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Driving Up to the Bay Area and Listening to Serial Podcast

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Driving Up to the Bay Area and Listening to Serial Podcast

Good evening everyone, after a 6 hour drive from Irvine to Walnut Creek, I have finally settled in to my new room.  My dad drove up with me and I bought him a Southwest Airlines ticket home from Oakland to Orange County (OAK-SNA) #bestdadever.  As we drove, we listened to the Serial Podcast, described on their website as:

Serial is a new podcast from the creators of This American Life, hosted by Sarah Koenig. Serial will follow one story – a true story – over the course of a whole season. We’ll follow the plot and characters wherever they take us and we won’t know what happens at the end of the story until we get there, not long before you get there with us. Each week we’ll bring you the latest chapter, so it’s important to listen in order, starting with Episode 1.

If you like murder mysteries and excellent investigative journalism, you might like this podcast.  If you have an iPhone, iPod, iPad, or iTunes, you can subscribe to the podcast for free, which is a weekly audio program that automatically downloads the latest episode straight to your device.  You can subscribe here.  The episodes come out every Thursday and I have a few more episodes to go until I am all caught up.   Continue reading →

Southwest Airlines Companion Pass – Part 3: Hyatt Points and E-Rewards Transfers

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Southwest Airlines Companion Pass – Part 3: Hyatt Points and E-Rewards Transfers

Good evening everyone, this is part 3 of my Southwest Airlines Companion Pass series.

This post is probably several weeks overdue, but better late than never.  I was waiting for miles and points to transfer and post, then I had to follow up with Southwest Airlines and Hyatt over some issues, and eventually this post got pushed off #backblogged.

Before I get deeper into this post, I have a personal gripe with my Chase Hyatt Credit Card.  This credit card is the only travel credit card (that I know of) where points are deducted from your account if you return something or get a refund to your credit card.  Recently, I canceled an airline ticket that I purchased on my Chase Hyatt Credit Card and the Hyatt Points were removed from my Hyatt account.  Most other travel credit cards will not touch your miles/points if you return an item or get a refund, you will just end up with a positive balance on your credit card.

Chase Hyatt Credit Card Subtractions and Additions Hyatt Points

Because of this “feature” of the Chase Hyatt Credit Card, I mis-spent on my Chase Hyatt Credit Card in terms of earning Hyatt Points.  Oh well, live and learn I guess.

Hyatt Account Balance 11-06-14

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Transfer Chase Ultimate Reward Points from the Chase App

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Transfer Chase Ultimate Reward Points from the Chase App

Chase recently updated their smartphone app for iOS and Android with the ability to transfer Chase Ultimate Reward Points to their travel partners.  I will show you how I recently transferred Chase Ultimate Reward Points to Southwest Airlines on my iPhone.  The process should work the same on an Android phone.  You can follow these steps to transfer Chase Ultimate Reward Points to any of their travel partners.  Without further ado, download the Chase app to your smartphone and log into your Chase account.

Log Into Chase App

Navigate to the Chase account that has Chase Ultimate Reward Points – either a Chase Sapphire Preferred (personal account) or a Chase Ink Bold/Plus (business account).

Select Chase Account

To read the entire post, please click here.  Have a great Thanksgiving holiday everyone!

AMEX Offer Office Depot / Office Max Update, Free $5 Amazon Gift Card, and other Chime Card Offers

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AMEX Offer Office Depot / Office Max Update, Free $5 Amazon Gift Card, and other Chime Card Offers

Good evening everyone, earlier this morning I posted the AMEX Offer for Office Depot / Office Max (link) where you would receive a $10 statement credit for a purchase of $50 or more on your enrolled AMEX card.

Office Depot Office Max AMEX Offer

Shortly after creating that post, I drove over to my local Office Depot store and bought 2 $200 Visa Gift Cards (you can only buy the fixed value cards at Office Depot, not the variable load cards that say $20-$500 in the corner).  I kindly asked the cashier if she should split the payment into multiple $50 payments and she agreed.  Splitting the payment was really easy, all you do is swipe your AMEX card, tell the cashier how much you want to charge (they will need to change the amount from the default full amount to $50), sign your name on the credit card reader, and repeat until all your AMEX cards have been used.  Immediately after every purchase, my iPhone received the AMEX alert and email confirmation.

Office Depot GCs and Receipt

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Schedule Change: Orange County Meetup on Saturday November 15 at 12pm at In-N-Out (2 New AMEX Offers and Slow News Week)

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Schedule Change: Orange County Meetup on Saturday November 15 at 12pm at In-N-Out

Good morning everyone.  Many of you said that meeting at 12pm (noon) tomorrow for the OC Meetup would work better for you, so let’s do it.  Same place, new time.  IF the new time does not work for you, I will have another meetup on Saturday December, 13, time TBD.

  • When: 12PM – 2PM on Saturday, November 15
  • Where: In-N-Out at the Tustin District: 2895 Park Ave, The District, Tustin, CA 92782 (map)
  • Why: Talk miles and points with me and other locals (possibly share some secrets too)

In-N-Out Address

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