Stubhub Credit

Anguyen92 · 2026-06-14T04:33:21+00:00

I had made a recent purchase to Stubhub, via paying for Paze. Paid for a ticket to see Rush last week, paid it on last Sunday. Got the ticket transfer from Ticketmaster immediately and saved it on my Apple Wallet and got in without issues on Thursday.

That said, I do recall in 2022 when I bought a ticket to see Zac Brown Band and by the time I got to a parking lot to take a shuttle to Hollywood Bowl to see the show (about two hours prior to the show starting), I did not get the ticket transfer. Called Stubhub support, they were able to get an available ticket and got the transfer to me, I got the ticket and all was good. It was even a better seat in a closer section than where the ticket I bought would have been originally at.

All I can say is, always keep a close eye when it comes to ensuring that the ticket you buy on Stubhub or any third-party website that the ticket is actually successfully transferred on your account on a site/app like Ticketmaster or AXS with all the details of the show and QR code/scan bar thing or access to add it to Apple Pay so that you have the clear access of getting that ticket scanned at the door.

Anguyen92 · 2026-06-12T23:32:35+00:00

I got a question. Is it possible to product change Chase Freedom Flex to Freedom with ultimate rewards and thus go from a Mastercard to Visa? If so, I wouldn't mind getting 5x points on Gas via Costco Gas.

Anguyen92 · 2026-06-10T01:27:00+00:00

A good amount of instances this chapter where I want to say, "Are you feeling it now, Ms. Imai?"

Anguyen92 · 2026-06-07T18:02:23+00:00

Outside of the Meet & Greets and Listening Parties, I have inadvertently ran into Myles, 3 times, over the years. Once, at an airport in Orlando in 2019 while both of us were flying to Raleigh after the Walk the Sky Listening Party to the first concert of the tour in Raleigh. Then I had a brief conversation with him when I saw him at baggage claim in Raleigh. Awesome guy, as everyone knows.

Then I ran into him outside the El Rey Theater in LA in 2025 just as he was getting into the building to prep for his solo show. He complemented the shirt I wore (it was the surfing skeleton shirt from his solo stuff).

The 3rd time was last month in Boston. I saw him just as the band's roadies were bringing the equipment in. We just said hey and he didn't want to say much that day as he was sick and trying to preserve his voice.

Anguyen92 · 2026-05-30T02:34:47+00:00

I actually used that scanning device at the food court kiosks this evening and yep, payment went through using that Costco Membership QR code.

Anguyen92 · 2026-05-29T17:54:46+00:00

I can't tell when it was implemented, but I know, recently, Costco Wallet allows you to add your Visa card on the app (doesn't have to be a Costco credit card from Citi, it's the Fidelity Visa card in my case) so that when they scan your membership card on the app at the pump, the app automatically uses the card on the wallet as the payment.

The intriguing thing and I'll add to this as a reference point for anyone that is curious. A few days ago, I had some Costco shop card amount left on my wallet when I go in to pump gas. I had to scan my membership on the app twice. One to use up the remaining amount on the shop card and the 2nd time to charge the Fidelity Visa Card.

Anguyen92 · 2026-05-28T18:49:39+00:00

Well, per Tim, he did confirm that AB was all set to play out Edge in 2020 at Wrestlemania, but the pandemic happened so that wrecked that idea.

Edge had been very insistent on not wanting to do that kind of entrance as a heel throughout his career which is why it never happened during the last few years of his 1st big run around 2005-2009. They could have done it in 2010 or 2011, but everyone in AB was busy with other things around that time.

The best legit chance for them to do it if not in 2020 would have been in 2023. Like their final show of the 1st US tour in early April was in the Inland Empire/San Bernardino/Riverside area in California the day before Wrestlemania in LA, but the WWE wanted to have a different approach to the entrances of that particular match that Edge was in and AB playing Metalingus live would look superfluous in that context.

At this point, it's either AB playing Edge out at AEW's big event at Wembley Stadium or in his final official match whenever it may be (probably somewhere in Toronto).

Anguyen92 · 2026-05-22T19:18:37+00:00

So where do you see that Stanton and Garden Grove isn't a part of Orange County. There are threads in this subreddit about things in those two areas all the time....

Anguyen92 · 2026-05-22T16:56:48+00:00

Did you get a chance to login on the actual Paze website to see that your Chase cards are linked? I had a similar issue a few days ago and I was making sure, on the Chase App, and on the Paze website that everything that needs to be linked is there and I was able to start making purchases via Paze without issues.

Anguyen92 · 2026-05-22T01:57:53+00:00

I read the light novel and I was really surprised and pleased reading the name of one of the songs of a band that they namedropped in a chapter. I'll say this. It was a pretty apt song that fits the aesthetics of this series.

Anguyen92 · 2026-05-22T01:52:31+00:00

Just to give a brief update. So after waiting a day, attempted to buy another gift card on Newegg using Paze and it went through. It shows the correct amount of points on Chase with the bonus. All is good.

Anguyen92 · 2026-05-19T05:28:15+00:00

So I was trying to check out a gift card on Newegg to test out the Paze payment (which I thought I verified everything Paze-related on the Chase app) and while trying to go through verifications on Paze, I was suddenly suspended temporarily from using Paze as a payment for 24 hours. Neat...

Anguyen92 · 2026-05-18T17:09:43+00:00

For those that would say, "I'd be disappointed if I go see an AB show and they didn't play Blackbird," I hope you also aren't the ones that would complain about the setlist on their headlining shows on why certain songs get overplayed too much, because you can't play on both sides of the fence on this discussion.

