mudgal,

No, I used a street address.

doc,

That's the trick! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif My order for $950 in US tc's went thru w/o a hitch. Merci beaucoup pour le conseil.
arkangel

The way to get free miles is to buy something with one Mastercard that gives miles and then return it. When they ask for your Mastercard when you return it, give them a different Mastercard that doesn't earn miles. The clerk usually will not check the account numbers to see if it is the same card. Wait a couple of weeks for the credit to post and call the second CC company and tell them you have a credit balance and would like them to send you a check. Use this to pay off the first CC and you get free miles.

This one is not mine, and has been posted here before, but I don't feel like doing a search. So, I apologize for the lack of attribution to the original poster. Go to Home Depot. Buy a gift certificate on the way in, for, say, $100. Make your purchases for say $25. They will give you back $75 in cash for change. This should work other places that give change back. Don't know if this still works now that Home Depot uses gift cards. Do they just take the $s off of the card, leaving the balance? I don't know. (I have always thought this was just too much hassle for a few additional miles. I guess I am just not fanatical enough!)

Djlawman

Thanks to the wise and amusing Comicwoman for the Home Depot idea! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Here it is: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/001424.html

And this is twice as nice with a Delta SkyMiles AMEX.

[This message has been edited by cactuspete (edited 05-10-2001).]

Doc, exactly what is the deal with MoneyZap!?!?


Mac


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¡Viaja con Dios!

Where did you find the $1000/quarter limitation. Do you know whether it is per card/address/person?

At Chase I have found that the limit is really $950 even though they say $1000. To insure it being filled if I am doing this more frequenly is order a very small amount of foreign currency is I am traveling. I just went to Canada and order $10CAD along with $950 in US TC. When I went to Rome in February I did the same thing - a little bit of lira and $950 in TC.
The rates for the bonds are comparable to CD's and often more than savings accounts, so money I am saving - that I want to be "safe" I think are as good to keep in savings bonds than any other place. My daughter's college tuition is guaranteed. Buying a ticket because I have enough money to save is a foolish concept. It's with money I don't plan to use right away, but in an emergency I can cash it in - that's why I think it is a great way to get miles. c2it was great while it lasted.

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DtG

The $1000 stated limit is somewhere in the fine print on the site.

If ordering US$ for the miles, stick to $950, otherwise they will not send you the TC.

The cap appears to be on a per-address basis. My wife could not order and have checks sent just after I did the same.

What is it about PO Boxes in the USA? My Australian PO Box is secure, whereas my home post box anyone could wander by and steal from and rain can flood it and ruin everything. (... if the slugs don't get in and eat the mail anyhow.) Are US PO Boxes insecure, or are US companies just being incredibly stupid by insisting on sending items to insecure street addresses?

Kremmen, the boxes are actually too secure.

Chase sends Travelers Cheques via UPS (United Parcel Service) Overnight Delivery. In the U.S., the U.S. Postal Service owns the PO Boxes and does not allow private shipping companies access to the boxes.

Therefore, UPS cannot deliver to a PO Box.

[This message has been edited by ontheroad (edited 05-11-2001).]

The way to get around this is to get a PO Box at a "Mailboxes, Etc." type of establishment.

They are superior to boxes owned by the US Postal Service in that they often have longer hours, they will accept UPS, FedEx, etc., and you can say "Suite 213" or "Apt. 213" instead of "P. O. Box 213."


Mac


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¡Viaja con Dios!

They are superior in many ways (Mailboxes Etc) - But - you cannot file a change of address with the U.S. Post Office if you move. I use my home address - mine (TC) were shipped Airborne Express

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TucsonSam

This still works. The gift cards are sold at the registers, in denominations up to $100. On the back they specifically say that they can be used only once, and change will be given in cash.

Tonight I went to my local Home Depot and found one 93-cent item that I (really) needed. I took it to the register (no line at 9 PM!) and told the cashier I wanted to play a game. He sold me a $100 gift card, then he used it to sell me the 93-cent item and gave me the change in cash. So, I gained 100 miles from my credit card at "no" cost.

Note that this gets you only 100 miles (retail value one to two dollars), and the checkout lines at Home Depot are usually long...but it does work.


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Middle Seat

Chase (and others with this restriction)could just use USPS to deliver to PO Boxes. Their refusal to do so is not in the customer's best interests, IMHO.