How Many Credit Cards Do You Have?

[Rams]

you should actually get both

I probably will eventually.  I think I'm going to start doing some actual churning this year.  Prob getting married in 2014 and would like to somehow get enough points for flight/hotel to Hawaii that summer.

well, I've got good news for you. you can get enough for non-coach-flight/elite level hotel for a week+ about twice a year to Hawaii or other equally awesome places and throw in numerous long weekend type trips along the way.

SOURCE: I do it every damn year

what cards are you churning for the flights to be able to do this twice a year?  seems like the only carrier that's churnable that quickly is usairways and I can't find any roundtrips for under 60k miles.  I've got the southwest companion pass and have been using that while I try to rack up other miles but I'm having trouble finding easy/quick airline miles.

you can get 100kAA miles just by signing up for two AA 50k citi personal cards. then wait three months and get a 50kAA citi business card. the business one can be churned every three months i think and the personal ones are 18 months. so in less than two years, a person could get 400kAA fairly easily just by getting the citi AA cards. you could get even more if you wanted by also getting a chase sapphire card or two and then transfer UR points over to an airline.

the biz is supposed to be every 6 months but I got mushed last time I tried so I'm gonna give it another shot next month.  I just got the wife the 2 aa personal cards last month and I have to wait until june to get them since I was stupid and got the aa mastercard with 40k last december so I burned my churn on that    also I'm trying to hoard my aa miles for a round trip first class flight to europe in the next year or so.

just seems like it would be tough to get enough aa miles for a non-coach rt to hawaii twice a year and have enough left over for anything since it seems like you can only get 200k/year (2 aa personal and 2 aa biz).  I thought sd was maybe talking about a different airline.  I guess I could do aa there and usair back or something. 

you guys need to start a service where I tell you where I want to go and you tell me what miles/points to use to fly and where to stay.

usair does not have one way rewards. also first class AA reward roundtrip to hawaii is only 75k. between you and your wife you should be able to have a couple hundred thousand before the end of the year.

then not enough left for first-class euro2014    can't have it all I guess.

[Dr Rick Daris]

usair and sapphire cards. you could easily do it.

[steve dave]

you should actually get both

I probably will eventually.  I think I'm going to start doing some actual churning this year.  Prob getting married in 2014 and would like to somehow get enough points for flight/hotel to Hawaii that summer.

well, I've got good news for you. you can get enough for non-coach-flight/elite level hotel for a week+ about twice a year to Hawaii or other equally awesome places and throw in numerous long weekend type trips along the way.

SOURCE: I do it every damn year

what cards are you churning for the flights to be able to do this twice a year?  seems like the only carrier that's churnable that quickly is usairways and I can't find any roundtrips for under 60k miles.  I've got the southwest companion pass and have been using that while I try to rack up other miles but I'm having trouble finding easy/quick airline miles.

you can get 100kAA miles just by signing up for two AA 50k citi personal cards. then wait three months and get a 50kAA citi business card. the business one can be churned every three months i think and the personal ones are 18 months. so in less than two years, a person could get 400kAA fairly easily just by getting the citi AA cards. you could get even more if you wanted by also getting a chase sapphire card or two and then transfer UR points over to an airline.

the biz is supposed to be every 6 months but I got mushed last time I tried so I'm gonna give it another shot next month.  I just got the wife the 2 aa personal cards last month and I have to wait until june to get them since I was stupid and got the aa mastercard with 40k last december so I burned my churn on that    also I'm trying to hoard my aa miles for a round trip first class flight to europe in the next year or so.

just seems like it would be tough to get enough aa miles for a non-coach rt to hawaii twice a year and have enough left over for anything since it seems like you can only get 200k/year (2 aa personal and 2 aa biz).  I thought sd was maybe talking about a different airline.  I guess I could do aa there and usair back or something. 

you guys need to start a service where I tell you where I want to go and you tell me what miles/points to use to fly and where to stay.

usair does not have one way rewards. also first class AA reward roundtrip to hawaii is only 75k. between you and your wife you should be able to have a couple hundred thousand before the end of the year.

then not enough left for first-class euro2014    can't have it all I guess.

