Hello! I finally caught up on the thread from before Thanksgiving!
Went on a 21 night cruise on the NCL Joy on 11/25. It was a back to back (11 nights + 10 nights). Got sick the day we disembarked to go home.
Had a ton of work and real life stuff to catch up on once I was feeling better.
I'm FINALLY ready to get back into the rewards game.
I've was experiencing a bit of FOMO about the Chase Inks after reading about the 90k SUB decreasing soon... But I'm letting it go...
I'm considering getting into the hotel rewards game. Specifically for status. I have a TON of UR points. So I was thinking of going the Hyatt route. Perhaps applying for both the personal and business WOH cards (one at a time).
I have a 55th birthday coming up this year. I think I decided to do a staycation in NYC (we live in northern Westchester in the summer) and will use points to stay in a Hyatt in the city. Can I book 2 room if our adults girls join us and get the credit for the nights towards the 60 nights needed for Globalist?
I'm aiming for some more inspirational travel (no plans yet) in 2025 and 2026. It will be our 30 wedding anniversary in Fall 2026. I need to prepare for a BIG trip now, even though, I don't know where I want to go yet.
We plan to stay close to home in NY and Miami in 2024. We need to get our house in NY ready to sale eventually. Hard to do that when we winter in Miami as snowbirds right now.
I figure we can find Hyatts to stay at along the NY- Miami drive back and forth. And just find cheap Hyatts to stay at for some staycation get aways.
Any tips or advice? I figure it's best to start as early in the year as possible!
I'm also thinking of getting into Bilt. My parents and I both have hefty condo fees in Miami. We also have condo fees for some investment properties we own. They all take payment through ClickPay. I read that people are getting rewards points on the Bilt credit card for ClickPay payments. If so, that is a lot of points we can get for condo fees we pay by ACH every month.
Any tips on Bilt? Is there support available on our Reddit? If I and DH (P2) each get a Bilt card (2 separate condo fees), I don't think the Bilt rewards can be combined like Chase URs? If I am chasing Hyatt Globalist status, perhaps I will transfer my points to WOH and DH transfers his out to some other travel partner...
Can he transfer Bilt points to his WOH account and then transfer the Hyatt points to my account?
TIA for any help.