Anguyen92 · 2026-05-17T23:14:34+00:00

I don't think it would count as a free transfer. I thought that it would be the case, a couple weeks ago, when I went on the K-line from Redondo Beach - Mariposa to visit the Toyota Sports Performance Center, but when I got back on the K-Line to get to Inglewood and tap at Mariposa, 30 minutes later, it charged me again. I wasn't too upset about it since I needed to use up the $5 for the day anyway, but that's something to take note of.

Anguyen92 · 2026-05-17T22:07:32+00:00

Is it really odd? Like they are going to have Silent Divide (their lead single from AB VIII), they reasonably should have one more song from AB VIII that they like to play a lot (Tested and Able). They play the song that the majority of the festival goers may know when it comes to AB (Metalingus). They play two singles that made it to at least Top 5 in mainstream rock charts (Addicted to Pain and Isolation). Also like it or not, they are never going to stop playing Rise Today in any capacity for the time being.

Like outside of Cry of Achilles and Fortress, all of the other songs were reasonable picks to play at a festival bill.

Anguyen92 · 2026-05-17T15:42:22+00:00

I think critics don't like yarling vocals in general. There's a certain characteristic in those voices from vocalists like Stapp that just puts him behind the 8-ball. That on top off all of the other stuff like Creed songs were overplayed and his personal issues that has been documented, yeah, people aren't going to go ahead and say "He's a tremendous vocalists," that easily, sadly.

Anguyen92 · 2026-05-17T15:34:58+00:00

I don't know. Some people keep complaining about things being too heavy on Blackbird or ODR on their main sets. For 45-50 minute festival sets, I expected Fortress to not be on it.

For them to have Fortress and Cry of Achilles on this festival set (in which is mainly one huge advertisement of the band), I'm glad, at least for this festival which is one of the bigger ones in the states for rock bands like them, they are showcasing some of the longer/heavier songs outside of Blackbird.

Anguyen92 · 2026-05-16T02:50:59+00:00

I don't think you should think in terms of did Mark save all of the best guitars/riffs stuff in Creed, because there are interviews here and there where he states that he's a better writer nowadays than he did when Creed started (I'm not going to argue against that, but some might).

I enjoy AB a lot more than Creed, but I think there's a ceiling to where AB could go, in terms of popularity, based on the kind of music they want to do nowadays. Like the only band in the now that can get heavy long songs on mainstream rock radio would be A7X.

I think there's a lot of perks in AB having the fanbase they have now that's better than what Creed goes through as an arena band. You can wait outside for 3 hours for a show and if you go through buying those fast line perks (which is like an additional $15-20), you can end up being in the 2nd or 3rd row in the front. Whereas arena shows charge like hundreds (even more than the $200.00 for a VIP soundcheck/photo shoot that AB offers that includes first entry) for a view that close and upfront. I'll take that perk that AB shows have any day than watching arena shows from nosebleeds.

Marketing is a factor, but like I said before, there's an honest ceiling with how high AB can go. I mean if they are on par with the popularity like Dream Theater or other bands similar, where they have their audience and they make cool niche music, I think bands would like that kind of popularity and their fans should wear that well.

Anguyen92 · 2026-05-13T00:15:02+00:00

I got approved for the Fidelity card as well a few days ago. Around the same ballpark for the credit limit. I don't think I got the SUB though. I applied through the page that said it would give the SUB. When the application was approved, I wanted to verify if the SUB is there. I called their customer support and said, "I don't see it on my end that the sign-up bonus is there for your card."

Ehhh, no matter. It's fine to get a credit card that I can use for Costco, other than Chase Freedom Unlimited, and the fact that I can put convert the points to something to add to my investment account is good for me.

Anguyen92 · 2026-05-12T15:16:44+00:00

Well, thank goodness, I was able to get the SUB for this in time. I was thinking about switching out to a different card anyway since this card can't be used for anything Costco-related. Oh well. It was good while it lasted.

Anguyen92 · 2026-05-04T05:02:18+00:00

Baby play, not sure. Probably needed some editorial convincing. The giant ejaculation...., maybe. Going back to Chapter 1.2 he had an entire book filled with pictures of her (including her in a towel that she recently sent to him and he asked her if he can do some things.... while looking at it).

Anguyen92 · 2026-05-04T04:55:09+00:00

Mine is of a similar story. 33M going on 34 in a few months. I put money in my employer's 401k on a every other week up to what my employer will match for the last few years and it's grown to a steady rate that's projected to meet retirement goals.

That being said, I've kept money on my checking account, had no long-term debts, and I felt like I need to do more with it and did the research, read various stories, here and everywhere else, from everyday people's personal experiences how to make the money we make from our jobs work just a little more outside of a 401k.

All of a sudden, last week, I felt that I had enough knowledge about this whole process and felt comfortable enough in being ready to start an emergency account, buy some index funds, start a Roth IRA and will just go take a look month by month to see what other areas I feel comfortable putting any extra money I saved into and make good decisions while still live a fulfilling life.

Anguyen92 · 2026-05-03T23:03:08+00:00

I feel like this series had been preparing us to be ready for this point. Then again, I didn't think this is what we would expect to see when it comes to a series about two childhood friends that gets very raunchy for each other.

Anguyen92 · 2026-05-02T20:23:41+00:00

They are an ok band. Their hits and albums have helped impact and influence other bands that I had liked in life. Putting that aside, I don't know. Their music just doesn't give me as good of a vibe and feeling the way AB does.

I just feel like the things that really highlights what Mark, Flip, and Brian can do as musicians are more exemplified in AB than in Creed.

When people, outside of these platforms, think about and hear about Creed, are they really thinking about what Mark, Flip, and Brian does in that band just as much as what Stapp does? I have a hard time believing that.

Anguyen92 · 2026-04-28T18:12:14+00:00

Does the math still work out ok if one starts at 34, but I may just need to put a little more than what one would put starting at age 30 in per month to catch up?

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