500,000 Points in a single churn
Nov 2, 2011, 11:08 am
#17
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: SLC
Posts: 392
Also, I plan to convert the 70K Hawaiian Air miles into 140K Hilton points.
I really would like Southwest to work for me. It just doesn't.
Last edited by TheManofaThousandPlaces; Nov 2, 2011 at 1:25 pm
Nov 2, 2011, 11:10 am
#18
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Purgatory
Programs: Too many to list. Status is a half dozen.
Posts: 9,235
Cumulative $30,000 in the first six months. It's more than I spend so I will have to purchase some gift cards and live off those for a while...
It would be much lower except that one of the Amex cards has a $10,000 requirement. This obviously will be the toughest one to meet.
It would be much lower except that one of the Amex cards has a $10,000 requirement. This obviously will be the toughest one to meet.
Nov 2, 2011, 11:11 am
#19
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: SLC
Posts: 392
The spend is actually staggered pretty nicely until I reach 5 or 6 months out. At that time there is some "lumpiness" in the spend requirements. For example, $10K on the Amex Gold and $5K on the SPG.
Nov 2, 2011, 12:02 pm
#20
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 17
Well, I did citiAA x3 = 225k, Amex PRG= 75k, spg x2=60k, chase sapp preferred=50k, and US barclays mc= 40k, for 450k total in several days. If you include the fact that i did the same for my wife, then technically this is 900k in several days.
Nov 2, 2011, 12:03 pm
#21
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: USA
Programs: All of em...
Posts: 1,265
You are a man with some big balls!! That is so intense!
I thought this was just going to be a post asking if other people had ever done, and you go ahead and post your churn of 13 freaking cards in one day, and you already have a 77% success rate! That's amazing.
Early 2011, and summer 2011, there was multiple times with 100k+ offers and huge transfer bonuses where you could clear 500k in like 6 cards if you count in all the lucrative transfer bonuses!
Capital One 110k point cards (could get pers & biz)
British Airways 100k card
50% transfer bonuses to Delta & British Airways = 112-150k miles per card:
Amex Platinum 100k card (could get pers & biz)
Amex Gold personal 75k card
Amex Gold Biz 100k card
I know I personally cleared 262,500 miles on 2 of those Amex cards alone.
I thought this was just going to be a post asking if other people had ever done, and you go ahead and post your churn of 13 freaking cards in one day, and you already have a 77% success rate! That's amazing.
Early 2011, and summer 2011, there was multiple times with 100k+ offers and huge transfer bonuses where you could clear 500k in like 6 cards if you count in all the lucrative transfer bonuses!
Capital One 110k point cards (could get pers & biz)
British Airways 100k card
50% transfer bonuses to Delta & British Airways = 112-150k miles per card:
Amex Platinum 100k card (could get pers & biz)
Amex Gold personal 75k card
Amex Gold Biz 100k card
I know I personally cleared 262,500 miles on 2 of those Amex cards alone.
Nov 2, 2011, 12:38 pm
#22
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Brooklyn, NY, United States
Programs: AA, BA, UA, Spirit, Delta, PC Plat, SPG Gold, HHonors Diamond, Club Carlson Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 1,735
Wow! I normally do 5 at a time and consider it almost too bold. But your story is truly inspiring
Nov 2, 2011, 12:45 pm
#24
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: SLC
Posts: 392
Over the last year, I have also picked up bonuses for:
AAirlines Citi: 75K
BA Chase: 100K
CapitalOne: 100K
Sapphire: 100K
Marriott: 70K
Hilton (Citi): 50K
SPG Amex: 30K
Amer PR Gold: 65K (this is for the 15K initial bonus and the 10K per month bonus - I got hosed on the bump to 75K for the initial bonus)
Prior to this, my last applications were in August.
Last edited by TheManofaThousandPlaces; Nov 2, 2011 at 12:56 pm
Nov 2, 2011, 1:47 pm
#27
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,933
Chase Priority Club - 60,000
Priority Club is IHG's program (Intercontinental, Crowne Plaze, Holiday Inn, etc). And like the Marriott card you're referring to, it comes with 0% forex, and a free hotel night cert on successive years which more than offsets the $49 annual fee (Marriott's annual fee after the first year is $85).Btw, the Hilton Amex at 60K is not at all new. I got it several years ago.
Btw, if you're going to go after Hilton points, stopping at that 60K Amex offer makes no sense, because Hilton also has a Citi Visa which can give you more points with ilttle effort (even though nowhere near as many as 60K, it's also less effort than the 60K; I don't think you can get the full 60K without doing some paid HHonors stays, can you?).
Nov 2, 2011, 4:43 pm
#28
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: SAN
Programs: Delta Gold. Hilton Diamond. Hyatt Explorist.
Posts: 1,674
Has anyone scored 500,000 points or more in a single App-O-Rama?
I'm on track to do it. I call it my Evel Knievel churn. It includes 13 card applications (so far, 10 are confirmed approved). The beauty of it is that I only expect 7 or 8 inquiries. Once my credit score "bounces back", I may still have difficulty getting approvals due to a high number of new accounts, but I'll worry about that later. I estimate more than $5,000 in value from this churn.
Here is a list of the cards involved:
Amex Gold Business - 50,000
Amex SPG Business - 25,000
Amex Delta Gold Business - 30,000
Citi ThankYou Premier - 50,000
Citi ThankYou Preferred - 50,000
BoA Alaskan Airlines - 25,000
BoA Hawaiian Airlines - 35,000
BoH Hawaiian Airlines - 35,000
Chase Ink Bold Business - 50,000
Chase Priority Club - 60,000
Barclays Travelocity - 20,000
Barclays US Airways - 40,000
Discover Miles - 12,000
More details here.
I'm on track to do it. I call it my Evel Knievel churn. It includes 13 card applications (so far, 10 are confirmed approved). The beauty of it is that I only expect 7 or 8 inquiries. Once my credit score "bounces back", I may still have difficulty getting approvals due to a high number of new accounts, but I'll worry about that later. I estimate more than $5,000 in value from this churn.
Here is a list of the cards involved:
Amex Gold Business - 50,000
Amex SPG Business - 25,000
Amex Delta Gold Business - 30,000
Citi ThankYou Premier - 50,000
Citi ThankYou Preferred - 50,000
BoA Alaskan Airlines - 25,000
BoA Hawaiian Airlines - 35,000
BoH Hawaiian Airlines - 35,000
Chase Ink Bold Business - 50,000
Chase Priority Club - 60,000
Barclays Travelocity - 20,000
Barclays US Airways - 40,000
Discover Miles - 12,000
More details here.
Nov 2, 2011, 4:44 pm
#29
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: SAN
Programs: Delta Gold. Hilton Diamond. Hyatt Explorist.
Posts: 1,674
Nov 2, 2011, 4:49 pm
#30
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: SLC
Posts: 392
Why wait so long until the next churn?
Some (perhaps all) credit card issuers look at the number of new accounts in the last 6 months/year to identify patterns of risk. My credit reports will show a huge spike in Nov. I will need to wait long enough to pursuade the underwriters that I can manage the credit I have been given.
Some (perhaps all) credit card issuers look at the number of new accounts in the last 6 months/year to identify patterns of risk. My credit reports will show a huge spike in Nov. I will need to wait long enough to pursuade the underwriters that I can manage the credit I have been given.