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Waiting for Amex to link my ANA account and then waiting for the points to transfer over and hoping that the availability doesnโ€™t disappear in the meantime ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿป
5% cashback on all purchases is a sweet deal, seems to be a short-term incentive but would still definitely jump on this if I was in Europe

Excited to see more providers experiment with credit card-like rewards to incentivize onchain consumer spending
Anyone else have the Robinhood card?
Anyone here use Bilt to pay their rent? If so, how has it been? If not but youโ€™ve looked into it, whyโ€™d you decide against?
๐Ÿฆ„ UNICORN FARE ALERT ๐Ÿฆ„

First Class for the same price as Business in Qatar Qsuites

Fly direct to Doha and connect onward to Bangkok, Maldives, Perth, and SE Asia from 85k Qatar Avios, best availability May-June '25

Transfer from Amex or Citi to Qatar or from Bilt, Cap One, Chase, or Wells to British Airways
Rip today to the curve mastercard, imo the greatest advancement in consumer fintech since Bilt conned Wells Fargo into giving everybody 1% back on rent til 2029.

i will always love you
looks like a really sweet deal from chase
Pray for me, my Amex platinum renews tomorrow and I have no retention offer, lol/24 ๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚
Iโ€™ve been impressed with how convenient Centurion lounges have been for me to access on layovers. Ate my fill for lunch and now early dinner today
Google pay will now display credit card rewards at checkout
๐Ÿฆ„ UNICORN FARE ๐Ÿฆ„

Air France and KLM business class to Europe for 50k miles each way, all summer including the Olympics!

Search and book on airfrance.us from major US airports, donโ€™t wait
If you stay at any of the Amex Fine Hotels + Resorts, you can book multiple reservations to get a $100 credit per day

Extended my trip in London and ended up getting $200 in credits for 2 reservations instead of just 1 ๐Ÿคญ
๐Ÿšจ Mistake Fare ๐Ÿšจ

Dublin for $200 or less roundtrip

Wide-open from Chicago in September + October with some limited availability from Minneapolis in June

Search on airfrance.com and book ASAP if interested, will not last!
Folks discover any creative ways to meet the new MQD-only thresholds for Delta status?
ngl, was expecting this to be about butter
๐Ÿฆ„ UNICORN FARE ALERT ๐Ÿฆ„

Delta One to Taipei, Taiwan from 146k SkyMiles roundtrip!

June-August, cheapest nonstop from Seattle (SEA), connect from 70 cities

Book via Delta
๐Ÿฆ„ Unicorn fare alert ๐Ÿฆ„

Qantas business class from JFK โ†’ Auckland, NZ in November for 127k Qantas miles each way

Transfer from Amex, Cap One, or Citi
Iโ€™m sure it drastically cut down on the number of requests they receive butโ€ฆ

I miss being able to email Amex Platinum concierge, was such a clutch service
Aghhhhhhh just high-ly transferred money thru ACH to an account I closed this morning ๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿ˜ฉ
Thereโ€™s a new premium card in town and theyโ€™re (ice)breaking records ๐ŸงŠ
Booked a big redemption yesterday! JFK-SEA-TPE round trip in Delta business for 2 people. 270k Amex points + $100 per person, cash value of $8200, around 3 cents per point

Not the best value ever but Iโ€™m booking late so Iโ€™ll take it for 20 hours in biz!
My current rotation:
- Chase Sapphire
- Chase Freedom
- Chase Freedom Unlimited

Feel like I should get into other ecosystems, but these three have always got it done for me pretty efficiently. Suggestions?
The fact that using Bilt requires having an entirely different system with Wells Fargo makes so impatient for the day "crypto fixes this"
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