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My Review of FTU Advanced San Diego and Tacos el Gordo

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Good morning everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend.  Myself and approximately 200 other miles and points “collectors” gathered at the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay in San Diego this past weekend.  We had several speakers from Boarding Area (Greg @ Frequent Miler, Ben/Lucky @ One Mile at a Time, Gary @ View from the Wing, Scott @ Travel Codex, and Stefan @ Rapid Travel Chai) along with Mathew @ Upgrd.  The event began Friday night with a cocktail reception out on the lawn and it was my first chance to meet the other attendees.  I must confess, I had appetizers in the Regency Club before the reception and went back afterwards for some dessert.  The food in the Regency Club was very fresh and the desserts were delicious.

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Citi Double Cash Earning Structure and Cash Back Redemption Offers

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Good morning everyone, I just wanted to share my experience and findings using the new Citi Double Cash Credit Card.  I recently converted my Citi Dividend Credit Card to the Citi Double Cash Credit Card since the upcoming categories did not interest me.  My first statement just closed and I learned some interesting things about my Citi Double Cash Credit Card.

First of all, this is what the front and back of the credit card looks like.  The card has no raised/embossed numbers or letters.  The card has EMV Chip and Signature but it does charge a 3% foreign transaction fee for all international purchases.  If you pay a 3% fee but only get 2% cash back, you are losing.  Never take this credit card out of the country.

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I’m not Worried about Redbird Card Shutdowns

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Good evening everyone, the word on the street blogosphere is that American Express is starting to shutdown Redbird Cards.  The story was first announced on FlyerTalk and quickly spread to other forums and onto the miles and points blogs.  Here is the image of the email that was uploaded to the FlyerTalk thread.  American Express accuses the user of “repeated suspicious activity” by loading funds onto the Redbird Card and withdrawing the funds (via ACH bank transfer) “and/or bill pays equal to the account balance immediately following “Cash” Reloads.”

Suspicious Redbird Email

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Blog Readers Appreciation Day: 3 $10 Amazon eGift Card Giveaway

Good afternoon everyone, I hope your weekend is going well and that the weather is not too bad wherever you are.  I just wanted to thank all the readers for making February my best month ever in terms of total page views.  My goal for February was to break the 100,000 total page view mark, but I completely blew past that mark, finishing at 121,103 total page views!  My goal for March is to go for 150,000 total page views.

TWG Stats for February 2015

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Missed News and my CLEAR Card Enrollment Experience

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Good morning everyone, dang, I take one day off from blogging to finish my taxes (such a pain in the butt) and I miss out some big miles and points developments.  I guess sometime between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning, there was an issue loading Redbird/Bluebird/Serve Cards and even logging into your account.  I was able to load the last $1,500 onto my Redbird Card last night, so everything seems back to normal.  I looked around my Redbird account and looked for new features, but didn’t see anything new.  Frequent Miler has the latest info.

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