It's easy, RD just spelled it out dummy

[Rams]

you should actually get both

I probably will eventually.  I think I'm going to start doing some actual churning this year.  Prob getting married in 2014 and would like to somehow get enough points for flight/hotel to Hawaii that summer.

well, I've got good news for you. you can get enough for non-coach-flight/elite level hotel for a week+ about twice a year to Hawaii or other equally awesome places and throw in numerous long weekend type trips along the way.

SOURCE: I do it every damn year

what cards are you churning for the flights to be able to do this twice a year?  seems like the only carrier that's churnable that quickly is usairways and I can't find any roundtrips for under 60k miles.  I've got the southwest companion pass and have been using that while I try to rack up other miles but I'm having trouble finding easy/quick airline miles.

you can get 100kAA miles just by signing up for two AA 50k citi personal cards. then wait three months and get a 50kAA citi business card. the business one can be churned every three months i think and the personal ones are 18 months. so in less than two years, a person could get 400kAA fairly easily just by getting the citi AA cards. you could get even more if you wanted by also getting a chase sapphire card or two and then transfer UR points over to an airline.

the biz is supposed to be every 6 months but I got mushed last time I tried so I'm gonna give it another shot next month.  I just got the wife the 2 aa personal cards last month and I have to wait until june to get them since I was stupid and got the aa mastercard with 40k last december so I burned my churn on that    also I'm trying to hoard my aa miles for a round trip first class flight to europe in the next year or so.

just seems like it would be tough to get enough aa miles for a non-coach rt to hawaii twice a year and have enough left over for anything since it seems like you can only get 200k/year (2 aa personal and 2 aa biz).  I thought sd was maybe talking about a different airline.  I guess I could do aa there and usair back or something. 

you guys need to start a service where I tell you where I want to go and you tell me what miles/points to use to fly and where to stay.

usair does not have one way rewards. also first class AA reward roundtrip to hawaii is only 75k. between you and your wife you should be able to have a couple hundred thousand before the end of the year.

then not enough left for first-class euro2014    can't have it all I guess.

It's easy, RD just spelled it out dummy

don't be mean to me

I've got this horrible aversion to spending points other than hilton and southwest. like I've got about 125k ur and my wife and I combined have over 100k spg and I don't want to spend any of them. I'm afraid I won't get the best use out of them or something and then they're gone forever cause you can't churn to get those. I'm gonna have a rough ridin' panic attack when I start spending those points.

[steve dave]

that's why you use them every chance you get. there will always be more where those came from. you and the wife each get a United card and transfer those URs to United and you've got two business class tickets to Europe on any one of about 10 different carriers.

[CrushNasty]

Applied for the Sapphire.  Getting excited.   

Probably should cancel either the Amex AA Citi or SPG Amex now.... hmmmm.  Like the free bags on AA, but SPG is probably better for everyday spending, righ?

[steve dave]

Applied for the Sapphire.  Getting excited.   

Probably should cancel either the Amex AA Citi or SPG Amex now.... hmmmm.  Like the free bags on AA, but SPG is probably better for everyday spending, righ?

yeah, but the Sapphire will get you double points on dining and travel. it's my daily use card.

[CrushNasty]

Applied for the Sapphire.  Getting excited.   

Probably should cancel either the Amex AA Citi or SPG Amex now.... hmmmm.  Like the free bags on AA, but SPG is probably better for everyday spending, righ?

yeah, but the Sapphire will get you double points on dining and travel. it's my daily use card.

I'm stupid. Duh - that should've been obvious. Thx SD.

[Rams]

that's why you use them every chance you get. there will always be more where those came from. you and the wife each get a United card and transfer those URs to United and you've got two business class tickets to Europe on any one of about 10 different carriers.

thanks sd!!

[wes mantooth]

I'm wanting to go to London sometime this summer.  Any card I could get that could get me a free flight in time?

[steve dave]

I'm wanting to go to London sometime this summer.  Any card I could get that could get me a free flight in time?

sometime in summer? Yes. But you will have to be extremely flexible with your dates.

[Rams]

I really want to see the book of mormon (it was discussed earlier in this thread) and am thinking about just finding tickets in chicago sometime this spring/summer and saving a few hundred dollars.  it kind of feels like I'll be seeing a cheap knockoff if I don't see it on broadway, but it is chicago and I'm sure the cast is still talented.  and apparently the broadway production crew had a big hand in the chicago production. 

anybody have any thoughts on this?

