I was approved last week. I live in Western MA, so the closest interview spots are Logan and JFK. The next available interviews in Logan were November (unless I took a work day off-and there were only a few of those). As my overseas trip is near the end of October, I checked JFK and found a spot September 10 at 4pm. There were interview spots early from 7-8:30 am, but as I am taking the train in, that was not going to work. So I signed up for that, and tried to find some sort of reasonable hotel in New York near Penn Station. IHG is having their 15% points and cash sale, so I snagged a room at Staybridge suites for a low cash payment and some points.