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I’m on track to get executive platinum with American Airlines in the next few months, I remember that they used to do globalist status challenge with Hyatt if you have EP since I will also already hav… more

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Does anyone have any expiring Alaska gold guest upgrades? I found some elusive availability and already gifted mine 😅

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Favorite Marriotts in Toronto? I don’t have a lot of points to cash in so looking for value vs fancy. Considering Marriott Eaton Center or Courtyard Downtown.

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Huge (unannounced) deval for top tier Hilton redemptions.

Obviously Hyatt is the typical hotel redemption (for Chase), but I know some like transferring Amex at 1:2, especially during transfer bonuses,… more

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Looking for UA 1K/GS members Pluspoints! Plz DM

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Sale is confirmed at OD/OM for VGCs. Great for churning or just the simple 5x points.

Just bought 6 $200 cards for $1,188~

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Who do you guys prefer for your digital storage, for home pictures/videos? What are their prices and how reliable are they?

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Looking to buy multiple Hyatt cat 1-4 FNCs! Short expiry okay (may 31, before June 15). Please DM

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Is the CSP the best card to downgrade if the CSR AF does go to $795? I’ve got 200k points in their system that I don’t want to lose. I also have the Inks, and the Unlimited.

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Looking for UA 1K pluspoints. Please DM!

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Looking for a Hyatt GOH certificate if anyone has. Happy to make a payment. Thank you!

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Looking for 2 GOH for stay next week. Please DM, willing to pay!

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Chase Sapphire Reserve annual fee being increased to $795. More credits that probably don't make sense for most people. Pretty bad for us but I guess Chase is going the Amex route.

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Has anyone actually gotten good value booking hotels with points, or is cash just better? I keep trying to use points for hotels and the value always seems… meh. Like I could pay $150 or burn 40,000 p… more

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Travel is so expensive these days, even a long weekend can add up fast. What are your tried-and-true tricks for keeping vacation costs down but still enjoying yourself?

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$15 off $300 MCGCs this week at Office Max

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Free instacart+ for 3 months and $20 credit/month (with active Instacart+ membership) for Ink Cash and Ink Unlimited! The credit continues until 2027 if you decide to stick with it. Comes with Peacock as well.more

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$300/30k MR for opening CSP or CIU via Rakuten! Also $150/15k for CFU.

Incredible deal, especially CSP which is already elevated at 100k SUB. Gives you 130k points total. Note this is better than using… more

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Expecting to get laid off any day and have around 65K Amex points left. Where would you blindly transfer your points if had to? Atlanta based and have a toddler so at this time no international Tri… more

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I’m sitting on a a lot of points (AmEx & Chase). I’ve used them for travel before but never for a low fare steal like the deals where you fly business class across the world for 50k points. I’ve r… more

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So, I've somehow racked up about 200,000 credit card points and want to take a nice trip with my husband this July using points. Since I've only ever used points for cashback before, I'm c… more

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Planning to do west coast to South Africa business class next fall for honeymoon. Any specific dates I should be aware of to make sure best chance of getting good flights? Have UR Amex and United poi… more

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Anyone willing to sell 100K Marriott points? Looking to buy 400k total. Please let me know your price for 100k

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First world problem, how does everyone get the stickers/glue off their VGCs? Obviously happy getting 5x on everything but I hate scraping that sh*t off lol.

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I'm working on improving my credit, and it's getting better. What credit score do you think I should realistically aim for before I apply for a rewards credit card?

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Do any of y'all have a clean and healthy bazinga I could take care of?

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Bilt now lets you pay rent with any credit card, not just a Bilt card — perfect for meeting minimum spend requirements for bonuses!

Example: the Chase Sapphire Preferred is offering 100k points (~$1,250 value) after spending $5k in 3 months.
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Looking for how you would handle NYC to Zurich flight options. Flying with husband and 4 y/o in early July 2025. 7 hr flight. Would love biz class but date is fixed bc lodging options are slim. WWYD?

Currently booked:
Delta economy… more

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Wide open JAL first class availability via JetBlue. 2 seats on several days. Very expensive at 165-185k points but still great value.

Cannot see the seats on AA, BA, etc, so no luck trying to get it ch… more

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Anybody else frustrated with the lack of transparency from AMEX about why you’re not eligible for a welcome bonus offer? This is for the Marriott brilliant card. I was just told that I’m not eligible because I’m … more

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I understand you can’t have 2 sapphire products at the same time (Reserve and Preferred). What about the JPM Reserve? Does that get treated the same as the CSR? Interested in the 100k Preferred bonus … more

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Anyone looking to trade/ sell their equinox platinum credit? Looking for 2 more

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80,000 Hilton Honors Points for a two hour timeshare presentation and no redemption fees. Worth it?

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My referral is showing highest ever platnium busienss referral offer of 250k plus 500 usd

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Are there any Marriott points promotions going on now that I should register for before booking? (Not opening a new credit card)

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Looking to buy United plus points to upgrade for a flight this Saturday. Please PM me if you have and cost

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United Explorer SUB up to 90k points with $3k spend. Not bad

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Venture X biz public offer of 350k for $200k spend. Also offer via private banker of 400k for $300k spend.

Obviously won't apply to most people both due to the spend and the lower % return compared… more

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Looking for 100k UA pre/1k members points/miles!

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