[Dr Rick Daris]

I really want to see the book of mormon (it was discussed earlier in this thread) and am thinking about just finding tickets in chicago sometime this spring/summer and saving a few hundred dollars.  it kind of feels like I'll be seeing a cheap knockoff if I don't see it on broadway, but it is chicago and I'm sure the cast is still talented.  and apparently the broadway production crew had a big hand in the chicago production. 

anybody have any thoughts on this?

my thoughts are that this does not belong in the credit card thread.

[Rams]

I really want to see the book of mormon (it was discussed earlier in this thread) and am thinking about just finding tickets in chicago sometime this spring/summer and saving a few hundred dollars.  it kind of feels like I'll be seeing a cheap knockoff if I don't see it on broadway, but it is chicago and I'm sure the cast is still talented.  and apparently the broadway production crew had a big hand in the chicago production. 

anybody have any thoughts on this?

my thoughts are that this does not belong in the credit card thread.

booked mrs. dave and I for 4 nights in NYC.  Flying direct to Newark at 12,500 United miles each.  Need to get the return flight at some point.  Availability on return isn't great with any carriers so may just pay for it.  Staying at the new Hyatt at 48th and Lexington.  Used 2 cat 1-4 award nights (it's the only Hyatt in the city that is a cat 4, paying for the nights was $400+ a night) and 15k Hyatt points for the third night.  Will either pay for the last night or use another 15k when I have them as I'm down to 5k Hyatt points right now.  Going to see Book of Mormon.  $400 for two medium level tickets 

They're doing a stretch in Denver. Tix sold out instantly and are being resold for like 600 apiece. Let me know how it is

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K.  We aren't going until March though.  Tickets are pretty limited through 2012.  They're, like, printing money.

 

[steve dave]

Rams, you also will usually be flying a star alliance carrier with those US Air miles, not actual US Air. Use the United website to check for low level availability. It shows most carriers. ANAs shows more but is a pain to use. It's 100k for a business class RT to Europe and 70k in first to Hawaii.

[GoodForAnother]

so I would need to do a couple of churns of AA cards to get the 150k for two first class RT tickets to Hawaii? get the citi 50k personal and business and then churn six months later or so?

I just got the spg card, will probably have 35k or so starpoints by this time next year. what's another way to get more starpoints?  just scrolling through their options it looks like 15k-20k a night, with 5th night free so probably need another 50k or so starpoints to do a 5 night stay I guess?  never used spg points so I have no idea how they work. looking at probably Kauai here...St Regis Princeville looks amazing but only a garden view room for 16k a night, and it says I can't use points for any other room :(

[GoodForAnother]

or wait... would it be smarter to transfer 40k spg to 50k AA toward the flight and use another card for a resort?

[steve dave]

so I would need to do a couple of churns of AA cards to get the 150k for two first class RT tickets to Hawaii? get the citi 50k personal and business and then churn six months later or so?

I just got the spg card, will probably have 35k or so starpoints by this time next year. what's another way to get more starpoints?  just scrolling through their options it looks like 15k-20k a night, with 5th night free so probably need another 50k or so starpoints to do a 5 night stay I guess?  never used spg points so I have no idea how they work. looking at probably Kauai here...St Regis Princeville looks amazing but only a garden view room for 16k a night, and it says I can't use points for any other room :(

Yes, St. Regis Princeville is boss. But, it isn't worth the points unless you are getting the fifth night free and you would need 80k to get there. Your best bet is to stay at the Hyatt in Poipu. Get the Hyatt card and a couple different Chase UR earning cards and you can stay there for 7 days or so. It's an elite property. The SPG points probably have a better value being used at other properties. The Maui Westin/Sheraton are both 12k a night and are better than the Kauaui Sheraton. You seem to be working for two people to travel but doing all the lifting. Is the GF/Fiance/Wife not helping? That's what makes it doable. When I say I'm getting some card in here I almost always mean I'm getting it and Mrs. dave is getting it. Let me know when you've booked this trip and I will give you your entire own elite level insider pro-tip filled itenerary.

