Originally Posted by
tjbrooks
I think we all would like more info on this "Points Coach".
Upthread OP mentioned the person was from TPG or worked for TPG. Hope this would serve a lesson to others who are prone to be gullible as well as lack of self-discipline. Still sad to see OP has to pay a high price to learn this lesson.
Originally Posted by
queensgambit
About 5 per credit card for <1k each (usually 3 for 1k and 2 for $300).
I live in Nevada, I suppose online gambling is still illegal on a national level and that banks have to comply with those regulations. I'd like to test it where I'm very careful about not raising any red flags and the only red flag is online gambling transactions under different names. See if that results in getting closed. Unfortunately not many cards left to try that test in.
Also I just tried applying for SPG and was told too many credit apps in too short a time frame. Any recommendations on optimal # of card apps per month across all the banks and how long I should wait before applying for one?
This all really sucks because I hired a "points coach" who worked for TPG for several years and seemed legitimate and yet didn't mention a single thing about "being careful" and "reading reading reading". At this point if I were to maintain a blog or offer consulting services the first thing I would ever tell anybody is to be extremely careful, read FT as much as possible and then read more. FML
Last edited by Happy; Aug 8, 2014 at 12:13 pm