Does $550 count towards minimum spend for Amex plat?

So if I were to rent a car from Trips, can my wife (not in Deloitte) drive that car as well? Is she also covered in the insurance? Does anyone know?

Plan to buy a place and currently trying to pick a real estate agent. Some realtors require to sign an exclusive service contract. Should we go with someone that doesn’t require a contract?

Anyone know the average annual rent increase for 1200 sqft 2 bedrooms? I’m renting and want to know what to expect in a few weeks

Joining D soon as manager. Can we use Interactivebroker for stock trading?

Option 1: margin loan based on brokerage account assets, Option 2: home equity loan on a paid off property. Looking to use the cheap debt to DCA invest in the market over the next few months. Have reasonable risk appetite, thoughts on one vs another?

Thoughts on reducing 401k % during this bear market slash recession?

Phone and Internet bills reimbursement claim in Grey HR. With this claim are we getting Income tax exemption or reimbursement of cost. Can someone clarify it.

I am staying at a one-bedroom temporarily in Manhattan while taking covid precautions. I am so single. I feel poor and behind in life. Money makes the world go around.

Say you have $1mm in cash, is it plausible to put it all in a HYSA and take the monthly interest payments as income at say 3% APY and then quit your job?

Theoretically*

Not mad that student loans being paused means I can use the money for Christmas. Are you still making payments during the pause? Or are you saving the money for something else. My christmas present to myself is a spa day!

Has anyone built their Real Estate portfilio without debt and used cash to purchase properties? Curious to see if there was a specific approach that can be taken to do this?

Can anyone give me a rough breakup of expenses in Dubai please for a single person. Is 12-15k AED reasonable every month?

Does anyone feel like these cryptos and short term real time pump and jump investments come at emotional and psychological cost? Money looks too easy and it gets frustrating when you just sold something that has been stagnant for days and the moment you sell it just skyrockets etc. just curious

Hi friends I have offers from HSBC as well as Visa Inc. what would you recommend to join from better career perspective and brand ?
Software engineer with 3+ YOE

Tax question: married filing jointly for 1st time next year. Company recommends/requires me to fill out its tax calculator. Is this required? Can I just leave it at 0? What are implications if I skip this exercise? Overpay? Underpay? Enough to maybe have a penalty? Me and wife are ~$250k/$150K=$400k total.

My SO has ~100K sitting in a savings account. She’s a student so very low income. Does it make more sense to start a 401K + IRA and invest it in chunks of 25K? Or max out this years retirement and then just throw the rest in an ETF?

Hi guys, I am in a process of receiving an offer from my current employer’s US Branch. However, the job is gonna be in a different department (M&A) than the one I worked for here (Audit). Would that be an issue with respect to the L1 visa process? Thanks for the advise.

Hii everyone,

I have graduated in Mechanical engineering in Nov 2019. I have worked as Quality supervisor in rubber manufacturing company for few months. Pandemic crises hit them to shut down company. Since i have been in international BPO as Pre Auth analyst for 19 months. Finding some new job to start my career.
I am certified in Solidworks essential products developing .
Please prefer some great ideas and referrals if possible.

Anyone in IB/PE in Toronto? Would like to connect to learn more about the industry

Thoughts on Carlyle (debt side)? Heard rumors that its pretty sweaty with a poor culture - any validity to this or nah?

Any recommendations for Portland, OR? Staying downtown and there for just a weekend.

Need fundraiser ideas for student summer trip to Paris.

Job offers. Got an offer from Parker hannifin within 2 weeks of application. Still going through interview process with Rockwell automation, 3 interviews and over a month. Operation manager said I will be hearing from Hr soon on next steps. Leverage offer with Parker or take the job?

How is it to work as a Data Scientist at Morgan Stanley ? How os the data culture ?

Whats the second source of income for a IT employee ?

How much hike a company can provide to a candidate who is switching job just after 3 months from one big4 to another. Major reason for change is work life balance.

How much time bny takes to provide laptop post date of joining? As onboarding is virtual.

Hi All, I am working as Consultant in Deloitte USI since 3+ years and now wish to make a change.

I got an offer from BNY Mellon for 28 LPA for Senior Associate 1 position as a Backend Developer. Is BNY a good company considering I am already working as a Full Stack Dev in Deloitte ? Please help and also plz add some points related to benefits, work life balance, quality of work, etc.

Any single F looking to get dinner or drinks today evening? 35 M here.

Hi. I wanted to pursue a course in data science. Anyone knows how is it?

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Hi guys,
I have cleared all the rounds for LTI post which I received autogenerated mail and then later HR asked to upload documents. In how many days can I expect offer letter?

Serious question… if I am interested in becoming a CTO/CDO one day, what should I do for the next 5-8 years to prepare for this? Are there specific roles in tech that prepares you for a CTO role? I am currently in sales engineering with over a decade in consulting experience.

My international flight is delayed due to closure of Pakistan airspace. Going to miss my connecting flight (on a different carrier) . Can I apply for trip cancellation insurance with chase for this ?

Hey all, I left four shirts in the wardrobe of my room in a Sheraton. They’re saying they are not in lost and found but I am 100% sure they were in the room. One of the shirts has sentimental value...

Staying at a Hilton currently and have had tons of minor issues in the 3 days We’ve been here. Room wasn’t ready for 45min after check in time, AC did not work, maids did not clean room...continued

Is SYW UBER integration dead?

What are some perks of the Ritz?? I’m staying here for the next few weeks but I don’t get the hype

Does CSR earn 3x points at bars on drinks?

Selling 4 AA System-wide upgrades. PM me if interested.

Anyone have any Amtrak points they'd like to sell?

Anyone knows how chase sapphire travel insurance works? I used the first leg of the trip but cannot return due to an illness. It is cheaper for me to cancel the return leg and buy and new one way.

I am sick of seeing these SPG Marriott posts!! Can we talk about something else for a change?

Lyft driver delayed picking me up 30 min, resulting in me canceling my ride and asking hotel to call me a “yellow taxi” to get to the airport because it was 5am and all ubers/lyfts were 15 min. Specifically said yellow. Hotel calls me a private lux SUV and the driver got out of the car to handshake the man who called and said hi (honestly money couldve been passed). I then get hit with a $180 ride. Marriott website says taxi should be $65. Should I complain or let it go?

Points wizards - I need some United miles stat. What’s the best conversion point source right now?

Thanks!!

Currently have chase sapphire but thinking of switching to Reserve. Should I?
Wife will also be authorized user, we do travel and will use this card for all our purchases

Is it just me or Marriott is actively trying to kill the SPG brand. Have been trying to reach SPG platinum customer service line - 3 attempts so far, each lasting 30 mins, no success yet.

Hotel recommendations in Sydney and Melbourne?

Did EWR pull out of priority pass? Seems like there are no more lounges listed at the airport. Kinda disappointed with the sapphire reserve lounge access…

I am new to United Silver and I purchase economy tickets. Is the best strategy to check in exactly 24 hours ahead and switch my seat to an open economy plus seat?

Heads up: Hilton is giving triple points during July if you use their credit card for booking. Good opportunity to make up to 54 points per $1. Time to stack up those points! Happy monday! :D

I screwed up. I’m a newb and didn’t know how mileages work and my gold status w AA is about to expire. I travel weekly and idk whether I should fly w/o status or pay $400 to extend it. Thoughts? 😭

Flight attendant woke me up while I was sleeping to give me ice cream, then I couldn’t go back to sleep.
How many points?