Originally Posted by
Potatoe
I started with 1k on amazon payments once a month in a lump sum.
Then graduated to 6k using serve and paying no fees.
I then got my wife a serve card and run 6k through her serve card. But using credit cards she is an authorized user for. I'm the main account holder.
This totals 13k a month in (no fee) MS split up on two cards before my regular spending. With my regular spending I will end up running about twice my yearly income through credit cards. I haven't been doing it long (3 months) but so far no problems.
Getting my wife on the same page with me has been the toughest part of starting the MS. We're currently just trying to hit some signup bonuses on the SW CC's to get the CP, but outside of that we aren't trying to run up big spending.
I've only been doing this for about a month. I keep my receipts and used cards in one gallon sized plastic bag, while I put my statements and CC's (only 2 right now) that we're not trying to hit a spend on in the other. I like the idea of using a Google Calendar to manage statement close dates though.