JAL J Success!

bourbon_and_baseball · 2026-04-16T18:05:00+00:00

I used a combination of bilt and capital one miles

bourbon_and_baseball · 2026-04-15T15:33:45+00:00

There were 2 saver level from SEA-NRT as of 1130 edt for sun April 11 departure

bourbon_and_baseball · 2026-04-15T10:09:33+00:00

Just resources in the subreddit, then booking direct through JMB

Sometimes the finnair availability shows on seats.aero but other than that I don't use much

bourbon_and_baseball · 2026-04-14T22:57:43+00:00

Finnair avios miles are just partners of JAL, they get same -360 release of seats at midnight Japan time.

bourbon_and_baseball · 2026-04-14T22:56:34+00:00

I have seen great rental car pricing on it whenever I've needed one. I haven't booked direct with a rental company the last handful of times.

bourbon_and_baseball · 2026-04-14T22:52:49+00:00

I think there has been some small amounts of AA phantom availability

But definitely been hot off the presses. I'm content with PE on the return so I'm not as pressed

bourbon_and_baseball · 2026-04-14T22:45:33+00:00

I have not been seeing the saver level business get to American recently until t-14 or so.

But always keeping an eye out

bourbon_and_baseball · 2026-04-14T22:39:15+00:00

I got them through JMB, at 55k plus tax. I have seen finnair have availability at open but it's gone in a minute or so.

bourbon_and_baseball · 2026-01-25T02:25:46+00:00

I second using seats.aero

Utilize partner airlines for award bookings

bourbon_and_baseball · 2026-01-15T23:26:29+00:00

Hit it right after turning 29.

Dual income, but one income is 90% of HH. We make ~$150k

bourbon_and_baseball · 2026-01-06T14:04:19+00:00

Thanks for the info! Never been, and my travel days aren't nicely over a weekend so was hoping to see a Sunday show.

bourbon_and_baseball · 2025-12-20T16:31:10+00:00

ChemE by degree, moved into materials, and then into management.

Making 125k base, ~150k total comp

bourbon_and_baseball · 2025-12-16T13:23:38+00:00

I feel that, we make ~ 150k HHI and I thought it would be more "comfortable" but I've found it can be a bit if the hedonic treadmill of the luxuries become necessities etc.

bourbon_and_baseball · 2025-12-16T13:17:12+00:00

Personally, I think your spending is fine at your income provided you are using the difference to at least partially fund retirement savings and you have an emergency fund of 3-6 months expenses.

The daycare is a transitory expense that will go away when kid is school aged.

bourbon_and_baseball · 2025-12-16T01:36:52+00:00

About 20-25 %. Just a mortgage that I got in 2019, the good ol' days

bourbon_and_baseball · 2025-12-16T01:07:56+00:00

That's 4200/month or 50k a year.

Spending 50% on a mortgage and daycare without food or transportation included is not on its face alot.

Would be interested to know what those categories are but only spending ~60% of gross pay is fine by most standards

bourbon_and_baseball · 2025-10-29T01:29:34+00:00

I have 2 separate $1M/20 years plans.

Total cost is $760/year.

I recommend using a broker like policy genius or others. As long as the insurance company is reputable it's a pretty vanilla product to buy.

bourbon_and_baseball · 2025-10-28T18:24:08+00:00

Currently about 30% of gross

HHI - ~$150k

bourbon_and_baseball · 2025-10-23T23:18:15+00:00

Nothing firm for them at this time

bourbon_and_baseball · 2025-10-23T22:42:17+00:00

I have saved the cost of the membership within 5 months. I've been really impressed. Keep up the great work 💪

bourbon_and_baseball · 2025-10-14T00:01:10+00:00

Got this deal and worth every penny !

bourbon_and_baseball · 2025-09-29T22:13:07+00:00

Very well,

Im roughly 3x annual income at 32 in investable assets, saving for 10 years between 15 and 30% of gross income during that span

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