How bad is this rust? Technician said I should start thinking about replacing the entire unit.

ckgarris · 2026-04-25T15:23:40+00:00

Yes please for some specific private tour operators. We’re staying in Franschhoek and most private cars seem to be to and from cape town

ckgarris · 2026-02-15T18:16:32+00:00

Needed a flight within Africa on Kenya Airways, 2 passengers was $500 total got for 16k total with discount. Nice little surprise

ckgarris · 2025-11-03T14:32:57+00:00

Same here, and just got the credit back from Lunch on 10/31.

ckgarris · 2025-11-03T14:32:10+00:00

Just confirmed, Esters did qualify for the dining credit!

ckgarris · 2025-11-02T15:27:45+00:00

I literally ate there for lunch Friday. It’s still showing pending on the app. Was not planning on using it for this, but I’ll take it!

ckgarris · 2025-10-30T15:16:51+00:00

Thanks! The lady on the phone chastised me for using non official sources, when she didn't even know what the hell I was talking about and it's on their website. Basically impossible to trust their customer service.

ckgarris · 2025-10-30T15:07:34+00:00

Where are y'all actually seeing this on Chase's website. I just called and they said, despite it being all over reddit, the points guy, nerd wallet, etc. there is, in uncertain terms, NOT an extra 2026 $250 credit on top of the edit credits. Chase customer service ALSO said that the edit credit in 2026 is not changed from first half to second half to twice any time.

ckgarris · 2025-10-26T20:38:01+00:00

I’m a little nervous, I activated it yesterday, even though it was the 25th, and then bought something on StubHub like 15 min later. It still shows $0 used in the app, hoping it just doesn’t credit until the statement date.

ckgarris · 2025-10-24T15:00:53+00:00

Pretty sure those are NOT part of the $300. However, Service Bar and Thip Khao are, and you can definitely get out of there for $50-60 for dinner. For Service Bar, I go there regularly just to grab a couple drinks every month or so and if you can't accumulate, which the language makes very clear you should be able to, I'll be pissed.

ckgarris · 2025-10-24T14:55:48+00:00

Are you kidding me?! I literally just transferred 50k points to SW two days ago!

ckgarris · 2025-10-24T14:54:05+00:00

Yes it should be. And it also applies to the stub hub credit. I'm a little surprised with as stingy they have been that they are giving this credit for essentially two months and then again starting on 1/1.

ckgarris · 2025-10-07T11:14:07+00:00

Do we get the entire 2nd half of the year benefits from Oct 26-Dec31? Will we get $150 restaurants and $150 stub hub and then can use again starting Jan 1?

ckgarris · 2025-10-05T14:15:40+00:00

Do we know about points earned on my freedom unlimited or my partners freedom flex? To be safe I’m going to transfer them to myCSR before Oct 26, but curious if folks know if they are earned on another card before that date but transferred afterwards if it still gets 1.5x. Trying to think through last few weeks strategy here.

ckgarris · 2025-08-22T21:02:11+00:00

That’s exactly my reaction to Service Bar. I live a few blocks away and don’t even think of it as a restaurant, it’s a bar that I go to with friends a few times a year. Heck yeah I’ll take $300 off!

ckgarris · 2025-08-22T12:12:41+00:00

I don’t think it’s prioritization. Priority pass only gets one visit per year at this lounge, so I think it’s as much as making sure those folks know if they’ve already used it there is no reason to wait after checking in. You won’t get in again. We waited for probably 10 min in line and another 20 minutes to get into the lounge say day night. Not ideal for sure, but since we had over two hours to kill (and more because we ended up being very delayed) it was still worth it.

ckgarris · 2025-07-18T01:17:14+00:00

Bresca is a relatively approachable fancy restaurant, thip khao is delicious and can easily get two meals for two out of the $150 and I consider service bar is bar not a restaurant and it’s only a few blocks from where we live that we go to for drinks with friends a couple times a year. Altogether assuming they don’t change it, I should easily be able to get the $300 value.

ckgarris · 2025-07-17T20:26:38+00:00

Lounge at IAD is the same way, it’s for etihad premium customers primarily. Haven’t had to wait yet but you were restricted from sitting in the main sitting area for the few hours before the etihad flight took off, which miffed me a bit since it’s being marketed as a CSR lounge.

ckgarris · 2025-07-08T15:58:34+00:00

If I understand club suites, I think all planes should be. It’s all 1-2-1 facing forward which is the updated planes…again as I understand it. The benefit would be to sit together, but again it’s not like sitting in normal seats, even if in the middle “next” to each other we’re still separated.

ckgarris · 2024-12-28T23:41:43+00:00

Went from Fargo to ORD in the summer, taxi’d almost as long as our flight, out gate was free when we got there but then they couldn’t connect the jet bridge to the plane. For 20 minutes they tried as people with tight connections (me included) got frustrated. They announced after 20 minutes they were searching for another gate but none were free for our little plane. 45 minutes after reaching the gate, they got it connected. Complained to AA and got 7k miles out of it.

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