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Credit Card App-O-Rama Preparation: Freezing your ARS and IDA Credit Reports

Credit Card App-O-Rama Preparation: Freezing your ARS and IDA Credit Reports

Why would you want to freeze these credit reports? Good question. US Bank uses these two credit bureaus to check your credit score if you apply for any of their credit cards. The only credit card that might interest you is the Club Carlson Personal Credit Card from US Bank. In order to freeze both of your credit reports, you will need to contact each bureau.

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I am planning a massive (7 card) App-O-Rama on Monday morning and this Club Carlson Personal Credit Card is at the top of my list. The other 6 cards on my list include:

US Airways Personal (this will be my first Barclays card, hopefully they like me this time)
Alaska Airlines Personal (30,000 Alaska Airlines miles for $89 annual fee)
Platinum Mercedes Benz (50,000 Membership Rewards Points and Airline credits)
Citi Dividend (rotating 5x / 5% categories – I don’t need any more AA or HH cards)
IHG Hotel Personal (80,000 IHG points please, bye bye Marriott Card)
Hilton HH Surpass (free upgrade from Amex Hilton HHonors card)

If you have any questions, please leave a comment below.

A friend asks: How many miles will you fly this year?

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A friend asks: How many miles will you fly this year?

He wanted to know if I flew more than 100,000 miles, but I told him it was probably less than 10,000 miles for the year. After he left, I started thinking more and though it was around 25,000 miles flown. I kept thinking of trips I took earlier this year and trips that were coming up and wanted to get an exact number.

I wrote down all my flight segments and went on Great Circle Mapper to find the actual distances. I’ve gone on quite a few trips this year and have plenty more flying through the rest of this year. All my travel is personal, paid with miles or cash.

I added up all the numbers and this is what I got… 44,624 flown miles, wow! That might be my best year ever!

Air France	670
WestJet	1,081
LAN	1,455
United	4,841
Southwest	5,222
Alaska	6,337
American	12,503
US Airways	12,515
TOTAL:	44,624

As you can tell, I’m literally “all over the map” (pun intended) with my airlines and don’t fly any airline exclusively. How many miles will you have flown by the end of the year? Let me know in the comments below.

Choice Hotel Privileges Points take 13 Days to Transfer to Alaska Airlines

Choice Hotel Privileges Points take 13 Days to Transfer to Alaska Airlines

Just a quick follow-up post to Choice Points Post – How to Transfer to AA / AS / DL / UA / US / SWA. In that post, I showed you how to transfer your Choice Privileges Points to American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways, and Southwest Airlines. All transfer were made within an hour of each other on Thursday, July 11.

See Choice Hotel Privileges Points take 8 Days to Transfer to Southwest Airlines

See Choice Hotel Privileges Points take 12 Days to Transfer to AA, US, UA, and DL

This morning (Wednesday, July 24), the Alaska Airlines miles posted to my account. Don’t be confused by the date (7/11/13), that is when I transferred the points from Choice to my Alaska Airlines account. I had been checking this account every day for the miles and they finally showed up today. Continue reading →

Choice Hotel Privileges Points take 12 Days to Transfer to AA, US, UA, and DL

UPDATE: the US Airways, United Airlines, and Delta Airlines miles posted later today after I had initially created this post.

Choice Hotel Privileges Points take 12 Days to Transfer to American Airlines, US Airways, United Airlines, and Delta Airlines

See Choice Hotel Privileges Points take 8 Days to Transfer to Southwest Airlines

This morning (Tuesday, July 23), the American Airlines miles posted to my account. Don’t be confused by the date (7/11/13), that is when I transferred the points from Choice to my American Airlines account. I had been checking this account every day for the miles and they finally showed up today. Continue reading →