Author Topic: How Many Credit Cards Do You Have? (Read 1005737 times)

The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep · « **Reply #6975 on:** April 20, 2015, 12:13:42 PM »

if youd be able to get that bonus even if you recently got the chase SW bonus id be okay with it. probably not great in the long run.

sys · « **Reply #6976 on:** April 20, 2015, 02:06:46 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on April 20, 2015, 10:04:33 AM

pretty good offer on the citi premier. points are not nearly as valuable (imo) as UR points but they are ok.

http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2015/04/20/new-50000-point-bonus-on-citi-thank-you-premier-card/

are these points useful for anything other than flying to asia?

sys · « **Reply #6977 on:** April 20, 2015, 02:10:40 PM »

nevermind. just saw that you can get 1.6 cents per point in cash aa ticket purchases. or transfer to airfrance. plus the $250 credit, if that actually works. seems like a good deal. i guess i need to apply.

sys · « **Reply #6978 on:** April 20, 2015, 02:13:00 PM »

if that airline credit actually works, that's $1050 for aa flights. that's hella good.

steve dave · « **Reply #6979 on:** April 20, 2015, 02:14:21 PM »

Quote from: sys on April 20, 2015, 02:06:46 PM

Quote from: steve dave on April 20, 2015, 10:04:33 AM
pretty good offer on the citi premier. points are not nearly as valuable (imo) as UR points but they are ok.

http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2015/04/20/new-50000-point-bonus-on-citi-thank-you-premier-card/

are these points useful for anything other than flying to asia?

yeah. singapore is a star alliance member so you can basically fly any star alliance airline (25k for RT in coach domestic, though 1st is 60k RT). or they can be booked for cash on their website like UR or MR points with a small bonus. the 50k points are worth like $650 doing that. and the annual fee is waived the first year.

https://www.singaporeair.com/pdf/ppsclub_krisflyer/charts/StarAlliance_RoundTrip_june13.pdf?affiliate_id=11001

michigancat · « **Reply #6980 on:** April 20, 2015, 02:20:10 PM »

that SW devaluation is really bad.

sys · « **Reply #6981 on:** April 20, 2015, 02:21:02 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on April 20, 2015, 02:14:21 PM

50k points are worth like $650 doing that. and the annual fee is waived the first year.

$800 on aa. it's a pretty great value for aa. i mean, i know a lot of people value miles much higher than that for first class travel, etc. but i struggle finding redemptions for coach tix to places i want/need to go that are better than 1.5/mile. so 1.6 on aa with no need to look for availability, etc. that's pretty great.

if you can get a better redemption with a transfer to singapore or airfrance, or whatever, that's great. but with the aa value as a baseline, that's a fantastic offer (for me).

steve dave · « **Reply #6982 on:** April 20, 2015, 02:50:54 PM »

yeah, plus I believe you earn points for the flights. pretty good.

steve dave · « **Reply #6983 on:** April 20, 2015, 03:24:21 PM »

sys, I think that AA bonus only works with the Citi Prestige (if it even still works with that one) which has the $450 annual fee and the reimbursement. It could be a good idea to get that and the Premier though.

sys · « **Reply #6984 on:** April 20, 2015, 05:36:48 PM »

yeah, you're right. the $250 credits are for the prestige too. no wonder it sounded too good to be probable.

the 50k points is still ok, i'll probably still get it. oh well.

sys · « **Reply #6985 on:** April 20, 2015, 05:37:33 PM »

goddamn you for confusing me, lucky.

GoodForAnother · « **Reply #6986 on:** April 20, 2015, 09:31:34 PM »

barclays says it sent my 50k points last week but it isn't in my aa/usair acct yet

mocat · « **Reply #6987 on:** April 20, 2015, 09:32:14 PM »

Oh man, sys, time to tee off on barclays

sys · « **Reply #6988 on:** April 20, 2015, 09:33:18 PM »

Quote from: mocat on April 20, 2015, 09:32:14 PM

Oh man, sys, time to tee off on barclays

don't worry, gfa, it'll only take you about 40 hours on the phone to get everything straightened out.

