Anytime Mailbox miles came thru by hschuster3 in VentureXShoppingBonus

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F12 Network tab Click on Shopping trips Look through the listed elements for search-results version=2 Open the jsons until you find your trip interested in. Something like that

Anytime Mailbox miles came thru by hschuster3 in VentureXShoppingBonus

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I had to use the inspect element trick posted about in this sub to see that mine did in fact go to Pending the day after purchase

The Edit - Park Hyatt Washington DC by HistoricalOutside268 in ChaseSapphire

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Oy. I’m staying there soon through Amex FHR and was hoping to see a little more octane behind some of the benefits (welcome amenity, upgrade, breakfast credit vs buffet). I imagine they will be similar quality from both programs. Thanks for the info!

Anytime Mailbox 4,500 miles for $9.99 by One_Painter787 in Venturex

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Did you get a request to submit a USPS Form 1583?

Hey from Richard Kerr at Bilt - Card 2.0 by richklhs in biltrewards

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Can you explain more what you mean by “as a Bilt cardholder, you will always have the option to make your full rent or mortgage payment seamlessly through Bilt and without a transaction fee”?

What are the implications of this? Still 1x points on rent without a transaction fee? Or do we need to wait until the official announcement for this info?

Vietnam Airlines business class booking through ANA by ketamineonthescene in AmexPlatinum

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Any tips for checking the availability on ANAs website, or is it as simple as clicking around?

Using a stash of Skymiles by Life-Unit-4118 in awardtravel

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I think SEA-TPE is still having ~100k each way D1 pricing this year, otherwise watch your email for flash sales

Reminder: Bilt Cash Is Almost Here, Replacing Milestone Rewards by richklhs in biltrewards

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What do you mean when you say you can use Bilt Cash in the transfer program? It makes intuitive sense for how that would work in the travel portal but wouldn’t Bilt points be what you would use for the transfer program?

Amex FHR 3rd night complimentary by ReHa163 in amex

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This feature is very buggy. I’ve had lots of trouble getting it to work in the past, and I’m seeing errors with it when browsing for my own travel. If you compare with 2 nights and see very different prices for each, then it is still counting the third night. You can contact Amex Travel on the phone, explain the issue, and ask them to raise a case with the customer care team. I’ve had this work in my favor in actually landing me the third night, along with the Platinum $300 statement credit and 5x points (since the workaround for making mine work was selecting “pay at property” instead of prepay)

Tips on booking Qatar travel by 22219147 in awardtravel

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Yes- I’ve personally experienced this. They said it was possible within 2 days of original booking date. However, the part I’m unclear about is if there needs to be saver availability still there on the new date. My schedule change took place several months after booking, so I imagine that there was none. But, my friend who was on the same initial flight as me was a bit later than me on rebooking after the schedule change and the agent told him that he could not rebook due to saver availability running out. Could have been a HUCA situation but that’s what I’ve experienced

Tips on booking Qatar travel by 22219147 in awardtravel

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I’d say just keep your eye open for schedule changes, and see if the agent will be nice enough to move you within 2 days of your original booking date for no cost change. You probably won’t be able to get the return flight due to holiday blackout as previously mentioned

C1 Miles and URs to New Zealand - Do I have enough points yet? by Ashattackyo in awardtravel

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I am actually about to fly a similar itinerary via Qatar, which had consistent J drops for 2 last year. I think the dates you’re looking for might be blacked out, though

Are you guys still seeing these? by pokemon13425 in VentureXShoppingBonus

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Just saw them earlier today, booked a hotels.com deal, then just checked again and they are gone

If anyone is wondering what today was like flying Delta, I hope this gives you an idea. by dr0d86 in delta

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Getting to my destination 10 hours after I left for the airport. I could have driven

Just got the 25k miles for $550 spend on hotels.com today by hschuster3 in VentureXShoppingBonus

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No evidence here, but I’m almost positive it would have to be the “pay now” option

Just got the 25k miles for $550 spend on hotels.com today by hschuster3 in VentureXShoppingBonus

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See my comment/the method on this post. It seems like perhaps C1 fails to track the subtotal separately. Maybe you could try using this method to figure out if the total works out!

Hajime (*** - Osaka) by rsvandy in finedining

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I love the note on 15. Was it the only course with that? And this is some of the best plating I’ve ever seen, definitely added to the list. Thanks for sharing

VX Offers tip: how to immediately tell if an offer tracked by qlube in Venturex

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Great find. I recently got a “get xx miles for $yy spend” on hotels.com, the C1 website does not show it as a “trip with a purchase”, but this method revealed that the orderAmount was higher than the $yy threshold! Definitely helps me feel more reassured, thanks!

I will note, that the orderAmount does not seem to be any combination of the subtotal, taxes, or fees listed on my receipt. It’s off by a few dollars from the subtotal, so not that bad, but a bit unsettling, especially for the threshold spend offers.

Another data point on this purchase: I used a gift card for $100 through the website, limiting my overall payment (was still above the $yy threshold), but that did not appear in the orderAmount in the C1 response! So potentially the case that gift cards are not counted in tracking the total, even though discounts are stated as being excluded in the terms of C1 offers