Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 12054255)

Hope you meant 89 cents or $0.89. Otherwise, I'll make up some drinks for you to purchase. ;)

Originally Posted by gbryan84 (Post 12050817)

Got the bump on the LGA-CLE and they put me on a flight that says full on the PDA site but still has 1 ticket for sale tomorrow. $300 voucher.

Originally Posted by Phudnik (Post 12054188)

I use them for just about everything financial, including our mortgage (except the IRA which I roll all of my old 401ks into -- that's TIAA-CREF -- though USAA is supposedly pretty good that way too). The bank is outstanding -- Deposit@Home up to $10k per day if you are eligible, refund up to $15 per month in ATM convenience fees, and deals with various banks not to charge you an ATM surcharge (in my area, it's PNC), great customer service. Since we were moving around a lot -- and now that I'm traveling -- these features are great.

The only problem is if you're not in SAT and need a local bank for some reason (I had to get some papers signed by a bank some years ago, but was able to use the local bank where my kids have UGMA accounts).



I'm pretty sure it used to be limited to current or former military officers, and was then extended to dependents of USAA members (which is how I got in, thanks to my father's time in the Air Force in the late '60s/early '70s), and now is open to current and former enlisted personnel.

Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 12054552)

Now to figure out how to move there.

Originally Posted by J.Edward (Post 12054561)

Originally Posted by jrzyshawn (Post 12054593)

:rolleyes:

Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 12054735)

Is that a catapult :rolleyes: or a BoltBus :rolleyes:?

Originally Posted by sdm1130 (Post 12053445)

^ It seems like a great card.

Do you think such a significant reduction in spending on your Pres Plus card still makes it worth keeping? Please understand that I'm not asking to try and intrude on something that is none of my business, I'm still just curious about the benefits of the card.

Personally, I'm a bit leery about dumping CC rewards in to a program to which they are then locked (such as OnePass). Additionally, I am not sure the benefits beyond the PClub membership are worth the cost of the annual fee above the cost of a standalone PClub membership. Sure you will probably still earn miles worth the extra money you spend, but in the long run, those miles are not guaranteed to be easily used. Plus, with the move to Star, the chances of OnePass miles decreasing in value could be quite high.

Going forward, I will be splitting my charges between the SPG AMEX (where points are not necessarily locked in to SPG) and a Visa that earns cash back (1%-5% based on the merchant).

Originally Posted by Hartmann (Post 12054782)

My plan going forward is to save some cash and buy a lifetime PC membership...

Originally Posted by Hartmann (Post 12054782)

For me, the CO miles are useful only for longhaul travel...

Originally Posted by sdm1130 (Post 12054839)

Same here, although I am a little bit worried about reward redemptions in the future with CO entering Star and the overall slide of the industry as a whole. For now, I've transitioned from hoarding miles in to thinking about burning chunks of them on longhaul travel each year.