[sys]

You seem to be working for two people to travel but doing all the lifting. Is the GF/Fiance/Wife not helping? That's what makes it doable. When I say I'm getting some card in here I almost always mean I'm getting it and Mrs. dave is getting it.

my principal motivation for getting my wife a resident visa is so i can sign her up for cc deals.

[steve dave]

You seem to be working for two people to travel but doing all the lifting. Is the GF/Fiance/Wife not helping? That's what makes it doable. When I say I'm getting some card in here I almost always mean I'm getting it and Mrs. dave is getting it.

my principal motivation for getting my wife a resident visa is so i can sign her up for cc deals.

that's the best reason I've ever heard of

[Rams]

so I'm thinking about using usair miles to book a flight to cabo.  the best flights I found are through the united site where I would fly united there and us air back (short flights so I'm not gonna burn more points to upgrade to biz or first).  my question is if I fly united down there and have the united card would I get the free checked bag even though I'm using usair miles?  neither of us have the united card yet but I just signed up for united program and transferred 1k ur points so now I'm getting the 50k offer and can get the card now if it makes sense. 

seems like the obvious answer would be yes but now that I've started looking at using air miles to book through other airlines and having to use other sites for availability it's all kind of getting confusing.  also not looking forward to my noob call to usair to try and book the flight. 

[steve dave]

so I'm thinking about using usair miles to book a flight to cabo.  the best flights I found are through the united site where I would fly united there and us air back (short flights so I'm not gonna burn more points to upgrade to biz or first).  my question is if I fly united down there and have the united card would I get the free checked bag even though I'm using usair miles?  neither of us have the united card yet but I just signed up for united program and transferred 1k ur points so now I'm getting the 50k offer and can get the card now if it makes sense. 

seems like the obvious answer would be yes but now that I've started looking at using air miles to book through other airlines and having to use other sites for availability it's all kind of getting confusing.  also not looking forward to my noob call to usair to try and book the flight. 

no. and lol at checking a bag to Cabo. you going for a month?

[Rams]

so I'm thinking about using usair miles to book a flight to cabo.  the best flights I found are through the united site where I would fly united there and us air back (short flights so I'm not gonna burn more points to upgrade to biz or first).  my question is if I fly united down there and have the united card would I get the free checked bag even though I'm using usair miles?  neither of us have the united card yet but I just signed up for united program and transferred 1k ur points so now I'm getting the 50k offer and can get the card now if it makes sense. 

seems like the obvious answer would be yes but now that I've started looking at using air miles to book through other airlines and having to use other sites for availability it's all kind of getting confusing.  also not looking forward to my noob call to usair to try and book the flight. 

no. and lol at checking a bag to Cabo. you going for a month?

5 nights and probably 5 or 6 bottles of wine. also, wife.

[Dr Rick Daris]

so I'm thinking about using usair miles to book a flight to cabo.  the best flights I found are through the united site where I would fly united there and us air back (short flights so I'm not gonna burn more points to upgrade to biz or first).  my question is if I fly united down there and have the united card would I get the free checked bag even though I'm using usair miles?  neither of us have the united card yet but I just signed up for united program and transferred 1k ur points so now I'm getting the 50k offer and can get the card now if it makes sense. 

seems like the obvious answer would be yes but now that I've started looking at using air miles to book through other airlines and having to use other sites for availability it's all kind of getting confusing.  also not looking forward to my noob call to usair to try and book the flight. 

no. and lol at checking a bag to Cabo. you going for a month?

5 nights and probably 5 or 6 bottles of wine. also, wife.

i'm pretty sure they sell wine in cabo 

[steve dave]

so I'm thinking about using usair miles to book a flight to cabo.  the best flights I found are through the united site where I would fly united there and us air back (short flights so I'm not gonna burn more points to upgrade to biz or first).  my question is if I fly united down there and have the united card would I get the free checked bag even though I'm using usair miles?  neither of us have the united card yet but I just signed up for united program and transferred 1k ur points so now I'm getting the 50k offer and can get the card now if it makes sense. 

seems like the obvious answer would be yes but now that I've started looking at using air miles to book through other airlines and having to use other sites for availability it's all kind of getting confusing.  also not looking forward to my noob call to usair to try and book the flight. 

no. and lol at checking a bag to Cabo. you going for a month?

5 nights and probably 5 or 6 bottles of wine. also, wife.

are you aware your wife can bring her own carry on?