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Just bought EQP to requalify for IHG Diamond through end of 2025! Since I usually buy miles for 0.5 cents, the $768 to buy 110,000 EQP was only a $218 premium, and I get Diamond again https://buff.ly/3VNGVUu
Ran into the Mexican car insurance scam with Budget in Merida, Mexico 🇲🇽
Base rate was $18 USD a day, but if you didn't get the CDW costing minimum $85 USD a day, I had to put down a deposit of 330,000 MXN / $16,000 USD which obviously got rejected by all my credit cards.
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I was livechatting Discover tonight to follow up on some 5% category and Apple Pay issues from Q4, and at the end the representative asked if I had any other questions while I had her there. I took the opportunity to ask for any spending promotions. I didn’t expect anything other than maybe a lower APR, since one of my favorite blogs, Doctor of Credit, had not reported anything recently.
To my surprise…
A little late to the blog party, but American business class awards to Europe are wide open! Normally American is very stingy about releasing premium award space, but every once in a while, like right now, award space become wide open. The routes that are available are every city that American flies direct to London from, so Los Angeles, Charlotte, Miami, New York (JFK), as well as Philadelphia. Philadelphia doesn’t seem to be quite as open as the other cities. Furthermore, you avoid the high fuel surcharges from British Airways by flying on American for the long haul.
Via jpoysti on reddit, there is a new code for the Citigold 50k AAdvantage miles bonus, valid until 3/31/2016. The code is WD3QFS2Y4C.
For a step by step guide to applying for the Citigold account and funding it with a credit card, see Doctor of Credit.
I’ve personally done the Citigold signup bonus myself and am waiting for the miles to post to my account!
I woke up this morning to some tidbits of good news and wanted to share.
Via One Mile At A Time, the process to book the Citi Prestige 4th night free benefit has improved for the better. Citi recently switched concierge companies to Aspire Lifestyles Concierge. Previously, you would call up Citi, and then they would jot down your contact information and request and pass it along to Carlson Wagonlit Travel, who would get back to you in a day or 2 by email or phone. This was a bit of an annoying process given that hotel prices change all the time. Now, with the new concierge, you can book the hotel with the 4th night free benefit directly over the phone! The terms of the benefit haven’t changed at all, and you can still book pre-paid and other special rates and get the 4th night free!
Did you sign up for the BBVA NBA Amex card like many others but were getting annoyed at having to manually make payments and worrying that you might forget and get charged a late fee? Well, no longer! Thanks to icemule1 on reddit, now we know there is a way to set up autopay for your BBVA credit cards!
All you need to do send them a form either through snail mail, fax, or email, and autopay should start working in 1-2 billing cycles. Before it takes effect, make sure to still make your monthly payments manually! Addresses / fax numbers are below:
One day, when class participation was particularly poor in my eighth grade U.S. history class, my teacher told us that “Opinions are like belly buttons. Everyone has one.”
Nowhere is this more true than in the blogosphere, where my teacher’s claim might better be stated as, “Opinions are like belly buttons. Everyone must have one.” That being the case, here’s mine:
For conversations like this:
But seriously, Esther, Michael, and I are incredibly blessed to be able to travel as much as we do, and we hope it can be as (trans)formative for you as it is for us.
Hope you had a Merry Christmas, and as always, Happy Hacking!
(In case you were wondering, the $800 trick was this).
EDIT: Whole Foods has sued Raise as well as sued or threatened to sue other gift card reselling sites. No site will take Whole Foods currently.
H/T to Esther: Gyft is offering a bonus $20 Whole Foods gift card with a $100 gift card purchase with code WFMWISH, which is 83.33% of the normal price. Limit 3 per household (or while supplies last). Also, earn 5x Ultimate Rewards points when you pay via PayPal with a Chase Ink card. You can try a shopping portal as well but unsure it will work.
As you may be aware, there is supposed to be an unstated $1000 rolling limit on gift card purchases from PayPal Digital Gifts from eBay. This limit annoyingly comes into play somewhat often when you are into the gift card reselling game, as I am.
I noticed recently that the eBay checkout page had changed, and also as I was making some recent gift card purchases, I was pretty sure I had approached or gone beyond that $1000 limit without hitting any errors. Checking my list of PayPal purchases (all of these are from paypal_digital_gifts):