GoodForAnother · « **Reply #6989 on:** April 20, 2015, 09:34:49 PM »

I don't have that kind of time!

steve dave · « **Reply #6990 on:** April 21, 2015, 07:25:47 AM »

Quote from: GoodForAnother on April 20, 2015, 09:34:49 PM

I don't have that kind of time!

they'll show up in a couple days

steve dave · « **Reply #6991 on:** April 21, 2015, 07:27:17 AM »

sys, here's how to make that AA thing work with the Citi cards. get both. get the $250 bonus twice while paying the $450 annual fee once. 100k+ points that you can use at 1.6 cpm. also get lounge access, global entry, etc.

http://www.milevalue.com/getting-both-citi-prestige-and-citi-premier-for-100000-bonus-thankyou-points/

so, you'd be getting $50 on that bonus assuming you remember to use it twice (seems easy to use though), ~$1,700 in AA flights, AA lounge access while you are flying those flights, global entry is worth $100 and pretty great if you are going to be travelling international and your local airport has a global entry screening place. I don't know, maybe I'll do it. mrs. dave and I each got the premier yesterday. I just paid that damn $85 TSA pre fee though. but I'd have to arrange my global entry appointment on a layover at some non-pud airport so I'd probably not get it anyway.

Mikeyis4dcats · « **Reply #6992 on:** April 21, 2015, 11:53:34 AM »

http://thepointsguy.com/2015/04/citi-aadvantage-executive-card-adds-100-global-entry-credit/

steve dave · « **Reply #6993 on:** April 21, 2015, 01:27:49 PM »

Quote from: Mikeyis4dcats on April 21, 2015, 11:53:34 AM

http://thepointsguy.com/2015/04/citi-aadvantage-executive-card-adds-100-global-entry-credit/

do you have a citi AA executive card?

sys · « **Reply #6994 on:** April 21, 2015, 02:47:50 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on April 21, 2015, 07:27:17 AM

sys, here's how to make that AA thing work with the Citi cards. get both. get the $250 bonus twice while paying the $450 annual fee once. 100k+ points that you can use at 1.6 cpm. also get lounge access, global entry, etc.

http://www.milevalue.com/getting-both-citi-prestige-and-citi-premier-for-100000-bonus-thankyou-points/

so, you'd be getting $50 on that bonus assuming you remember to use it twice (seems easy to use though), ~$1,700 in AA flights, AA lounge access while you are flying those flights, global entry is worth $100 and pretty great if you are going to be travelling international and your local airport has a global entry screening place. I don't know, maybe I'll do it. mrs. dave and I each got the premier yesterday. I just paid that damn $85 TSA pre fee though. but I'd have to arrange my global entry appointment on a layover at some non-pud airport so I'd probably not get it anyway.

i'd have a hard time paying $450, even with the credits. what if you end up not being able to use one? too much pressure.

there's supposed to be a targeted 100k offer for the prestige though. if you could get your hands on that for 150k plus the credits, now you're talking.

sys · « **Reply #6995 on:** April 21, 2015, 03:30:58 PM »

you could get the citi prestige and premier and a delta card, combine the points on the delta/air france/klm alliance thing, whatever it's called and have enough miles for an around the world ticket.

still have the $500 in credits left over to offset the annual fee.

Mikeyis4dcats · « **Reply #6996 on:** April 21, 2015, 07:05:59 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on April 21, 2015, 01:27:49 PM

Quote from: Mikeyis4dcats on April 21, 2015, 11:53:34 AM
http://thepointsguy.com/2015/04/citi-aadvantage-executive-card-adds-100-global-entry-credit/

do you have a citi AA executive card?

Yup. Just wish I was going to be somewhere I could do global entry instead of precheck

steve dave · « **Reply #6997 on:** April 21, 2015, 08:06:15 PM »

Are you near an airport where you are going to get global entry?

GoodForAnother · « **Reply #6998 on:** April 21, 2015, 09:30:47 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on April 21, 2015, 07:25:47 AM

Quote from: GoodForAnother on April 20, 2015, 09:34:49 PM
I don't have that kind of time!

they'll show up in a couple days

they showed up today

steve dave · « **Reply #6999 on:** April 22, 2015, 06:21:56 AM »