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

[PolyRob]

Same thing happened to me today...

Counter DP, I had a package coming 12/6 and it was pushed to 12/9

 

[wendow]

THIS IS MADDENING!

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I feel the same, friend. They have worn me down to where I just cannot deal with it anymore. I need to call and ask about the charge and I need to call and ask for an update on fixing the account but I JUST.DO.NOT.HAVE.THE.ENERGY. So they win...

 

[Haley R]

Well to counteract that, you may need this one:

Or maybe this one:

Ah...the joys of having kids.

The tacos one is actually not so bad. I hadn’t heard that one before. I HATE baby shark. The main reason is because we sang it when I was a camp counselor in high school (8 years ago) and it’s just now becoming popular. It ruined the song for me. We used to sing it around the campfire and now it’s just annoying

 

[Haley R]

Counter DP, I had a package coming 12/6 and it was pushed to 12/9

We’ve been getting a lot of packages early for some reason

 

[PolyRob]

We’ve been getting a lot of packages early for some reason

I noticed that too with UPS, USPS, and even Amazon logistics! Hopefully the same happens with FedEx for me lol

 

[ten6mom]

Ugh the award travel I am looking for is gonna be hard to find. I just went back in and checked for November 3/4 (the latest the calendar goes out) from both SFO and LAX and there is NOTHING on ANA.

This is not news but I am merely coming here to moan and groan because I know you will understand.

Worst case, I suppose we fly economy. It won't kill us.

 

[Judique]

The mistake was you pumped your own gas in the only non-self service state in the US.

The AMEX RAT knows all!

Actually they pumped it for me! I phrased that one incorrectly. So used to self serve I'd forgotten.

 

[PolyRob]

Actually they pumped it for me! I phrased that one incorrectly. So used to self serve I'd forgotten.

Ahhh then IDK what that credit could be about lol

 

[havaneselover]

$10 off $50 at Lowe's Amex offer on my account this morning. Both kids also had it on their accounts. Guess I'm buying three $50 Kroger gift cards at Lowe's this week.

 

[Alexle2007]

Anyone know what the Chase Travel phone # is? I need to pay off my March cruise.

 

[disfanforlife]

Love all the Baby Yoda talk. He's so cute. I haven't even seen The Mandalorian yet, lol. But we'll be getting Disney+ with our new Verizon service.

DS showed me this, by the person who did It's Raining Tacos. The kids and I will just randomly start singing it.

I love Baby Yoda too. Sharing this with my kids!

 

[schmass]

lol we NEVER ride the swinging gondolas!

I forgot about the non-swinging side and was wondering how you were calm enough to take those awesome photos while on that ride! We definitely thought that was the scariest Disney ride ever!

 

[punkin]

I told DH I didn't want to spend a lot because I am really hoping not to be in this house for much longer. Of course I have been saying that for the last 21 years. lol

Me too for the past 18 years.

 

[Lain]

I didn't realize there was so much hate for the swinging gondolas. That was AWESOME to me when we went I really enjoyed adding a little thrill factor to my ferris wheel

The non-swinging gondola line is usually 4x longer than the line for the swinging gondolas. 2/3 of the gondolas are swinging and 1/3 are non-swinging, but I don’t think the disparity in the lines is due only to capacity.

 

[disfanforlife]

I’m happy if it arrives in 5-6 days. 7-9 seems average and 10 or over gets me worried and I call.

I just double checked on ours, my DH was approved on 11/25. No card in the mail yet, but he did not request it to be expedited.

 

[miztressuz]

$10 off $50 at Lowe's Amex offer on my account this morning. Both kids also had it on their accounts. Guess I'm buying three $50 Kroger gift cards at Lowe's this week.

Actually got this!

Also I have a Dell spend $599 get $120 back. Good through 12/31. Has the "one or more transactions" language.

 

[Lain]

The mistake was you pumped your own gas in the only non-self service state in the US.

The AMEX RAT knows all!

Don’t they still ban self service in parts of Oregon? We drove up to Crater Lake a few years ago and stopped for gas in Medford. A gas station attendant came running up to service our car and I recall driving around the station trying to shake this kid and thinking no no no, I want to pump my own gas.

 

[schmass]

The non-swinging gondola line is usually 4x longer than the line for the swinging gondolas. 2/3 of the gondolas are swinging and 1/3 are non-swinging, but I don’t think the disparity in the lines is due only to capacity.

Oh weird, we saw the opposite. There was no line for the non-swinging side, and there was a bit of a wait for the swinging side.

 

[Eighty8Keys]

Don’t they still ban self service in parts of Oregon? We drove up to Crater Lake a few years ago and stopped for gas in Medford. A gas station attendant came running up to service our car and I recall driving around the station trying to shake this kid and thinking no no no, I want to pump my own gas.

Yes, most of Oregon bans self serve. Two years ago they started allowing self serve in some rural counties during certain hours. It was an adjustment when I moved up from California years ago but I sure like it now. No need to get out of the car on cold and wet days.

 

[1st*toright]

I've noticed an interesting thing with Marriott promotions. If you happen to have overlapping promotions, and have a stay that qualifies during the overlapping timeframe, you get credit for both promos.

I had one (let's call it Promo 1) that was going to give me 2000 points after 2 stays. I also had one (Promo 2) that was tiered for 4000 points after 1 weekend stay, 6000 after a 2nd weekend stay, and 8000 after a 3rd weekend stay. I had 2 nights last weekend at 2 different properties - the first night counted for 1 stay toward the 2000 points (Promo 1), but I also got 4000 points for that same stay (Promo 2). The second night counted as a stay to complete the promo for 2000 points. But unfortunately it didn't count as a weekend stay because it was a Sun night (only Fri and Sat count for Promo 2).

After completing the 2000 point promo, it unlocked my next promo of 3 stays for 6000 points (Promo 3, not compelling to be honest). But I expect that if I try to get another weekend night, I would get 6000 points (Promo 2) and it would also count as a night toward Promo 3.

Incidentally, I've noticed this same kind of overlapping promo with Starbucks rewards too.

Just gonna say that your Marriott promos are WAY better than mine. I got the 2k points for 2 stays, but then it unlocked 15k points for 6 stays! No way I've got 6 stays between here and the end of the promo period. Also, I haven't seen 2 promos overlap in a while.

Now, the Sbux overlapping promos are what it is all about. I probably spend too much time plotting what I can do to overlap sbux offers (esp. when there is a game going on). With Sbux for life, you can get 2 free plays per day without doing anything - just click on the link next to "purchase not required" and it will send you a link with a free play. I never get anything good in that game (whereas I can max out the points on Bingo pretty easily for a reasonable amount of sbux activity).