Possibly late to the party - is the spg Amex even worth it now? It looks like I’m earning 1 point to the dollar on purchases (silver elite). Given post-merger redemption rates, what’s the point?

Want to buy a house in bay area? Is this a good time? Thoughts?

Think this consolidation period is going to end in the near term, primarily driven by:

1. Microstrategy “open sourcing” their playbook for purchasing BTC as public company

2. Coinbase to offer staking for ETH in Q1 ‘21 - think how much will get locked up.

3. GME / stonks fallout - retail may moreso see the benefits of decentralization and crypto. Yes Coinbase is CEX to get you onboard, but DEX can’t be turned off.

I want to sell my house but there seems to be water damage and I’m worried someone will lowball me, what should I do?

Do you think the market will rally tomorrow? Worth buying S-T calls on SPY?

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

I just got a new credit card. It came with a Priority Pass membership. I always travel economy, I hardly ever get lounge access. I got excited, until I remembered I can’t travel and lounges are closed anyways. :(

New to trading and investing in equity. Have $200k in equity and $20k in MUNI bonds. How do you plan to diversify?

Would you cash out refi a rental property to buy another rental property?

This in their 30's, how much money do you have saved? Did you start your own family? What's your age, and do you own or rent your place? Btw I'm in my mid 20s.

Hi Fishes, Is it possible to process h1b as cap exempt if I had worked on USA in h1b status for few months and if the visa is expired now, once I join a new employer.

Decided to payoff my mortgage.

Is this portfolio allocation pretty standard for index funds? What am I missing or not considering?

VUG Large Cap Growth - 20%
VOT Mid Cap Growth - 15%
VBK Small Cap Growth - 15%
VTI Total US - 25%
VXUS Total International - 25%

So what stonks are we buying?

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.

Really hoping to avoid judgment on this post. Has anyone had to sign up for government or state assistance after becoming unemployed? Was the process difficult? I have a young son who's at home with me all day right now and I'm looking for a job that I can work from home, but in the meantime we need to eat and I need to pay my rent. Thanks for any advice.

Whats the second source of income for a IT employee ?

I'm currently a property accountant with an MBA in finance. I desire to earn more income considering my credentials and experience. I currently earn 93k and striving to get to 150 or even 200 to be able to live the way I want to live, pay for good schooling for my children, eat organic, travel etc. Even to buy a nice house in a great neighborhood is at lease a million. I'm looking for salary comparisons and recommendations to reach my financial goals

I am meeting my girlfriend’s parents for the first time this weekend for dinner at a pretty nice restaurant. Her parents are fairly traditional Chinese mom and dad and I am not Chinese, or Asian for that matter… I don’t want to show up empty-handed - any ideas on good gifts for first time meeting Chinese parents?

Phone screen with Accenture Federal Services this week. Recruiter found me on LinkedIn and set up 30 mins on my calendar to chat. Said camera is not required because it will be a casual chat. What should I expect here?

Anyone know of any of the top 20 MBA programs that are known for placement into Sports management or just the Sports industry in general?

Hi fishes,

What type of questions can be expected in a managerial round for a data scientist role.

Has anyone left healthcare and is now really happy? I’m an MSN, RN with 12 years hospital experience. I’m burned out and tired of making crap pay. I have an opportunity outside of healthcare that would pay more and challenge me in new ways that I haven’t experienced before. It’s a total shift that would really heal my work-life balance, job satisfaction and budget. My only fear is that I would not be using the license and degree that I worked so hard for. I would appreciate any input!!!!

Fishbowlers. I got a bad performance review. I need to knock my next one out of the park. Open to any suggestions. S1 in month 6 of starting. I need to get quicker and be able to be a ‘lead senior’. How can I make a manager and directors life easier?

Abu Dhabi Turn 1. Hamilton crashes into Max, who returns the favor. Massive fist fight as they exit their cars. Both are disqualified and Bottas is the champion.

Partners with kids and a working spouse, how do you manage? Is it realistic for both people in the relationship to work full time long term? How do you keep marriage going and career progressing?

150K in Singapore, and $150K in Chicago. Which one would you accept?

I am an RN looking to get into the non-surgical cosmetic field (Esthetician). Any advice?

Hello. Is the Nvidia stack (deepstream sdk, tensorRT, Gstreamer, CUDA, etc.) widely used? Are the skills transferrable and worth learning?

What are some resources (paid or otherwise) that will make me a better banker? Wall street prep's course was great, anything else that would help me ramp up as a nontraditional background, lateral recent hire?

I'm up for associate promo next year and nowhere near ready right now (obviously).

Anyone take this mandatory tax E&P training? Dying

Who has the best parental leave policies? Need advice

What are some volunteering you all do in Philly?

Sibling who is a director in aws referred me to a few jobs , have not heard anything in weeks. Is that typical?

Anyone from ProServe Operations Integration? Needed some info.

🐠 what are your thoughts on diamond tipped bow ties compared to the classic squared off look? Have some black tie weddings coming up and need a new bow tie

Missing nights from the Marriott-SPG just reappeared in my account! Anyone else ?

Chase Sapphire Reserve is not able to book a ticket for me on Air India because the flight is not showing up on their system. The flights shows up everywhere else including on Expedia, which powers Chase’s portal. Anyone had similar experience?

Rumor: CSR annual fee is increasing to $550. Added perks: DoorDash and Lyft credit.

For the Spg 50 night bonus award, is the 10 suite nights or the one free night award better?

Received an offer to upgrade my Amex Everyday to an Everyday Preferred for 40k points. Is that considered a good offer? And if I do upgrade, will it count towards 5/24?

Do AA 500 mile upgrade awards expire? I have used a decent amount of upgrades, but I still have 14 that I have been sitting for a about maybe 6-7 months. I do not see anything about them expiring, but I would not be surprised if they do.

I am hoping someone can provide some insight so I don’t have to contact AA customer service :)

American Airline q - if I have Gold status and an American Airlines credit card - does that mean I get two free checked bags or one

Likely going to miss Delta Diamond this year by about 10k miles. Anyway to pay to make up the difference?

Does United tell you when you clear the upgrade waitlist or do yo have to keep checking?

Is SYW UBER integration dead?

My Marriott ambassador is useless. I ask him to check with the hotel on trying to get certain rates etc and all he does is look in the system and tell me things aren’t available. (Cont.)

Have enough miles for one way business class or two way economy! Cathy Pacific JFK to BKK for December. Whats the good value for my points? I can buy a one way economy with cash (its reasonable)

Found a bed bug in a Radisson Red in Campinas Brazil, how many points?

Why won’t AA let me book business class flights with points if they’re available to buy cash? (Qatar flight on AA site)

Got targeted for Amex platinum 100k. Is it worth it? Is there a higher targeted offer?
Considering doing it since no more personal card for BCG expenses. Also have CSR fwiw.

Does anybody have a referral link for Amex Platinum? - has to be UK based

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

Might have to leave the “all things points” bowl soon if these creepy ant/roach/bug posts continue. Making me so paranoid to stay in a hotel now smh

Does anyone know where on the United website where I can see all my future PQMs, PQDs, and PQSs for the rest of the year?

Is there a good website or group or reddit page for travel flash sales / deals?