see how you like it. You can always go back.
I'd love to have him stay at Hyatts, but the footprint is just too small.
It sounds like it might be targeted. Only some people have gotten the 15% to workFYI TopCashback has Raise at 15% today. Pretty good deal.
Has anyone stayed at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress? Any thoughts on it?