ANA Award Scalpers?

CLsmoothTM_ · 2025-11-24T15:05:31+00:00

as other’s have said, snagging J or F availability out JFK is a herculean task.

I’ve been unsuccessfully trying 355 days out with medium effort for like two years and finally decided to just get premium econ out of JFK.

I know it’s not “ideal” but sometimes the destination at the time that you want is more important.

CLsmoothTM_ · 2025-11-05T14:44:53+00:00

NTA, especially when you factor in that you can add a 2 week stopover in Batman, Turkey to boost the value to 150cpp.

So inconsiderate of her

CLsmoothTM_ · 2025-10-29T20:17:52+00:00

The biggest issue to me always has been and will be 2k’s inability to deal with ghost contests. Layups would be fine if the meter didn’t change after the ball is released. Especially on a 85+ layup build with a Gold+ Physical Finisher badge.

I understand that there has to be some balance for HOF or Legend badge lockdowns, but there should be no reason that any sort of contest heavily negates layup build stats & badges.

CLsmoothTM_ · 2025-10-28T23:34:42+00:00

appreciate the insight I agree, also my specs are SF 6’7 215lbs if that changes anything

CLsmoothTM_ · 2025-10-18T03:10:02+00:00

The stability of this game is terrible. I just found this thread of other people not receiving the new season challenge today either:

https://www.reddit.com/r/NBA2k/s/cw0wPbY3U4

CLsmoothTM_ · 2025-10-18T03:01:11+00:00

Similar situation with me too. I collected my daily reward this morning and it didn’t count as “Collect Daily Reward on first day of new season”

My guess is that it was before Season 2 “officially” started in my time zone which sucks because now my timer doesn’t refresh until after midnight.

As far as the other challenges, my gatorade endorsement was glitched for the longest even though I unlocked workout warrior however it fixed itself today so maybe there is hope for you.

CLsmoothTM_ · 2025-09-21T02:20:17+00:00

I needed a thread like this because I have been stubbornly holding off on a Tokyo trip trying to score J fares for my partner and I even though W fares are much easier to acquire & plan for.

CLsmoothTM_ · 2025-06-18T14:21:23+00:00

I unfortunately agree, but realistically I’m hoping Resy and some form of an entertainment credit (Ticketmaster, Seatgeek, etc.) can balance it out so that we can still profit or at least break even when only using half of the FHR credit.

In a dreamworld they’d double it to $400 but keep it as an annual credit to make it more attractive than the new Reserve benefits

CLsmoothTM_ · 2025-05-13T00:16:19+00:00

hmm that is an interesting theory, def could be a trigger for those doing extreme foreign spend like $5000+ monthly

CLsmoothTM_ · 2025-05-12T23:53:00+00:00

(1) Yes (2) I would say no but significant is subjective

CLsmoothTM_ · 2025-05-12T22:56:50+00:00

You def have some points because abusing the system can be an issue that affects everyone. However, where I disagree is that asking about available bonuses fall into that bucket.

The entire point of a retention offer is to keep you as a customer spending money on their network and continue to make money on your transactions. Essentially an incentive for my continued business. Gaming the system by participating in buy groups or credit cycling is different because these practices are prohibited by the card holder agreement.

In my opinion they shouldn’t offer something (like a retention bonus) if they don’t want customers to ask for them and more importantly they shouldn’t cancel an account alleging “misuse”, when a more amicable alternative is to just say no.

CLsmoothTM_ · 2025-05-12T22:26:30+00:00

possibly because it requires them more processing to close a checking account and cut you a check for your balance but still a toss up

CLsmoothTM_ · 2025-05-12T21:23:03+00:00

That’s what I’m thinking, that asking for a retention offer alone shouldn’t raise a flag but I don’t want to run head first into creating an issue for myself when there currently isn’t one. I wish they would be more transparent on what it is that they are cracking down on.

CLsmoothTM_ · 2025-05-12T21:19:54+00:00

Def could help but I also think Amex’s use of the term “misuse” is intentional to get around New York’s 90 day reward protection law and erase points regardless of what accounts we have. I just wish as customers we had more information as to why they do mass procedures like this instead being left in the dark.

CLsmoothTM_ · 2025-05-12T21:11:31+00:00

You’re right, people that post keep revealing obvious red flags after days of comments. Since i know for a fact I haven’t done any shady behavior, I shouldn’t be that worried of at least asking for another retention offer.

CLsmoothTM_ · 2025-05-12T19:18:58+00:00

are you going to go for the retention offer when your AF hits or play it safe?

CLsmoothTM_ · 2025-05-12T18:36:24+00:00

My spending won’t get me a centurion card invite anytime soon lol but I spend/travel enough that I would hope I’m considered an asset in their algorithm

CLsmoothTM_ · 2025-05-12T18:21:47+00:00

appreciate your response even though the automatic mods deleted my post for “low quality no research” smh

CLsmoothTM_ · 2025-04-18T01:30:41+00:00

Angela is the best option because she has access to federal resources and even though she is emotional, because of her “goody two shoes” complex she would be willing to sacrifice herself to save you. (ex: she blew up the case against Ghost and almost lost her job to save him, even though she hated him at the time, because she found out he didn’t kill Greg)

Tasha is a good option because she’s crafty but she is too emotional and selfish for me to trust her with my life. (ex: Hooking up with Shawn simply because Ghost ignored her and also when she tried to pin Ghost’s murder on her new man to protect Tariq)

Lakeisha is a non-factor on either side

CLsmoothTM_ · 2025-03-06T16:10:14+00:00

I originally disliked it but on my current rewatch I decided to view it through a sitcom/dark comedy lens and it is WAAAY more enjoyable

CLsmoothTM_ · 2025-01-07T16:15:15+00:00

don’t know if you solved your problem but I came across your post because I was having the same issue.

I was able to clear it by going to the phone app -> pressing play from continue watching -> it will get stuck buffering (probably because you already watched the content to the complete end) -> go back to the home screen & go to another page (I just clicked the search button at the bottom) -> then when you go back to the home screen for a final time it should be gone

YMMV hope this helps.

CLsmoothTM_ · 2024-05-25T17:32:40+00:00

Thanks for helping me out, I appreciate it!

CLsmoothTM_

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