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The best flight attendant ever
Miles and I recently flew to Mexico City to work with SmileTrain and witness the work they do. If you’re unfamiliar with SmileTrain they are an amazing organization that works with children who suffer from cleft lips and palates. We were very lucky to see the incredible work that they do. For just $250 a child can have life-changing and often times life-saving surgery as well as on going therapy. They do incredible work. If you’re interested in donating you can do so here: https://secure.smiletrain.org/site/SPageNavigator/donate_now.html
On the flight down, we were flying economy but got a completely random upgrade to First class. We didn’t use 500 mile upgrades, pay anything extra, or use points. It was one of those rare occurrences where we were called to the ticket counter and issued new tickets…in first class. It was there that we had the most fun, hilarious, and best flight attendant ever. He wanted to do a photo shoot with Miles prior to take off, and then even once we were airborne the fun continued. My only regret was that I’d forgotten those little passes that Elites receive at the beginning of the year that you can give to flight attendants who do a great job. So if Randy is out there reading this, you were awesome my friend, awesome.
Anyways, here is: Randy – the best flight attendant ever
Randy knew how much Miles loves posing with people and Hanging out. heh, heh, heh
Great form, Randy.
Randy informed us to secure our mask first…then assist your fellow Monkey. Thanks R-dawg!
Holy Bananas! Randy knew where da Bacardi at!
Thanks Randy
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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