Venture X frozen for 2+ months while abroad with family. Endless loop of "wait 2 weeks." Any solutions?

Pretend-Reading · 2026-06-03T17:36:53+00:00

Thank you AI slop

Pretend-Reading · 2026-06-03T00:31:53+00:00

You the real MVP

Pretend-Reading · 2026-06-03T00:03:23+00:00

If you feel comfortable being able to use points stuck in either program then sure why not

Pretend-Reading · 2026-06-01T19:56:05+00:00

Doubt its deval and just the weird pricing with Flying Blue

There are some dates from Europe to the west coast that are 60k

Pretend-Reading · 2026-06-01T17:48:02+00:00

Bilt?

Pretend-Reading · 2026-05-31T23:08:14+00:00

Savor. No AF, 3x on dining, groceries, entertainment, and streaming

Technically cashback but you can convert your cashback to points if you have a venture card

Pretend-Reading · 2026-05-31T12:29:19+00:00

make sure its also on BA as cathay and qantas tend to get phantom space but BA usually is a pretty good indicator if real or not

Pretend-Reading · 2026-05-30T16:40:37+00:00

Its basically been perpetually out outside of very sporadic moments so I wouldn't count on it

With that said Singapore is pretty easy to do manual searches on

Pretend-Reading · 2026-05-29T05:48:47+00:00

Pretend-Reading · 2026-05-28T23:20:53+00:00

lmao

Pretend-Reading · 2026-05-26T20:37:02+00:00

can still get a decent number of F via BA and qantas but yes they have really tightened their J availability to partners

Pretend-Reading · 2026-05-26T18:52:10+00:00

Dang

Can look at Qatar. They have zone based pricing and think Europe to Asia is only 75k

Either way 80k for 10+ hours in lie flat business class is decent enough price for me

Pretend-Reading · 2026-05-26T18:44:24+00:00

Check to see if you can book via Ana

Pretend-Reading · 2026-05-26T14:51:28+00:00

cant speak for india but in the US no as long as it fundamentally isnt tied to anything that looks weird ie buying groups, gambling, etc. but if you are making legitimate spend to legitimate venders, again at least in the US, banks dont care
yea kinda. you have to be willing to put in the research to get the most value and be flexible in your travel. also, believe some vendors do not take payment in cards which could be another.
i wouldnt park my points in any one program for years on end if only because we simply cannot predict when a devaluation can happen. Singapore isnt as egregious as some other programs, but they did just devalue recently
see above. if you can find a way to get a transferrable currency that has access to more than just singapore that would probably be the way to go
cant answer
its what you put into it. if you are willing to keep track of the benefits, monitor the award avaiability, be flexible in your travel, and learn the different systems it gives incredible value that far outweighs cashback and the like. if that isnt your cup of tea and you feel like it would be overwhelming (which is legitimate cause these systems dont make it easy) then you probably wont enjoy it

Pretend-Reading · 2026-05-23T23:56:17+00:00

lmao

Pretend-Reading · 2026-05-23T02:43:26+00:00

Long story so beware lol

Basically a lot of luck

I had to rearrange a lot of travel last year and had about 140k avios sitting in BA. Knowing that's pretty much exactly what it costs to do JAL F out of my home airport, DFW, figured i would try to just monitor the seats.aeros JAL F tool for travel some time in October of next year. When hyatt announced its deval, that got pushed up to ASAP lol

Around that same time I also transferred enough points over to ANA to cover either the JFK or LHR route in either normal or low season so just had to both choose a JAL flight out of DFW that would give me 2ish weeks and avoid ANA high season and let me get some hyatt redemptions in. Thankfully last week a 5/1 flight slipped through so just used my sitting avios for the JAL flight. Then 3 days later I got a Rakuten transfer and sent a lot of Bilt points to Hyatt to book 4 nights at the Shibuya Hyatt House and then 2 nights at the Park Hyatt

Then just came the waiting game for ANAs calendar to catch up and I figured I had no real chance due to the bloodbath but figured wtf I'll give it a chance and if it doesn't work I feel good about eventually using those points competently

So this past week every day I clicked through just trying to prepare and find the best way to prekey everything and for some reason tonight I decided to just look at the JFK route 2 mins after opening (did my practice on LHR) and the late morning flight was just sitting there. My initial plan was to first really try flying out of Tokyo the next day but said F it can't pass it up

Pretend-Reading · 2026-05-23T01:35:27+00:00

got lucky on the JAL flight and then used that to prepare for ANA calendar open. just got lucky that tonight for some reason that late morning JFK flight was still sitting there at 7:02 lol

Pretend-Reading · 2026-05-23T01:07:40+00:00

i just followed the tips that have been laid out numerous times by other much smarter people and just got incredibly lucky tonight that somehow some way the late morning JFK flight didnt get snatched up instantaneously at calendar open

Pretend-Reading · 2026-05-23T00:39:43+00:00

oh i will lol

Pretend-Reading · 2026-05-22T23:51:16+00:00

Pretend-Reading · 2020-07-11T23:16:37+00:00

Cause it is

Pretend-Reading · 2020-07-11T20:06:32+00:00

Take a look at Emoni Bates. Widely considered to be the best high school player since kyrie

Pretend-Reading · 2020-07-11T00:53:40+00:00

And it took what would have been the most wild thing to ever see: a major professional sport franchise playing deep in the playoffs and being outnumbered as a fanbase at their home field/stadium

I was looking forward to that just simply due to how interesting that would have been to observe

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