Miles for Rent/Mortgage/Tuition? [Consolidated]
Wonderful, if there is no additional charge though...
Jan 25, 2012, 6:07 pm
#242
Join Date: May 2009
Location: HNL
Programs: HA, DL, UA, PC Gold, A/club Plat, HH Gold, Hyatt Pl
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how about sign up for a card with a big yearly spending....Hilton Surpass?..i think was 40k spending to get diamond or something...how much can u spend on the card...oh wait that one is amex
Jan 25, 2012, 6:14 pm
#243
Join Date: Mar 2011
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Jan 25, 2012, 6:46 pm
#244
Join Date: May 2008
Location: PHL (kinda, no airport is really close)
Programs: AA Exp, but not sure for how long. Enterprise Platinum woo-hoo!
Posts: 4,551
I have never seen a situation where rent could be paid without a "convenience fee" - but perhaps the OP is luckier than the rest of us.
I did find an angle though. My apartment charges a flat $19.95 convenience fee. I paid my rent for several months in a single transaction, getting more than enough rewards to cover the fee.
I wouldn't normally do this, but I had a new card with a $3000 spend requirement, so I just charged the $3000 to get that out of the way. I don't think I will do it regularly. But it does cover the spend on the new card, and will make the rewards available earlier (like as soon as I pay the bill, presumably).
I did find an angle though. My apartment charges a flat $19.95 convenience fee. I paid my rent for several months in a single transaction, getting more than enough rewards to cover the fee.
I wouldn't normally do this, but I had a new card with a $3000 spend requirement, so I just charged the $3000 to get that out of the way. I don't think I will do it regularly. But it does cover the spend on the new card, and will make the rewards available earlier (like as soon as I pay the bill, presumably).
Jan 26, 2012, 3:03 pm
#245
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 17
For now I'm going with my Sapphire Preferred unless you guys think it would be advantageous to charge it with my Citi AA Visa...I saw points after my first payments last year, but these points do not count towards status right? I wouldn't mind building my way to EXP or Platnium status, but they stopped this in Dec 2011 right?
Jan 27, 2012, 8:06 am
#247
Join Date: Jan 2011
Programs: SPG GOLD
Posts: 217
Anyone that pays cash is losing on credit card rewards... the landlord does not have to pay this, so the landlord also keeps the difference which is $25. You may think it is $1,200 either way, but the method you pay by matters. In retail, credit card fees are part of the mark up. Anyone that pays cash, subsidizes those that use credit cards.
Jan 27, 2012, 9:14 am
#248
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There's a $450 annual fee (not waivable) AA MC "World Elite" card which can help a little bit with elite status. But it's not clear to me that it can help more than $450 worth of MRs (especially in January 2012!) would...
Jan 27, 2012, 12:02 pm
#250
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 36
They stopped the latter (buliding your way to lifetime platinum) in Dec 2011. They never had any way to get annual status (platinum or EXP) from credit card spend before.
There's a $450 annual fee (not waivable) AA MC "World Elite" card which can help a little bit with elite status. But it's not clear to me that it can help more than $450 worth of MRs (especially in January 2012!) would...
There's a $450 annual fee (not waivable) AA MC "World Elite" card which can help a little bit with elite status. But it's not clear to me that it can help more than $450 worth of MRs (especially in January 2012!) would...
Jan 28, 2012, 8:31 am
#251
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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They stopped the latter (buliding your way to lifetime platinum) in Dec 2011. They never had any way to get annual status (platinum or EXP) from credit card spend before.
There's a $450 annual fee (not waivable) AA MC "World Elite" card which can help a little bit with elite status. But it's not clear to me that it can help more than $450 worth of MRs (especially in January 2012!) would...
There's a $450 annual fee (not waivable) AA MC "World Elite" card which can help a little bit with elite status. But it's not clear to me that it can help more than $450 worth of MRs (especially in January 2012!) would...
It's miles you accumulate on AA CC.
And just like with any other airline CC, the miles can be used for award fligths and for upgrades, among other things. AA miles can also be used for hotel and car rentals, complete vacation packages, as well as (at the lowest end) magazine subscriptions.
If you have the $450 annual fee version, that also earns you some elite qualifying miles, I think. But not a whole lot, and you have to spend quite a bit to get them.
I'm not sure if that's what you were asking or not. (Your question was a little unclear to me.)
Feb 10, 2012, 6:59 am
#252
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Florida
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Mar 29, 2012, 10:40 am
#254
Join Date: Aug 2008
Programs: Hilton Gold, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 224
I am sending my child to private school next year. I have an opportunity to pay with CC with a convenience fee of $2.50 per $100 paid. School will be about 14K and 1.5K deposit I can charge with CC with no fee. So, for the $12,500 remaining, it would come to $312.50 extra for 12,500 miles/points.
Thoughts anyone if this is the way to go? Thanks in advance!!
Thoughts anyone if this is the way to go? Thanks in advance!!
Mar 29, 2012, 10:49 am
#255
Join Date: May 2008
Location: BOS/SIN
Programs: SQ
Posts: 2,704
Kind of an average deal there...buying the miles outright will cost you somewhere around 3-400$, but that's not a good value either.
My little brother's 30k tuition doesn't have a fee
I pay, my parents write me a check, and I get a lot of miles.
My little brother's 30k tuition doesn't have a fee
I pay, my parents write me a check, and I get a lot of miles.