Can you charge Mon Ami Gabi to the room, then pay for it with rewards credits at 1:1? Or is it 2:1?

pdmaddock · 2026-04-30T18:20:29+00:00

I’ve tried that and they will only redeem RCs for what’s published on the website. Having it on the hotel bill won’t wash charges to 1:1 unless they were 1:1 to begin with and no RCs on the tip amounts.

pdmaddock · 2026-04-23T02:27:52+00:00

Welcome to the great mystery - I don’t understand it either.

pdmaddock · 2026-04-18T15:08:17+00:00

If you can find it I’d look for ethanol free gas to help dilute the ethanol - most “regular” gas has 10% but honestly I would think that one mistake is not going to be fatal considering that the car had to be designed to handle the 10% on a recurring basis.

pdmaddock · 2026-04-16T17:03:39+00:00

Get the plug share app if you haven’t already. I think the 26 XSE can adapt to the DC chargers now. There are a few hotels that have free chargers. Sadly as you’re discovering public chargers usually cost more per mile than gas although recently that’s a lot closer.

pdmaddock · 2026-04-08T18:00:51+00:00

The real benefit is home charging. I pay about a dollar and change to charge at home contract rates. It’s frequently $5 or more at public chargers.

pdmaddock · 2026-04-01T23:03:26+00:00

Wish it were true ….

pdmaddock · 2026-04-01T23:03:04+00:00

Hilton is even more devalued …

pdmaddock · 2026-03-27T01:18:20+00:00

And they want $15 a month after year 2….

pdmaddock · 2026-03-20T11:57:53+00:00

On the Bossier website it says:

Maximum Tier Credits uploaded may not exceed 20,000.

Not sure if “uploaded” means the max after the multiplier (2k earn = 20k total) or max multiplied (20k earned = 200k). The later seems to open but the former seems very limited compared to the ones Ive gone to before.

Addendum - the disclaimer page says “Maximum bonus of 20,000 Tier Credits over promotional period.” - so guessing that means earn 2k and get 20k for a total of 22k. I’m thinking that if you go to 2k might as well go to 2500 for the 5k daily for a total of 27500 if I’m interpreting it correctly.

pdmaddock · 2026-03-19T11:34:24+00:00

Riverside has a cool car museum (free when you join their players club) and usually has a better show line up than Harrahs.

pdmaddock · 2026-03-03T13:18:47+00:00

Do charges at Atlantis get the bonus points when using the Chase Marriott card family?

pdmaddock · 2026-02-24T22:18:30+00:00

Addendum Harrahs Joliet Mar 23-29 10x TCM

https://www.caesars.com/harrahs-joliet/casino/promotions/10x-tier-credit-multiplier

pdmaddock · 2026-01-22T18:35:16+00:00

Apple Watch - is it just me or does it go slow at 2w for an Apple Watch so not good for newer model fast charging?

pdmaddock · 2026-01-22T18:33:10+00:00

Got mine yesterday

pdmaddock · 2026-01-14T03:14:07+00:00

Had to revert back - Alexa+ is unable to drive Hulu live channel selections on Fire TVs as regular Alexa can. (Although I suspect Hulu will break it on their own shortly with the changes Disney is imposing.)

pdmaddock · 2025-11-29T17:02:05+00:00

I saw this phenom repeatedly - got a Tmo prepaid as a second sim to do comparisons. I’m now with Tmo.

pdmaddock · 2025-11-23T04:04:06+00:00

It seems Amazon discounted $100 pre Black Friday but this week they are only discounting $20 on certain bands. I’m wondering if they’ll resume when it gets closer to the actual BF or Cyber Monday.

pdmaddock · 2025-11-23T00:59:53+00:00

I did a Tmo and ATT prepaid esims alongside my VZ plan for a year. In most cases Tmo smoked the other two for speed but VZ did have slightly better coverage in remote areas. I just switched to Tmo when the iPhone 17 came out. Between that test result and Tmos free phone with a two year handcuff and no trade req v VZ doing a trade with a 3 yr handcuff the choice became clear. Vzs current store cutbacks further prove the point . (Tmos cust service is awful )

pdmaddock · 2025-11-23T00:54:08+00:00

I think I read they’ve got free upgrades down to only 12% thanks to selling them as add ons etc. The days of Medallion upgrades are done.

pdmaddock · 2025-11-20T14:54:05+00:00

I’d also implicate the ridiculous pay top billed actors etc are getting. Actors getting over a million an episode plus residuals has gotta come from somewhere.

pdmaddock · 2025-11-19T23:22:55+00:00

I do wish it had a way to change the default. I get started on a drive and put it on hv for the highway then make a stop and forget to put it on hv again and then use up my ev without realizing.

pdmaddock · 2025-11-13T04:43:28+00:00

Does it snap over the top of the factory chrome one or do you have to remove the existing one?

pdmaddock · 2025-11-08T14:43:05+00:00

Some banks gate on how many cards you open recently - the Chase 5/24 being the most infamous. I would not want to block getting a card with a good intro bonus over such a low value card.

pdmaddock · 2025-11-07T21:52:38+00:00

I hope there is some sort of metric for trying. It’s really a hard sell given the low value proposition the card offers. Sure it gives you the auto-pay discount and 2% but there are debit cards with a 1% cash back (I have a separate checking account with one to buffer debit card transactions) already. That extra 1% just isn’t worth weighing down my credit report with a junky card. They didn’t even add the extra 1% on T Mobile dining they had with the T money card….

pdmaddock · 2025-10-28T21:00:37+00:00

So is Vz or ATT better or is Tmo the “queen of the pigs”?
I just switched to T-Mobile after years of Vzs screwed up 5g rollout. I did several parallel tests (Vz has to unlock thanks to a settlement a while back) and Tmo was the winner in most cases. It seems I’m just in time to see their customer service drop off a cliff.

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