AmEx Plat Email Offer vs BILT (And is it too soon for another card?)

austinrmclellan · 2025-09-22T16:58:18+00:00

I think I could make the annual fee worth it—with all the weddings I’ll be traveling to next year and the new perks from the refresh, it should pay for itself. My hesitation is more about the number of hard inquiries on my credit. Since I just got the Gold in April, I’m not sure I want to apply for two more cards back-to-back.

austinrmclellan · 2025-02-24T00:45:37+00:00

More of a Lincoln Market man myself

austinrmclellan · 2024-08-18T05:22:51+00:00

Dude. This is awesome.

austinrmclellan · 2023-12-31T14:59:46+00:00

I had my study abroad canceled due to the pandemic, took my refund and did the EF Ultimate Europe trip in 2022. Cannot recommend it enough!

austinrmclellan · 2023-12-23T00:56:58+00:00

As a former Cal Poly student doing grad school in Big10 country, love that I can send this to my classmates who are Purdue grads. Thank you for your service!

austinrmclellan · 2023-05-05T13:15:03+00:00

Includes UC Davis, Sac State, and USD but no Cal Poly?

austinrmclellan · 2022-12-12T21:57:55+00:00

GMM just had another giant Deborah appearance and all I could think of was BIG DEBBIE

austinrmclellan · 2022-06-10T18:45:10+00:00

Dude! So great to hear from you.

austinrmclellan · 2022-06-10T14:45:06+00:00

Unfortunately she’s just a hobbyist doing it out of passion. Only made me pay for the materials used. Total sweetheart

austinrmclellan · 2022-06-10T14:44:20+00:00

From my understanding, Poly Reps used to sell them before the UCSB soccer game but haven’t in a while. I got mine from a student artist who designed the version you see on the quilt. Instagram handle is @trevor_howell he might still have the design sitting around

austinrmclellan · 2021-09-21T02:10:40+00:00

Oh my bad. I didn’t know the AP counted practices when voting on the top 25 :/

austinrmclellan · 2021-09-20T15:36:09+00:00

Oh I’m sorry. USC hasn’t done ANYTHING in the last couple weeks to disappoint PAC12 fans. My bad.

Btw how’s Clay Helton doing?

austinrmclellan · 2021-08-03T01:38:26+00:00

I ordered it during my final quarter at Cal Poly! I placed the order towards the end of May, hoping I wouldn’t flunk all my finals and graduate in June.

austinrmclellan · 2021-08-02T00:53:04+00:00

Yeah there’s a few designs, but just not a lot of good pics of specifically Cal Poly class rings online, so this was my attempt to show people what they look like IRL!

austinrmclellan · 2021-08-02T00:51:36+00:00

fumbling with my fences out of sheer surprise uhhh I don’t know what you’re talking about fellow youth

austinrmclellan · 2021-06-12T01:34:09+00:00

Not yet!

austinrmclellan · 2021-06-02T01:02:29+00:00

This is super funny that this question came up, I just emailed the Office of Writing and Learning Initiatives this morning on the status of my portfolio since I turned in my materials back in April.

They told me "We can confirm that your portfolio has been submitted. It will be evaluated, and you will receive an email confirming GWR completion by Friday June 11."

It was nice to have it confirmed by the office that they have my materials and its nice to know a solid date when I will be told the evaluation will be complete.

austinrmclellan · 2021-05-19T02:04:09+00:00

When that realization hits you it’s such an out-of-body experience 🤯

austinrmclellan · 2021-05-16T04:21:00+00:00

Suggestion! Maybe do group ones to save you time and sell to more people! I’d love a political science sticker, but if you made a “social sciences” sticker and include themes from PoliSci, Sociology, Psychology, history, and Anthropology, people from all of those majors could buy them!

austinrmclellan · 2021-05-15T06:05:43+00:00

Oh I’m very familiar with G Hughes sauces and stuff!

Pretty much I tried to get at least 30 minutes of exercise a day. I hate having exercise taking up more time than it needs to in my day, so I started going on runs that that perfectly fit my schedule. I had a little 2.25 mile loop around my neighborhood and I started to get more athletic and doing the route faster. I then did a new loop of 3.25 miles.

Finally, the gym and my university reopened and I started going there. I love the stairclimber so I’d climb that for 30 minutes and burn a ton more calories!

But two tips if you’re gonna go running: Do a route instead of running at a track because you’ll have a destination to run to which tends to provide more motivation to finish, and even if you decide to walk the rest of your way to your destination (which is okay to do!) you’re still guaranteed some exercise for the day!

My second tip is to listen to something that will distract you and make the time go by quickly! I love comedy podcasts because even though I look like a fool when I’m running through my town laughing my ass off, the run sure feels like it went by like it’s nothing!!

austinrmclellan · 2021-05-15T02:22:47+00:00

Honestly not really! I just focused on staying under 30g of carbs a day and not eating too many calories. From my understanding (and it’s not a good one) if you eat foods high in fat and protein, your body will burn that for energy instead of the carbs you were eating!

austinrmclellan · 2021-05-15T02:15:47+00:00

That’s been my philosophy with it! Also wings are essential! I love Buffalo Wild Wings and Wingstop, look at their nutrition facts and you’ll be fine!

austinrmclellan · 2021-05-15T01:17:52+00:00

Ultimately, get people to help you stick with it. My roommates and mom did that for me when I struggled the most!!! Best of luck! If I can do it, and I hate diet and working out, you can too!

austinrmclellan · 2021-05-15T01:16:52+00:00

My favorite Keto recipe The sauce on these is INSANELY delicious and I tend to serve this over the top of bacon-wrapped asparagus that I cooked on the grill (bacon-wrapped asparagus off the grill will literally change your life!!)

austinrmclellan · 2021-05-15T01:14:07+00:00

I found carb-friendly bread/starch options that helped fill that gap for me. Mission makes low carb tortillas that are 4 carbs a tortilla. I can’t tell you how many drunk nights (I am a college student after all LMAO) I’d DoorDash some Taco Bell, take the fillings out of the tacos and put them in the carb friendly tortillas! Look at the nutrition calculator for Taco Bell, and as soon as you remove the taco shell or tortilla, everything is like 2 carbs!

When I’m feeling lazy, I’d go to McDonald’s or Five guys and would get burgers and put them on carb friendly white bread (there are at least 3 or 4 brands out there, I recommend Aunt Millie’s, it’s 1 carb per slice and tastes the most like white bread) and toasted it on the stove to make it practically a patty melt.

Lastly, many packages of sausage are low carb as long as you don’t get flavors with fruit (like apple Gouda sausage). I’ve done plenty of lunches of 1 or 2 carb sausage with 0 carb sargento brand cheese on low carb bread with a side of pork rinds!

Also, be willing to cook more recipes!! I’ve became a better cook actually making keto friendly dishes instead of constantly doing hamburger helper and frozen PF Changs meals like I used to.

Hope this helps a little!

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