need help discovering chase offers
Apr 3, 2012, 6:31 pm
#1
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need help discovering chase offers
Some of the chase applications have explicit details of the bonus and I wanted to crawl through them all and see if there are any hidden gems. There are 46,656 possible applications and I don't want to go through all of them. This is primarily to avoid having to query Chase so many times from a single IP in a short period of time.
I have written a small bash script which deals with 1296 at a time and pops out the only the ones which mention the bonus details. This is going to be a small percentage of the 1296. I wanted to ask for 35 volunteers to go through the results along with me. PM me for details. Volunteers would need access to a linux machine. Mac would also probably work. Windows would require some rework and software installation.
Mods, feel free to move this elsewhere if milesbuzz isn't the right place for this post.
I have written a small bash script which deals with 1296 at a time and pops out the only the ones which mention the bonus details. This is going to be a small percentage of the 1296. I wanted to ask for 35 volunteers to go through the results along with me. PM me for details. Volunteers would need access to a linux machine. Mac would also probably work. Windows would require some rework and software installation.
Mods, feel free to move this elsewhere if milesbuzz isn't the right place for this post.
Last edited by sun_aa; Apr 3, 2012 at 10:14 pm Reason: removal of specifics
Apr 3, 2012, 8:12 pm
#2
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man if i knew what this stuff meant then i would help you..but really have no clue...and chase will probably hear about this...
Apr 3, 2012, 8:23 pm
#3
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Wow. Kudos for the ingenuity. I'd be happy to help, but not sure if I'm any help at all. You'd have to walk me through everything, so I may waste more of your time than I'm worth.
Apr 3, 2012, 8:24 pm
#4
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i'm in the same boat..if you give me a intro then i probably can figure it out...but no current knowledge
Apr 3, 2012, 8:29 pm
#5
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Chase applications seem to be in the following format:
Some of the applications have explicit details of the bonus and I wanted to crawl through them all and see if there are any hidden gems.
As you can see, there are 46,656 possible applications. I don't want to go through all of them. I have written a small bash script which deals with 1296 at a time and pops out the ones which mentions the bonus details. I wanted to ask for 35 volunteers to go through the results along with me. PM me for the script.
Mods, feel free to move this elsewhere if milesbuzz isn't the right place for this post.
Some of the applications have explicit details of the bonus and I wanted to crawl through them all and see if there are any hidden gems.
As you can see, there are 46,656 possible applications. I don't want to go through all of them. I have written a small bash script which deals with 1296 at a time and pops out the ones which mentions the bonus details. I wanted to ask for 35 volunteers to go through the results along with me. PM me for the script.
Mods, feel free to move this elsewhere if milesbuzz isn't the right place for this post.
Last edited by mikelat; Apr 3, 2012 at 10:58 pm
Apr 3, 2012, 8:35 pm
#6
Join Date: May 2011
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did you find the 60K ink bold using this script?
Apr 3, 2012, 8:44 pm
#7
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Amex too
Maybe we should tackle Amex, too. I would love to find one of the 100k Platinum offers.
Apr 3, 2012, 8:47 pm
#8
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: GGG, DFW, IAH
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Some of the applications have explicit details of the bonus and I wanted to crawl through them all and see if there are any hidden gems.
As you can see, there are 46,656 possible applications. I don't want to go through all of them. I have written a small bash script which deals with 1296 at a time and pops out the ones which mentions the bonus details. I wanted to ask for 35 volunteers to go through the results along with me. PM me for the script.
Mods, feel free to move this elsewhere if milesbuzz isn't the right place for this post.
Not to discourage you but this may or may not reveal any hidden gems. Just recall the United Explorer link for 60k miles (that by the way didn't follow you pattern) - it opened up different offers for different people based on the status of their United MileagePlus account.
Last edited by philemer; Apr 5, 2012 at 9:55 pm Reason: remove bad link
Apr 3, 2012, 8:54 pm
#9
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Another thought is you should share what you find, you may want to masked the methodology, otherwise chase will pick it up and close the loophole. I'd delete the specifics mentioned above, and only mention specifics via pm.
I'm all for openness on the results, but don't share the method to the madness.
I'm all for openness on the results, but don't share the method to the madness.
Apr 3, 2012, 8:54 pm
#10
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I'm in agreement bitachu and DavidL. I'd like to help but know nothing of scripts, etc....
Apr 3, 2012, 9:11 pm
#11
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DavidAL makes a good point. I don't mind helping out as well, but as others have stated my knowledge of scripts is minimal.
Apr 3, 2012, 10:00 pm
#12
Used to be highman123
Join Date: Jul 2011
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Good idea!
So if you have the files downloaded just do a cat *|grep Privacy Notice to look for a common denominator in all valid offers.
This should do the trick.
So if you have the files downloaded just do a cat *|grep Privacy Notice to look for a common denominator in all valid offers.
This should do the trick.
Apr 3, 2012, 10:12 pm
#13
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Any pattern to the way the bonus is formatted in the response? Any way to do a regex so that you can save each response, parse it for bonus, and pop that in to a spreadsheet for easy post-processing? Happy to help out with automated parsing but I don't sign up for manual work. My per-hour value to myself is too high for manual work, I always automate
I think you need one good programmer instead of 35 volunteers. The vast majority of these pages will result in "Offer not available" and once you sort them out there will not be much for yourself to review.
Not to discourage you but this may or may not reveal any hidden gems. Just recall the United Explorer link for 60k miles (that by the way didn't follow you pattern) - it opened up different offers for different people based on the status of their United MileagePlus account.
Not to discourage you but this may or may not reveal any hidden gems. Just recall the United Explorer link for 60k miles (that by the way didn't follow you pattern) - it opened up different offers for different people based on the status of their United MileagePlus account.
As far as hidden gems go, have you seen my links for Marriott 70k, Priority Club 80k, Sapphire preferred 50k, Ink Bold 60k,...? I came up with them only by playing around with lesser offers. I am not saying that this method will uncover everything but one might find something useful.
Another thought is you should share what you find, you may want to masked the methodology, otherwise chase will pick it up and close the loophole. I'd delete the specifics mentioned above, and only mention specifics via pm.
I'm all for openness on the results, but don't share the method to the madness.
I'm all for openness on the results, but don't share the method to the madness.
Apr 3, 2012, 10:22 pm
#14
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Peeps should also edit their quotes above. I've pm'ed them. Again, walk me through it and I'll help OP. PM me and I'll help however I can.
Apr 3, 2012, 10:30 pm
#15
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I guess I haven't been clear about what I need. The script I wrote will output the URL's which contain some details of the offer. This is most likely a small fraction of the 46k. All I need is people to run it, collect the result, vist the URLs and see if there's something worthwhile. Someone with flash programming knowledge could probably automate the last part but I don't know how to do it.
I am dividing up the effort because of the number of queries needed and because there is some manual work needed. I could do it alone but it would definitely take more time.
I am dividing up the effort because of the number of queries needed and because there is some manual work needed. I could do it alone but it would definitely take more time.