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Nov 3, 2006 | 3:47 pm
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What is his cash limit? He may retire with all these cash in Mexico.
Originally Posted by alanh
You guys have a long way to go. Man has 1,497 Credit Cards.
Nov 3, 2006 | 4:28 pm
#47
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Originally Posted by bpan0704
How can you get 4 CC. I applied 3rd CC, and they cancalled 1 of my CC.
By the way, lots of folks have five or six cards with the same bank open at the same time (like me). ^
Nov 3, 2006 | 10:11 pm
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Originally Posted by best
Did you notice Dudemon did not post any more details/ responses?
Why do you suppose that is?
Nov 3, 2006 | 10:17 pm
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Originally Posted by Dudemon
62 cards for a total of 764,000 miles and points + about $550 in cash bonuses & credit protection checks.
Waiting for 10 more cards to post for another 235,000 miles / points.
Waiting for 10 more cards to post for another 235,000 miles / points.
Nov 3, 2006 | 10:48 pm
#51
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I guess that the implication of some above remarks is that there has been some exaggeration by some posters in this thread as to how many miles they have gotten with credit cards.
To the contrary, I think the thrust of this thread is correct. You can get a whale of a lot of miles with credit card bonuses.
If I were more dedicated I would try to count up my bonus miles and credit cards. Probably about 20-30 cards and maybe 5-600,000 miles (on Delta, UAL and AA, not counting Starpoints, Marriott etc.
I do know that I have flown recently to BKK, DPS, NRT and BEJ recently in J or F for free. Thanks to credit card bonus miles.
And, in the past flew J or F to London, France, Egypt and Israel, again for free. Still have several hundred thousand miles waiting to be burned. 
To the contrary, I think the thrust of this thread is correct. You can get a whale of a lot of miles with credit card bonuses.
If I were more dedicated I would try to count up my bonus miles and credit cards. Probably about 20-30 cards and maybe 5-600,000 miles (on Delta, UAL and AA, not counting Starpoints, Marriott etc.
I do know that I have flown recently to BKK, DPS, NRT and BEJ recently in J or F for free. Thanks to credit card bonus miles.
And, in the past flew J or F to London, France, Egypt and Israel, again for free. Still have several hundred thousand miles waiting to be burned.
Nov 3, 2006 | 11:04 pm
#52
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Originally Posted by best
Did you notice Dudemon did not post any more details/ responses?
)Believe what I wrote or not, its up to you.
(IMHO this thread is in the wrong forum)
Nov 5, 2006 | 5:15 pm
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Originally Posted by pushback
It is true--sometimes I have to stop and think "what store am I in and what card do I use" when I am making a purchase.
First of all, I don't use any of the mileage cards beyond the initial need to get the bonus miles. That used to mean buy a cup of coffee. Recently AA and UA have both set the requirement that you must spend $250. Well, I suppose that helps them at least break even on an account-by-account basis. God love 'em.
Here's my method to my madness:
Costco: I use my American Express Platinum Cashback card. Tiers up to 1.5% and I get a bigger rebate with this than if I use the Costco card which is a flat 1%.
Restaurants: I use the Costco card. Give me 3% back. Better yet if I can use it at an Idine restaurant and bag 10 miles per $. Sometimes I can triple dip by using the online entertainment book savers guide. When you can get all the planets to line up just right it feels like you are eating for free.
Gas/Supermarkets: I used to use the Citibank Dividend Visa. I had that card since 1993 when it paid 2% on everything. Over the years I have gotten almost 6K in rebates. Then they went to 1% and I stopped using it. Then they went to 5% on gas and supermarkets. So I started using it only there. Now they did away with that so I put it on the shelf. Recently I had applied for the American Express/Citibank Dividend card. That one is still getting 5% but I hear unofficially that will go away in December. I think I may have a Case card that does 5% for gas and groceries--I'll have to check that out before December.
