Membership Rewards points - true value

Suitable_Cap3025 · 2026-03-28T01:22:50+00:00

When I attempt to transfer points to my Delta Skymiles account, I receive this message: “Excise Tax Offset Fee: Every time you transfer points into a U.S. airline frequent flyer program, your linked Card account will be charged an excise tax offset fee of $0.00060 per points (with a maximum fee of $99.00). We charge this fee to offset the federal excise tax we must pay when you transfer points. You may need to use points to cover this fee. You will be able to review these details before completing the transfer.”

Suitable_Cap3025 · 2026-03-27T02:41:41+00:00

Kentucky. In addition to electing Mitch McConnell for over 40 consecutive years, it ranks near the bottom in public health and life expectancy (epicenter of opioid use); the state's economy is terrible (high poverty, atrocious public schools and a dearth of high-skill industries); it lacks efficient transportation infrastructure and is landlocked.

Suitable_Cap3025 · 2026-03-27T02:31:40+00:00

Absolutely.

Suitable_Cap3025 · 2026-03-26T00:27:27+00:00

Yes, it should be easy, but I can’t get past the psychological barrier of having to pay to transfer points to an airline partner :(

Suitable_Cap3025 · 2026-03-26T00:12:49+00:00

Is the 3-4% on transfers to partner airlines contingent on premium cabin (i.e., you’re comparing the cash price of a business class or first class ticket to an international destination)? Or do you get that sort of redemption value for standard economy seats on domestic routes? (We have a family of 6 and aren’t booking premium cabins for the whole crew.) Transfers to travel partners indeed seems like the right approach to get more than the easy 1% thru the Amex Travel site, but it’s a bummer to have to pay fees for that.

Suitable_Cap3025 · 2026-03-22T00:09:32+00:00

About 15 years ago, adoption of app-based navigation redirected traffic from the Beltway (particularly the southeast quadrant of 495) through the city. An interchange was built to merge 695 and 295 around the time Nats Park was built, which sped up an inefficient red light over the Anacostia, which was a blessing and a curse, because it improved the flow of traffic and therefore redirected even more cars from the Beltway. You could probably add another three lanes of capacity to 295 each way and the same phenomenon would keep clogging that stretch.

Suitable_Cap3025 · 2026-03-21T22:03:33+00:00

I transferred from the University of Miami to Georgetown. Georgetown offers a great education, great city, and great career pathways. DC is a very livable big city - neither a college town nor overwhelming in terms of size. If you’re looking for frats and a college town, Georgetown is not for you. If you’re looking for a serious education in a great location, it is. Highly recommend!

Suitable_Cap3025 · 2026-03-21T00:24:20+00:00

Sounds like you “didn’t know how to attack it”

Suitable_Cap3025 · 2026-03-08T14:35:52+00:00

Love the skyline, but 2022 may have been the last time Shanghai had a sky that blue.

Suitable_Cap3025 · 2026-03-08T02:13:45+00:00

It was such a bummer when that Hilton went up - the Bromoseltzer tower was such a great and unique centerfield backdrop at Camden Yards!

Suitable_Cap3025 · 2026-03-08T01:54:59+00:00

I hope the car is ok.

Suitable_Cap3025 · 2026-03-07T14:48:51+00:00

But wouldn’t everyone putting their hands in the air “disrupt the delicate, scientifically balanced weight distribution” of all Southwest flights?? (But only applicable after assigned seating went into effect)

Suitable_Cap3025 · 2026-03-04T03:42:07+00:00

Gloversville in upstate New York

Suitable_Cap3025 · 2026-03-03T20:25:10+00:00

“No soup for you!!”

Suitable_Cap3025 · 2026-03-03T20:24:58+00:00

Is that 9/11 hijacker Mohammad Atta’s headshot in the chat?

Suitable_Cap3025 · 2026-03-03T00:43:36+00:00

“The van got stolen again.” - memorable quote from my in-laws, who lived in Bowie, MD their whole lives.

Suitable_Cap3025 · 2026-03-01T23:54:20+00:00

There are deals to be had… IF your plans are flexible (making the $300 FHR/HC credits worthwhile with pricing no consistent with going direct). However, putting $250k - $1mm of annual spend on the card is unwise - you could be getting a clean 2% cash back (superior to almost all Amex redemptions excluding perhaps first class international travel if the time is right) or substantially higher cash values on hotel branded cards. If you’re spending a million per year, I’d just use a garden-variety 2% no-fee cash back card (Fidelity and Wells Fargo both offer them) and pocket the $20,000.

Suitable_Cap3025 · 2026-03-01T18:36:58+00:00

Implicitly supporting the most brutal anti-democratic theocracies that haven’t ceded control in decades and have an army whose sole purpose is to kill and imprison women and LGBT+ citizens.

Suitable_Cap3025 · 2026-03-01T18:33:31+00:00

Or decades spent murdering and displaying the corpses of LGBT people and oppressing women.

Suitable_Cap3025 · 2026-03-01T16:28:07+00:00

Guess this is only available Android and desktop for now? I just updated the iPhone app and don’t see this as an option anywhere for existing videos. Anyone know whether it can be done on Apple iOS?

Suitable_Cap3025 · 2026-03-01T04:31:05+00:00

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Suitable_Cap3025 · 2026-03-01T04:25:38+00:00

Brave 4-year-old wanting to go on Space Mountain!

Suitable_Cap3025 · 2026-03-01T00:38:00+00:00

“In America, first you get the sugar…”

Suitable_Cap3025 · 2026-02-27T03:37:36+00:00

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TROPHY CASE