Posts posted by elfenix
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13 minutes ago, thunderlounge said:Which card it is? Depending on issuer, it may be bad, bad juju to cancel to avoid the fee. AMEX in particular has been tightening down on such things. And it won't just affect getting a particular card again, it will affect any AMEX card. Get a card for the bonus, meet the spend, and put it in a drawer? They'll deny bonuses on other cards. Cancel a card to avoid the AF? They'll deny bonuses on other cards.
Chase is also starting to reign in the bonus qualifications too, but AMEX is ahead of them in that respect. At least with Chase you can usually downgrade when an AF hits, and they don't seem to hold it against you (yet.)
citi premier. it's my only citi card. i usually use my chase sapphire and freedom cards, discover for whatever is on 5%, and occasionally a boa card since you can get 3% on online purchases on it now. between those cards there really isn't much that isn't covered. also keep a united card because it makes basic economy a tolerable product.
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On 5/17/2019 at 7:21 AM, thunderlounge said:
Don’t move points until you’re ready to spend and have verified award availability. Would suck to transfer them just to find out there aren’t any redemptions.
SQ is good, and typically has a good program. Don’t rule out other alliances though.
problem is i'm going to start incurring annual fees on a card i don't use (big sign up bonus). i suppose i could just travel more.
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Edited by elfenix
the indy 500 is a different beast. it's the oldest continuously operated race (everyone excepts WW2) at the same location in the world (predating the 24 hours by 12 years). a national championship was built around it, but you go back in time to the 40s and it's the only paved track on the schedule. the other races were all dirt tracks and pike's peak. it was part of the FIA's world championship from 1950 through 1960 (then the manufacturer's championship came into being, and i'm going to assume ferrari didn't want to build one-off cars for indianapolis). even when other paved tracks became part of the championship, indy was still the only superspeedway (most were 1 mile ovals, which just ain't that fast). it was often the first race of the season (so the biggest event first, like nascar). so, considering all that, all the practice and all the qualifying made a lot of sense. and it's also a rectangle with 4 distinct corners rather than most speedways where 1 and 2, and 3 and 4 aren't really separate corners.
maybe if it were only open to those running in the full time championship they could change the long practice and qualifying schedule. but it's not. it's always been a part of but separate from the national championship. which is really weird considering the tight relationship between the speedway and its sanctioning body since AAA pulled out (and that weirdness has helped lead to two splits so far in american open wheel. could be mostly roger penske's fault).
it's nice that we have the indy GP instead of a full month of not racing in prep for a race, though.
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2019 Houston Astros Thread
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still enough games to have 3 10 game win streaks before june 1