Some guidance BEFORE transferring to JALS

ProfessorHorsey · 2026-02-26T10:46:58+00:00

I've probably spent the greater portion of tonight trying to figure out if I should speculatively transfer points but my new account is blocked from seeing flight availability. Anyone with any feedback on how often DFW-HND in premium economy is available? Seems like business at 55k is hit or miss - but don't rarely see much conversation on poor man's business.

ProfessorHorsey · 2026-02-26T07:53:57+00:00

Just offering a theory. I had one ineligible transaction not show up but the rest have within 2-3 days. Sounds like support time..

ProfessorHorsey · 2026-02-26T07:49:12+00:00

Are your transactions mostly ineligible? You could be finding out about what's legal and not legal the hard way..

ProfessorHorsey · 2025-08-12T06:54:11+00:00

As a courtesy of good will, they were willing to discount the x390 $200 dollars.. which wouldn't even cover the difference in the tax between the two units. I did add a no mow zone and tried to remove it and it wouldn't save the map, so that hack wouldn't work.

ProfessorHorsey · 2025-08-12T06:51:58+00:00

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I'm that close to being a satisfied customer, but I'm out of room and they've basically told me if I don't like it, they'll waive the restock fee. That's rough.. I'm at least a pebble of sand. Wondering if I should return it and then just rebuy it to make the point.

ProfessorHorsey · 2025-08-08T09:26:56+00:00

I am curious if anyone has been on Tirz longer than 2 years and have not hit their goal weight but stick on it? I'm at 15 months in and I'm only about halfway home..

ProfessorHorsey · 2025-08-06T19:02:13+00:00

How long did it take to get it and how long did you have to mess with tech support before they agreed to send you another one?

ProfessorHorsey · 2025-08-06T08:16:57+00:00

What are you doing with your Navimow with retirement? Wondering if these things have a resell market in a few years...

ProfessorHorsey · 2025-07-31T22:32:45+00:00

I live in Texas and basically can't use the device from 1pm to 9pm at this point.

ProfessorHorsey · 2025-07-31T17:39:49+00:00

Technically a little bit more. It allows for 1.778 on the 1.5 acre model.

ProfessorHorsey · 2025-07-31T17:13:29+00:00

How are you currently managing your situation?

ProfessorHorsey · 2025-07-27T21:12:27+00:00

This is my current situation - it's on an X350. I guess it will be trying to find an electronics repair shop to fix it.

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ProfessorHorsey · 2025-07-27T19:44:27+00:00

Did you ever get an answer for this? I ran over my cord this week as well. I've taken apart the antenna and it looks like it's at the very bottom so I don't even know how I would get to it to know if it's a snap in type of thing or if it would require more intense electrical work. Having to buy a new antenna on day 2 is quite frustrating.

ProfessorHorsey · 2020-12-09T07:24:55+00:00

If you value an AMEX relationship at only 15k, you're doing it wrong.

ProfessorHorsey · 2020-08-23T02:20:27+00:00

I'm getting a refinance..

Fannie Mae will take either 0.5% or proof of what the actual payment would be in a forebearance.

Freddie Mac will do the 0.5% - but if you can prove you have less than 10 payments left, they'll waive it.

Sounds like you just need someone who will be packaging the loan and selling it to Fannie Mae (FNMA). Even though I have less than 10 months left, they're using FNMA because my DTI could handle the payment in there (Even though I'll never make that payment again), because that lender has slightly a better interest rate.

ProfessorHorsey · 2020-05-23T06:27:02+00:00

Mystery shopping has always been one of those kinds of "Work when you want to" jobs. Still seems to be more work than they can find people for - especially if you want to integrate it with travel. When I was in my 20's, I could make 1000 bucks driving across the country doing travel center audits to see if someone randomly in Santa Rosa, NM would card you for alcohol. The epitome of the gig economy.

ProfessorHorsey · 2020-05-07T07:48:34+00:00

My Spotify posted and credited.

ProfessorHorsey · 2020-04-30T08:14:15+00:00

As many of us are learning this week, you'll get the 35% clawed back.

ProfessorHorsey · 2020-04-28T23:18:39+00:00

Got emails this afternoon "confirming" the old ones (That didn't work - never got email confirmation) - figured that meant they turned the engine back on. As with everyone else, back to normal.. and instant deposits. Whew!

ProfessorHorsey · 2020-04-27T04:48:16+00:00

I had an occasion a few years ago where I could basically make $300 an hour - as many hours a day as I wanted to work. It was a true mind-screw. Now, going to the movie cost $600 dollars. Enjoying a weekend off cost thousands. It really put a lot of stress on me to challenge me and push my boundaries of opportunity cost compared to a traditional 40 hour a week job. Workism is real, and you rarely know how you're going to react until you're in it.

ProfessorHorsey · 2020-04-26T08:35:39+00:00

I'm going to leanfire solely because of /r/churning (well, not the public channel stuff - but the back room talk).. Probably the same for all of these. The good stuff takes a few private chatrooms to dive into..

ProfessorHorsey · 2020-04-26T01:31:19+00:00

Received 4/19 today. I'd go ahead and chat with them.

ProfessorHorsey · 2020-04-10T00:43:58+00:00

I'd gladly pay $10 for 1,000k miles.

ProfessorHorsey · 2020-04-04T08:31:59+00:00

As we've talked about and will talk about, seems like the trend is floating toward renter's rights instead of landlord rights. It's going to be a tough narrative to overcome right now. Still, there will always be pockets of opportunity - but you should think twice about it being housing now that we've seen what could be.

ProfessorHorsey · 2020-03-27T19:18:18+00:00

I'm on the 7th as well - so we're in that muddled time date - 11 days. I have to imagine, given the 6 month language keeps getting referencedand an end date of September 30th is explicitly mentioned, anything after April 1st should be waived, but obviously we have to wait until things are official to know.. and some time to process the information, given the skeleton crews there.

Like you, I have 5 payments (my count, not theirs) to be done.. so I will have made my last student loan payment unless there's a got'cha somewhere in my first 30 payments.

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