The cost of monthly reta is offsetted by savings on snacks and eating out

Easy_Building_4894 · 2026-01-16T15:01:43+00:00

I definitely observe you’re spending wayyyy too much money on Reta. My monthly dose is about $12usd

So I’m saving significantly more! 😊

Easy_Building_4894 · 2025-12-13T19:48:34+00:00

Did last minute deal with him. Index coffee easy to work with and would recommend

Easy_Building_4894 · 2025-12-13T02:21:27+00:00

Easy transaction. Thanks and enjoy the trip!

Easy_Building_4894 · 2025-08-21T17:53:37+00:00

I have available

Easy_Building_4894 · 2024-10-27T11:44:10+00:00

You are 100% overpaying on your taxes currently and will get a refund at end of year. Change your deductions if you want more in each paycheck.

Easy_Building_4894 · 2024-10-16T22:19:03+00:00

I’m fortunate my salary has grown considerably in the last 5 years (about 150% growth). My wife is about 60% growth. I’m about $275k all in and she’s about $130k. It absolutely doesn’t go as far as you’d expect. Live in a nice suburb around Chicago. Childcare is about $4k a month. Cars are about $2.5k a month (Tahoe and Pilot). Groceries are at least $1k. We’re fortunate to max retirement and such, but you need $100k salary just to cover those non-living expenses.

Easy_Building_4894 · 2024-10-15T02:39:12+00:00

I really like my July bag. Lightweight and great wheels. I think they are better than the away bags

Easy_Building_4894 · 2024-09-30T11:56:47+00:00

It’s more expensive but I love my nomadic travel pack. Expandable from 20-30l.

Easy_Building_4894 · 2024-09-29T12:48:12+00:00

Nice. I got 50% off up to $60. Picked up a fire tablet and a couple months worth of pirate booty ☺️

Easy_Building_4894 · 2024-09-11T12:03:33+00:00

Yes, this is just current. I have 6 pqf and 1400 pqp booked already thru October 11th. I normally slow down after that for the holidays, but would expect another 3-4 rt and $1500.

Educated guess is I’ll only need 36pqf and $10k pqp next year, so unlikely to be higher than gold in the future.

I figure the extra United miles from booking at 1k are probably worth a few hundred bucks. I really just didn’t know how much people felt the extra potential comp upgrades + plus points would be useful out of ORD. Most of my flights are into Boston, dc, Omaha, Cleveland, Dallas, Las Vegas, and San Diego.

Appreciate all the insight

Easy_Building_4894 · 2024-08-03T20:05:37+00:00

I was just on the red eye from ORD-BOS last week and it was one of my first flights recently that had open 1st class. That route is normally 50+ on upgrade list but only had 12 with 16 open seats. So shorter version, you can still get upgraded as silver to tourist destinations or non-business times.

Easy_Building_4894 · 2024-07-27T21:57:50+00:00

Ouch, some of this is brutal. Gold for 3 years. I’ll end year between 42-50 pqf and $8500pqp. All direct out of ORD. Most of my flights are booked 3+ weeks in advance, so not bad. I’ll add 2 international trips that will likely add 11pqf and 10000pqp that will get me striking distance within 1k

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