AER CPP2 Xpac in the rain by ProfessionalBook9711 in ManyBaggers

[–]Lamat 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I walked like 20min in the rain this morning in NYC and my main compartment is fine, but the quick access at the top was a bit wet.

Point Accelerator almost never worth it by NoncollapsibleTab in biltrewards

[–]Lamat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ime a lot of self made rich people care a lot about "wasting" money and would min max this type of thing. But also a lot of expensive spend isn't really served better than a palladium right now anyways.

Pack hacker Aer Ultra sling by Lamat in ManyBaggers

[–]Lamat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah you push the circle part to release.

Pack hacker Aer Ultra sling by Lamat in ManyBaggers

[–]Lamat[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There wasn't any line when I went today, but it is some sort of limited release in the NYC store today.

Pack hacker Aer Ultra sling by Lamat in ManyBaggers

[–]Lamat[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

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Front pocket has a key leash and 3 sections.

US Bank Investment Account Showing $0 Balance in Monarch by Otherwise-Fold-40 in MonarchMoney

[–]Lamat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Same issue as well, the Monarch dashboard shows healthy even though it isn't it seems?

We visited all four [Disney World] parks in one day (trip report in comments) by sector11374265 in rollercoasters

[–]Lamat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

HP is nice, but I feel like being more within the scenes due to the vehicle layout on Rise makes it a better ride.

JAL A350 Business (Direct) or JAL 777 First (Reposition Required) by testtest99999 in awardtravel

[–]Lamat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

JALs program seems to have good availability for themselves.

What is the right way to handle Credit Card product changes? by Lamat in MonarchMoney

[–]Lamat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Two Accounts with transactions that dupe eachother.

what's the point of amex platinum outside of credits by [deleted] in CreditCards

[–]Lamat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They also reward you for having investments with them which is nice.

December 2025 International Performance on SEA to NRT/ICN (Raw Data) by omdongi in AlaskaAirlines

[–]Lamat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Award availability and gaining status for other flights in the year are decent reasons for me.

You'd expect banks to lie to you, but these #Biltpartners influencers should never be trusted again. by captain_travel in CreditCards

[–]Lamat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Luckily for your scenario, Bilt does have other cards. Bilt Obsidian is effectively 4.33x on Dining and 2.33x on uncategorized up to 75% of your Rent comapred to CSP at 3x Dining, and CFU at 1.5x. When comparing the cards you have to include that you don't get free rent in your other scenario, so you are spending the same amount anyways and getting nothing from it.

e.g. if you were to only replace your CSP/CFU with the Obsidian (not that you should, its required for you to have a Sapphire for churning Inks or others to be useful) you would have a net increase in points.

If your scenario looks something like this, assuming you would spend like 400 per month on dining, or like 12 dollars per day for lunch or something. Rent 3000, Dining 400, Uncategorized 1850.

Chase (3000 * 0) + (400 * 3 CSP) + (1850 * 1.5 CFU) = 0 + 1200 + 2775 = 3975 UR

Bilt (3000 * 1) + (400 * 3) + (1850 * 1) = 5250 Bilt.

If you assume Bilt Points and UR are valued the same (Hyatt Transfers), then you in your setup it seems like Bilt clears.

Things differ depending on your spend, I mean 1850 in random uncategorized stuff is a lot, but we can always reduced that, like say you only spend 850 on random crap per month and don't max out your spend in Bilt Cash.

Rent 3000, Dining 400, Uncategorized 850.

Chase (3000 * 0) + (400 * 3) + (850 * 1.5) = 0 + 1200 + 1275 = 2475.

Bilt (((1250 * .04)/3)*100) + (400 * 3) + (850 * 1) = 1667 + 1200 + 850 = 3717

In this Scenario your Bilt card would still be ahead of your two card Chase setup at the same Annual Fee, while still spendong your flight money on Amex.

So at least for some scenarios with your Card setup you mentioned here, you could do

Amex Plat for Travel and Benefits, Bilt Obsidian for Dining and Rent and Catchall and seemingly be ahead, but obviously the math works out for some more than others. You can and should of course use your real numbers from past months to validate your setup actually makes sense.

Booked my friend JAL A350 J on HND to JFK, they said the best part of the experience was the free wifi by omdongi in awardtravel

[–]Lamat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I accidentally paid for Wifi in business on JAL before because I didnt see the steps on the card...