I hope it's something like that. He said he'd call, but I want to wait for the letter to see exactly what the issue is. It's a business, not a "business", but like @Artygal90's, it's a tiny business. DH is in sales so I think he feels relatively confident in talking to them, but when I reconned my own CIP last year I was grilled for 45 minutes, and I don't want anyone else to deal with what I did. So we'll wait for the letter.
I think the issue here is people are calling into the automated line and getting sent to a human, and not the automated status. I recall a few people on the thread mentioning that, expecting a recorded status and a human picked up. I think everyone else hung up, though, out of shock
Not sure if it's a change to how they're working the status line, a glitch in the automated part, or maybe accidentally hitting a different prompt? (1-800-432-3117, #, 3, 1, SSN) But it doesn't seem 100% safe at avoiding human contact for the moment.
I think the issue here is people are calling into the automated line and getting sent to a human, and not the automated status. I recall a few people on the thread mentioning that, expecting a recorded status and a human picked up. I think everyone else hung up, though, out of shock
Not sure if it's a change to how they're working the status line, a glitch in the automated part, or maybe accidentally hitting a different prompt? (1-800-432-3117, #, 3, 1, SSN) But it doesn't seem 100% safe at avoiding human contact for the moment.
Thanks for this. I thought about using AS to fly Hainan, I think it is. I do know many of the Asian carriers have flights from ORD just not sure if they are non stop which I prefer
DH applied for the CIP last night and got the 30 day notice. I called the status line 15 minutes later and it said 2 weeks. I went to bed happy and was all set to have a dance party here, but when I called this morning it had changed to 7-10.
Nah - I'm such a big time do-it-your-selfer we just went to it with Shop Vacs, fans, dehumidifiers, and got it doneI’m so sorry about your house. Our last house flooded twice in 3 years (we lived there 18 years) and the second time we lost everything including furnace and water heater. I hope you hired a cleaning company to do most of the work so you don’t stress too much.
Also installed a sump pump that is more powerful and has a backup pump on a battery so less stress when we're away. I must REALLY like vacations because the amount of work I accomplished in the last 36 hours to make this happen seems impossible! 
Hope you have some extra wiggle room in your travel budgets to treat yourselves to something extra- you guys definitely deserve it!Nah - I'm such a big time do-it-your-selfer we just went to it with Shop Vacs, fans, dehumidifiers, and got it done
So sorry about the basement!! Our last house had a water issue, we were told it was a leaky fireplace footing (we didn't have one, just the footings), so right after we moved in we capped them off with cement. Never had another issue in 10 years. Until 2 weeks before closing when we sold it. Pouring rain, water starts coming in. We quick pulled up the carpet, and I stayed up all night using the shop vac every fifteen minutes or so, until it finally stopped about dawn. Then I went to the zoo as a chaperone for a bunch of 4th graders all day. Lordy was I tired. We had to escrow $$$ to get the drain tile fixed for the new buyers, luckily that was ok with them, we just wanted out at that point!Nah - I'm such a big time do-it-your-selfer we just went to it with Shop Vacs, fans, dehumidifiers, and got it done
I paid the deposit with my SPG Biz many weeks ago to take a good chunk out of that MSR, and now she let me put a partial payment to meet my CIC one, and then the balance will complete the Marriott Biz. I asked if it was ok to pay the remainder next week and she's willing but I'm not wanting to upset their generosity of letting me put an entire roof on a credit card (or ya know, 3 or 4 
) with no additional fees. Although I wonder if it would make any difference at this point? He was approved Wed so I'm guessing around next Wed we should get it, so if I call to ask for an expedite today is it likely we'd get it any sooner than that?
Nah - I'm such a big time do-it-your-selfer we just went to it with Shop Vacs, fans, dehumidifiers, and got it done
AMEX CSR: Here is the list of things that won't earn poits: blah blah blah, fees, balance transfers, returns, person to person payments, gift cards, reloadable/prepaid cards... So those won't earn points.
Thanks dude, so helpful.
I did buy several hundred in gift cards on this statement, at the grocery store with other items, but their beta version shows I earned points on that. It does not show points on my tax payment, or the fee I paid to file through tax act, both on April first. Other than that, I have zero items on his list of non-eligible spend.
Yeah, it was during the period where the points weren't posting correctly.That's weird. I put $5K onto a AMEX Biz Plat thru pay1040 .com to reach the MSR (done end of May), and it got us over the hump to trigger the bonus. Beta version shows it wasn't treated any differently than any other charge.
I went through it too, but it was because they counted my Amazon card as 5/24. I ultimately talked my way into being approved but it was extremely unpleasant and I had to have a glass of wine when I got off the phone.
