I love credit cards so much! v3.0 (see first page for add'l details)

[CyndiLouWho]

No idea what happened, sorry for multiple posts.

 

[CyndiLouWho]

Sorry

 

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[CyndiLouWho]

Oops

 

[djmeredith]

If anyone is searching for the XBox Series X/S or the PS5, Walmart has pushed back their Wednesday release time to 9:00 p.m. ET.

 

[havaneselover]

DD learned to make Peppermint Milkshakes at CFA yesterday! Glad I don't like peppermint because their milkshakes are so good.

 

[StephPlum]

Any deals out there on annual subscription for Disney+? I got a good deal last Black Friday along with Rakuten cash back. I think it ended up at 39.99. Need to sign back up. DH won’t like it if we have to wait on seeing the latest mandolorian. I see Rakuten has $12.50 cash back right now. Anything to stack with that?

 

[mamathompson]

@ten6mom we are here now too!
We are having the best time. Possibly my favorite trip. I'm so glad we decided to come. Totally dreading heading back home Tuesday.

 

[afan]

Any deals out there on annual subscription for Disney+? I got a good deal last Black Friday along with Rakuten cash back. I think it ended up at 39.99. Need to sign back up. DH won’t like it if we have to wait on seeing the latest mandolorian. I see Rakuten has $12.50 cash back right now. Anything to stack with that?

Also curious about this. I'm not counting on the plat streaming credit continuing and would like to keep d+ but would prefer a savings vs monthly.

 

[iujen94]

Any deals out there on annual subscription for Disney+? I got a good deal last Black Friday along with Rakuten cash back. I think it ended up at 39.99. Need to sign back up. DH won’t like it if we have to wait on seeing the latest mandolorian. I see Rakuten has $12.50 cash back right now. Anything to stack with that?

I renewed recently and the best deal I found was the $12.50 Rakuten deal.

 

[Judique]

I have been using the CFF quite a lot this quarter, not so much in $ but number of transactions. When I first got it, no offers but I now have 22. So use it and hopefully you'll see offers pop up.

Wow! 22? I've only ever had 5-6 on my cards but, use them is the key. I just have a habit of using my 3 favorite cards for almost everything - My NFCU Flagship, my Citi Visa at Costco most of the time, and my Amex Gold. The Marriott Brilliant claimed more spend this year and of course the CSP got it's 4K in one transaction. How soon will they let you product change a new card?

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

No idea what happened, sorry for multiple posts.

I took it as an opportunity to use every single reaction

 

[Haley R]

I took it as an opportunity to use every single reaction

I wondered what the mad reaction was for

 

[ten6mom]

@ten6mom we are here now too!
We are having the best time. Possibly my favorite trip. I'm so glad we decided to come. ☺Totally dreading heading back home Tuesday.

Since this is our first time I really have no basis for comparison. Gotta say tho that it's nice to spend some time hanging out at Banana Cabana or on a hammock without crowds. I cannot imagine what it must be like when it's full!

 

[alryan]

Any deals out there on annual subscription for Disney+? I got a good deal last Black Friday along with Rakuten cash back. I think it ended up at 39.99. Need to sign back up. DH won’t like it if we have to wait on seeing the latest mandolorian. I see Rakuten has $12.50 cash back right now. Anything to stack with that?

I just did this today and just used the $12.50 from Rakuten. I just got a personal Plat so I had streaming credits to use. YouTube TV was already paid this month and no way to prepay. My current Disney+ subscription was set to renew on 12/2, so I just canceled that and opened one in DH's name to use the Plat credit and get $12.50 back from Rakuten.

@striker1064 Thanks for the reminder to try for AmEx retention even on no AF cards. I tried via chat for DH and myself and both times was told I'd have to call a retention specialist. Don't they know I hate to call? Even struck out on canceling a Citi card via chat. No luck for me today.

