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Thursday, May 24, 2018

All About "5/24" and Getting Approved for Chase Credit Cards and more...

For many Chase cards you can only get approved if you've had fewer than 5 new credit card accounts in the last 24 months. I've talked about this guideline in the past. If you're already an expert on this, stop here, but 5/24 is important enough in ...

All About “5/24” and Getting Approved for Chase Credit Cards and more...


All About “5/24” and Getting Approved for Chase Credit Cards

For many Chase cards you can only get approved if you've had fewer than 5 new credit card accounts in the last 24 months.

I've talked about this guideline in the past. If you're already an expert on this, stop here, but 5/24 is important enough in signing up for credit cards and there are enough new readers that it is worth going over.

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Cathay Pacific Devalues Asia Miles With One Month’s Notice

Effective June 22 they're making changes to mileage earning and redemption. This matters to folks in the U.S. because Asia Miles is a oneworld frequent flyer program (earn and redeem on American, British Airways, Japan Airlines, etc.) and because it's a points transfer partner of American Express Membership Rewards and Citi ThankYou Rewards.

To me the most important takeaway is that roundtrip premium cabin long haul awards are getting more expensive.

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Aer Lingus Says ‘Oops’ and 38,000 Miles.. For a Checked Bag?

A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.

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What’s the Craziest Thing You’ve Done for Miles?

Maybe buying a year's worth of toilet paper is something. Buying 12,150 cups of chocolate pudding ("Pudding Guy") to earn over a million miles, and then donating the pudding was the stuff of legends, and even an Adam Sandler movie.

I've gone dumpster diving.

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Epic Flight Attendant Britney Spears Performance on Ryanair Flight

A year ago an AirAsia flight attendant was videotaped performing Britney Spears Toxic.

The conceit here of course is that Britney herself plays a flight attendant in the song's music video. Maybe that's why flight attendants seemingly just can't help themselves.

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A New Plane Gets QSuites Business Class and How Bots Killed a Credit Card Benefit

A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.

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