Leonard
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I highly recommend visiting the Highlands near Skye!
The Kinlochmoidart Estate is beautiful if you like the countryside (and the surrounding area) and I know the people who help run it.
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It is going to be very tight.
You are arriving in T1 and departing from T4S (satellite).
If you exit T1 and take the shuttle bus to T4 (it is miles away), then go through security again, then take the train from T4 to T4S, then the additional security check for US bound flights….doable but tight.
However, I was looking at this link and it sounds like there is some kind of special bus from T1 to T4S for transit passengers?
This would make it a LOT easier and you wouldn’t have to go through security again.
I would certainly look into this option.
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I usually book direct with AeroMexico but Virgin Atlantic has good rates too!
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Always check this especially if it says “Mixed Cabin”.
Then 1 of your flights in in Business and 1 is in Economy, and normally the long haul flight is in Economy.
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If you’re spending at that volume, I would imagine that keeping $100K in cash or investments at Bank of America / Merrill Edge should be doable, no?
If yes, then Bank of America Premium Rewards or Unlimited Cash Rewards could be a good bet at 2.625% with Platinum Honors.
The issue could initially be the need to spend $50K monthly, but I believe Bank of America will still let you shift credit limits, so you could open 2 or 3 cards if you don’t get a big enough limit on the first one and then call them to shift most of the limits to the card you want to have a big limit on (probably need to pace yourself a bit on that — keep in mind the 2/3/4 rule for them).
There’s also a business version of the Unlimited Cash Rewards card, but getting 2.625% with that would require $100K in business accounts, so it might be easier to go for the consumer side (since moving something like an IRA to Merrill Edge would work if you have $100K in it).
Assuming $50K spent monthly, that would be about $15,900 a year in cash back.
I don’t disagree with other people that I’d still be working in at least a couple of welcome bonuses here and there (at least cash-back bonuses!) because even three or four new cards a year could easily increase that annual cash-back amount by 25% or more.
If you opened 3 INK cards at the 90K bonuses, that’s another $2800+ if you take them as cash back (and the rewards from the minimum spend requirements included).
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I love London at Christmas!
Use your Hilton points at the Trafalgar St. James and you’ll be surrounded by lights, shopping, excellent food, and beautiful concerts.
The market stalls there are not at the level of what I’ve seen in photos of Germany and Austria, but the shops are full of different and interesting things.
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If you haven’t been convicted then you should be fine.
Just make sure you tell the truth on the application.
Also the Global Entry credit is free with the credit card, so doesn’t matter anyways.
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No, you do not need to purchase it on the Delta card to get the free checked bag.
With American Airlines & Delta cards, the benefits are tied to your loyalty account.
With United, the card is required to be used for the perks (after 90 days of getting the card).
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Yeah, Air Canada is pretty good.
I just transferred points and I don’t have a trip planned for next year yet.
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(1) You have some amount of time after downgrading to undo it if you feel it was a mistake.
(2) While the points are less valuable, and non-transferable, on the Freedom card, this is only temporary.
At some time in the future when you have one of the three transferable cards, you can move them back.
You also have the option to upgrade the Freedom card back to a Sapphire Preferred.
(3) Your original plan still makes sense.
The Venture X card is essentially free (because of the $300 travel credit and 10k retention bonus each year).
If you can’t make that card make sense for you along with a $95 per year Chase card then travel cards might not be for you.
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Another option would be to get a Google Fi account.
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We used Adobe Car Rentals.
There were no suprise charges and they accepted our Chase Sapphire Preferred for CDW without any issues.
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Get him a Wyndham Rewards Earner Business Card!
You can also buy some points.
I believe they’re still on sale
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Any time and you can call daily to see if the offer gets better or if you don’t have an offer if one shows up.
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I would download the free Lounge Buddy app and set it up with your trips and cards.
Much more efficient than posting and waiting for answers.