In other news I spent a few hours today writing things down for my DH in case I die. Since I take care of everything he would be totally lost. He joked that he would have to run to the grocery store, etc for my MS. I said if you have a question just ask on here Also made sure to tell him not to close or tell any reward programs that I died, just continue using points until they are gone. Felt good to get it done.

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

I just did this today and just used the $12.50 from Rakuten. I just got a personal Plat so I had streaming credits to use. YouTube TV was already paid this month and no way to prepay. My current Disney+ subscription was set to renew on 12/2, so I just canceled that and opened one in DH's name to use the Plat credit and get $12.50 back from Rakuten.

@Stryker1997 Thanks for the reminder to try for AmEx retention even on no AF cards. I tried via chat for DH and myself and both times was told I'd have to call a retention specialist. Don't they know I hate to call? Even struck out on canceling a Citi card via chat. No luck for me today.

In other news I spent a few hours today writing things down for my DH in case I die. Since I take care of everything he would be totally lost. He joked that he would have to run to the grocery store, etc for my MS. I said if you have a question just ask on here Also made sure to tell him not to close or tell any reward programs that I died, just continue using points until they are gone. Felt good to get it done.

Wrong @striker1064

 

[afan]

I just did this today and just used the $12.50 from Rakuten. I just got a personal Plat so I had streaming credits to use. YouTube TV was already paid this month and no way to prepay. My current Disney+ subscription was set to renew on 12/2, so I just canceled that and opened one in DH's name to use the Plat credit and get $12.50 back from Rakuten.

Is it only for new members? I'm on month to month. It'll renew for a month tomorrow so I guess I need to figure it out today or wait until next month. My netflix just renewed on the 20th and I don't think I'll want it past Dec, so I might be better off waiting until next month anyway, that way my entire streaming credit would go towards it .

 

[iujen94]

Is it only for new members? I'm on month to month. It'll renew for a month tomorrow so I guess I need to figure it out today or wait until next month. My netflix just renewed on the 20th and I don't think I'll want it past Dec, so I might be better off waiting until next month anyway, that way my entire streaming credit would go towards it .

It worked for me on a renewal. I think the $12.50 is if you renew for a year (which makes it cheaper on a monthly basis).

 

[FreeDiningFanatic]

Long post from a lurker. I recently left my high demand job to find more balance and am happily home with my kiddos while we remote school. In making this transition, my husband has been SOO supportive. His only question “will we be able to afford to travel?”
We have a trip to Hawaii for spring break 2020, which I considered canceling because it can be an expensive destination. Here’s how that expensive trip is now costing us very little:

Flights: We flew on Southwest this summer To FL The night before an agent called an offered is $400 pp to take another flight so they could keep capacity down. Five people on this ressie meant $2000. We even got the credit for my husband who flies on my companion pass.

So we used those credits and companion pass to secure nearly free flights to Hawaii on Southwest for Spring break.

Hotel score: I read a lusty post about staying at Grand Wailea in Maui on points. https://millionmilesecrets.com/guides/grand-wailea-hawaii-free-vacation-hilton-honors-points/
I had $100,000+ Amex points from Amex Plat signup awhile back. Transferred this to Hilton at a 1:2 ratio while they were offering a 40% transfer bonus. 3 nights at Grand Wailea is $2800 including all taxes and resort fees! I just had to score “standard room“ availability at this highly desired resort. And then, nothing. No availability. Almost nothing until the end of 2021.
Then I read a post about hotel alerts. A few weeks ago I set one up for this room type at Open Hotel Alert and BAM, yesterday it showed availability. So I scored $2800 in award rooms on Hilton for about $100,000 Amex points. And Amex Plat gives Gold elite status, so fingers crossed for an upgrade.
This thread is fun to lurk on and spark ideas, as are all of the point websites. Thanks all for helping each other’s travel dreams come true.

Now to score Aulani on the cheap????

Coming up- how I successfully Hilton priced matched to save $932 dollars!