AA tickets: I use the AA business Visa. Gives me 2 miles per $ on AA purchases.
In hotels (Hyatt, Hilton, SPG) I tend to use their card to get the point multiples and or signup bonuses for 1st, 2nd stay, etc.
When I fly (rent planes) I use the AOPA Visa. That, until recently, gave me 5% rebate on all aviation purchases. They changed it to something called "Worldpoints." I will probably close it.
For everything else--I currently have an ATT Visa that I had not used for years. They sent me an incentive to use it--5% on everything up to $300 rebate. So until I exhaust that I will use it everywhere the above cards do not apply.
When that goes away I will fall back on my Fidelity card that puts 2% into my kids 529 account. My poor kids have not gotten a dime for months.
I think that covers everything.
First of all, I don't use any of the mileage cards beyond the initial need to get the bonus miles. That used to mean buy a cup of coffee. Recently AA and UA have both set the requirement that you must spend $250. Well, I suppose that helps them at least break even on an account-by-account basis. God love 'em.
Here's my method to my madness:
Costco: I use my American Express Platinum Cashback card. Tiers up to 1.5% and I get a bigger rebate with this than if I use the Costco card which is a flat 1%.
Restaurants: I use the Costco card. Give me 3% back. Better yet if I can use it at an Idine restaurant and bag 10 miles per $. Sometimes I can triple dip by using the online entertainment book savers guide. When you can get all the planets to line up just right it feels like you are eating for free.
Gas/Supermarkets: I used to use the Citibank Dividend Visa. I had that card since 1993 when it paid 2% on everything. Over the years I have gotten almost 6K in rebates. Then they went to 1% and I stopped using it. Then they went to 5% on gas and supermarkets. So I started using it only there. Now they did away with that so I put it on the shelf. Recently I had applied for the American Express/Citibank Dividend card. That one is still getting 5% but I hear unofficially that will go away in December. I think I may have a Case card that does 5% for gas and groceries--I'll have to check that out before December.
AA tickets: I use the AA business Visa. Gives me 2 miles per $ on AA purchases.
In hotels (Hyatt, Hilton, SPG) I tend to use their card to get the point multiples and or signup bonuses for 1st, 2nd stay, etc.
When I fly (rent planes) I use the AOPA Visa. That, until recently, gave me 5% rebate on all aviation purchases. They changed it to something called "Worldpoints." I will probably close it.
For everything else--I currently have an ATT Visa that I had not used for years. They sent me an incentive to use it--5% on everything up to $300 rebate. So until I exhaust that I will use it everywhere the above cards do not apply.
When that goes away I will fall back on my Fidelity card that puts 2% into my kids 529 account. My poor kids have not gotten a dime for months.
I think that covers everything.
this is incredible but how do you have time to keep track of all this? just reading it exhausted me.
Nov 5, 2006 | 5:21 pm
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Originally Posted by wanaflyforless
This is not a very smart thread! 
Last edited by fly co to see the yanks; Nov 5, 2006 at 5:26 pm
Nov 5, 2006 | 5:30 pm
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Originally Posted by fly co to see the yanks
this is incredible but how do you have time to keep track of all this? just reading it exhausted me.
It sounds like a lot but once its all in place the overhead in minimal. Unless of course you want to go wacko by tracking everything on a spreadsheet. No thanks. The folks on Fatwallet.com tend to be that "AR." More power to them.
Nov 5, 2006 | 6:12 pm
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Those of us that do this would prefer to chat by PM. We that do these things should not post on threads like this for risk of not being able to do these things any longer.
Nov 5, 2006 | 6:24 pm
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Originally Posted by drbond
Those of us that do this would prefer to chat by PM. We that do these things should not post on threads like this for risk of not being able to do these things any longer.
Yet, I have concluded the banks don't give a flying banana about the bonus miles thing. If they did, they would have done something about it long ago.
Nov 5, 2006 | 6:32 pm
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