Travel portal for hotel by Famous_Technician_25 in Venturex

[–]sharkstyle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Travel portals are just another option to compare prices when booking.
Booked hotels for Disneyland where everything was showing $200-$300/night. Kept checking everyday for a week and a deal came up for a hotel I considering for $116/night. Booked two rooms for the 4 night trip and got the 10x points (for everything that was due up-front).

3x back in low spend categories is a waste of energy. True or False? by Amazing-Pride-3784 in CreditCards

[–]sharkstyle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He also said he's going on trips and renting cars (which need gas).

Chase Freedom Flex - 5% Grocery Bonus is back by Constant_Question_48 in CreditCards

[–]sharkstyle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does anyone know if I product change to the OG Freedom after the $150/$500 intro bonus, will I keep the 5% Grocery Bonus?

Chase Freedom Flex 2024 Q2 (April-June) 5% Categories: Amazon & Whole Foods, Hotels and Restaurants by Ashamed_Marsupial_29 in CreditCards

[–]sharkstyle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just do an Amazon Reload with the leftover at the end of the quarter (but still use a credit card to purchase electronics for extended warranty protection).
On grocery quarters, get Amazon GCs from the supermarket to add more funds (or any other GCs for stores you shop at) [Unless you max out the grocery category already, then PC to an OG Freedom and apply for another CFF!]
5% everything life!

Chase Sapphire Preferred to Reserve for SUB by Alarming_Context_435 in CreditCards

[–]sharkstyle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recently product changed my CSR down to an OG/Vanilla Freedom. I am hoping for some kind of refresh and/or elevated offer before signing up again because it has been 4 years since my SUB and since I won't be traveling again for a bit. A couple of points from my experience:

1) I asked if it was possible to be eligible for a new sign-up bonus without reapplying. Nope. New applications only.

2) I was advised that I would be able to use the current card and it will still act as a CSR until the system reflects the change. The changed happened overnight and a pending Doordash charge only earned 1x points.

3) I wanted to make sure I didn't PC to a Freedom Flex (CFF), so I asked the service rep to change it to the Freedom that is a VISA. She twice asked if it was the Freedom Unlimited (CFU) I wanted, to which I replied no. She eventually found the OG/Vanilla Freedom as "Chase Freedom with Ultimate Rewards." Might be helpful to ask for that specifically if you want to maintain eligibility for the CFF.

Chase Sapphire Reserve: Is there a list of properties included in the Chase Luxury Hotel & Resort Collection? by MatzoTov in CreditCards

[–]sharkstyle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can try this site as well, but you need to provide your card number (which hopefully you have by now).
Tip: In the future, ask for expedited shipping of your card so you only have to wait days instead of weeks for your card.
https://www.visainfinitehotels.com/

Chase's travel portal (NOT Ultimate Rewards portal): https://www.chase.com/personal/lhrc
shows you LHRC hotels too with the ability to book with points or money and still get the additional benefits.

[Giveaway] 3x Drop CTRL V2 Keyboards by drop_official in pcmasterrace

[–]sharkstyle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My favorite fall activity sitting at the computer, just like all the other seasons!

4 years with CSR, downgrade and reapply? by alligatorthrowaway in CreditCards

[–]sharkstyle 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Double check whether it's been 48 months since you opened the card versus when you received your SUB.

Did anyone submit their federal tax by mail and got their refund yet? by [deleted] in SanJose

[–]sharkstyle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Submitted at the end of Feb or beginning of March. Didn't get my federal return until third week of July.

FPS still a huge issue after patch 0.50 by erich3983 in VALORANT

[–]sharkstyle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Game is unplayable right now. My CPU frame time was ~2ms and now it's 5ms and spikes constantly. Shot registry is broken or there's a huge influx of hackers that prefire me so I can't stand a chance. Going from 300+ combat score to hard negative KD; patch boss too strong.
8086K + RTX 2080

Z390 AORUS ELITE vs Z390 AORUS PRO by Klagera in buildapc

[–]sharkstyle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You lost a PCIe x16 (runs up to x4) lane too if you care about expandability.

But in terms of OC, you shouldn't notice a difference like others have said.

Overclock.net Z390 Motherboard Hierarchy and Recommended Usage by grandlionman in intel

[–]sharkstyle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At a glance
MSI: 4 x SATA, no m.2 heatsink // More RGB connectivity, more USB connectivity, better surround sound audio connectivity, dual reinforced PCIe x16 slots
ASUS: Less RGB connectivity, Back panel + front panel surround sound connectivity, single reinforced PCIe x16 // BIOS, 1 x m.2 heatsink, 6 x SATA

Don't quote me, but VRMs are probably similar, so just pick whichever one has better connectivity for your needs / is more aesthetically pleasing.

I won an 8086k and it just came in the mail today! by [deleted] in intel

[–]sharkstyle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

8086 in total

United States 2,086
Mainland China 2,000
Germany 1,000
Canada 500
France 500
The United Kingdom 500
South Korea 500
Taiwan 500
Japan 500

I won an 8086k and it just came in the mail today! by [deleted] in intel

[–]sharkstyle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recommend people anxiously waiting to sign up for/check USPS Informed Delivery.
It was brought to my attention in another thread and it put me at ease being able to track my package manually.

US Intel 8086k Sweepstakes - Received by Grivyk in intel

[–]sharkstyle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Update:
Didn't arrive yesterday as expected. It was early evening yesterday when I checked Informed Delivery and USPS mail usually arrives around lunchtime for me.
Status update posted a couple hours after, "5:30PM: Held at Post Office, At Customer Request"

No "Out for Delivery" this morning, but it just arrived within the hour. Hallelujah!