BofA card = free miles? Think Again
Jan 2, 2003 | 9:23 am
#31
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How hilarious is it that the US Dept of Treasury has a formal definition on file for the word smurfing. What about smurfy, smurfilicious, smurfed, etc.? Gee Smurfette, you're looking smurfiliciously smurfy today.
Talk about a bunch of human beings in a meeting room, drinking bad coffee, wearing bad ties, brainstorming this one. What else was on that whiteboard when the committee voted on "smurfing"?
Talk about a bunch of human beings in a meeting room, drinking bad coffee, wearing bad ties, brainstorming this one. What else was on that whiteboard when the committee voted on "smurfing"?
Jan 3, 2003 | 2:14 am
#33
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Wow!
This thread goes off on more tangents than - ME!
Just back from a great holiday overseas (but not such a great UAL flight starting out) and checking in to say Happy New Year!
As for me, the good ole' BofA cahd is doing just fine. 36k and climbing... no forms, no probs, no conspiracies or lists... Just right.
Why all the worries, mates? Just get one and earn.
(which hardly explains why, upon my return, the IRS, a Bank of America exec, and airport security were waiting to escort me out of the terminal, bring me to a small windowless room, sit me down under a hot hanging lamp and make me wait for what seemed like days... hours, even...
Then, out of nowhere, this tall, Germanic- looking man hurriedly entered and slammed the door shut. He leaned toward me from across the desk with his stern face and monocle on, and said, "Sir, vee are takink bach zose mylez!" With the stroke of a pen and a big ink stamp, my Alaska Airlines account was empty and that was that! The camera panned to a bird's eye view and I shreaked, "KHAAAAAAAN!!!!" But then he walked out and I was free to leave, just like that.)
A wise man in here once reminded me, at a time when I really NEEDED a vacation: It's all only about MILES... 36k and climbing.
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If speed is not your thing, distance may as well be. Enjoy and embrace it all!
This thread goes off on more tangents than - ME!
Just back from a great holiday overseas (but not such a great UAL flight starting out) and checking in to say Happy New Year!
As for me, the good ole' BofA cahd is doing just fine. 36k and climbing... no forms, no probs, no conspiracies or lists... Just right.
Why all the worries, mates? Just get one and earn.
(which hardly explains why, upon my return, the IRS, a Bank of America exec, and airport security were waiting to escort me out of the terminal, bring me to a small windowless room, sit me down under a hot hanging lamp and make me wait for what seemed like days... hours, even...
Then, out of nowhere, this tall, Germanic- looking man hurriedly entered and slammed the door shut. He leaned toward me from across the desk with his stern face and monocle on, and said, "Sir, vee are takink bach zose mylez!" With the stroke of a pen and a big ink stamp, my Alaska Airlines account was empty and that was that! The camera panned to a bird's eye view and I shreaked, "KHAAAAAAAN!!!!" But then he walked out and I was free to leave, just like that.)
A wise man in here once reminded me, at a time when I really NEEDED a vacation: It's all only about MILES... 36k and climbing.
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If speed is not your thing, distance may as well be. Enjoy and embrace it all!
Jan 3, 2003 | 12:11 pm
#34
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: tempe,az,usa
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When I buy money orders at USPS, am I
forced to use PIN based transaction,
or can I also use signature based
transaction.
I did do a search on the flyertalk and
read all the relevant posts. Still not clear
to me:-). I called a post office and
the guy didnt seem to know that much.
Citibank Advantage card gives 1:1 for
a 65$ annual fee debit card, but that
works only for signature based purchases.
If USPS accepts signature based cards,
citibank Advantage card seems like
the best debit card to have.
Since most of you have BOFA debit card,
I think I am missing something?
forced to use PIN based transaction,
or can I also use signature based
transaction.
I did do a search on the flyertalk and
read all the relevant posts. Still not clear
to me:-). I called a post office and
the guy didnt seem to know that much.
Citibank Advantage card gives 1:1 for
a 65$ annual fee debit card, but that
works only for signature based purchases.
If USPS accepts signature based cards,
citibank Advantage card seems like
the best debit card to have.
Since most of you have BOFA debit card,
I think I am missing something?
Nov 7, 2004 | 11:43 pm
#36
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This thread is definitely an interesting read.
It made me start wondering. Now that many FT'ers have CharterOne and other cash churning/point earning systems under their belt, has anyone noticed any increased scrutiny or harrasment over significant money order transactions?
Or has our activity come up as benign and under the noise floor?
From what I've read elsewhere it seems that banks are highly suspicious of large amounts of money orders being deposited by an individual. Even if you stick to the under $3K rule per deposit, banks are still required to report frequent cash transactions as suspicious activity. Again, maybe all this is just lost in the noise. But it would be interesting to hear people's experience.
It made me start wondering. Now that many FT'ers have CharterOne and other cash churning/point earning systems under their belt, has anyone noticed any increased scrutiny or harrasment over significant money order transactions?
Or has our activity come up as benign and under the noise floor?
From what I've read elsewhere it seems that banks are highly suspicious of large amounts of money orders being deposited by an individual. Even if you stick to the under $3K rule per deposit, banks are still required to report frequent cash transactions as suspicious activity. Again, maybe all this is just lost in the noise. But it would be interesting to hear people's experience.
