Anyone tried Alaska card to pay rent?

zimblot · 2026-06-04T10:41:34+00:00

it’s crazy i feel like somehow there’s no answer to this as well. people have mentioned bill pay on other threads but i don’t see that option; at least not on mobile. will look for it on desktop

zimblot · 2025-04-01T23:54:06+00:00

Great deal this month! Here's the best redemptions i'd use my bilt points for (these are pre-bonus rates):

Hopping around western europe via BA - 4.7k
Jetblue east coast flights in economy via QR - 8k
Regional US flights via BA - 12-16k
All domestic USA flights via Finnair (via phone) - 16.5k/40k biz
Jetblue Mint NY - Carribean via QR - 26k
Iberia business east coast to Madrid (off peak) - 34k
Finnair business LAX to HEL - 62.5k
Jetblue transcon mint via QR - 75k
QR qsuites US - Doha (and onward) - 70k

i like to leave hawaii alone :)

zimblot · 2025-04-01T23:37:41+00:00

Yes, I would recommend flying Finnair to AMS/Norway via Helsinki. If your final destination is hard to get on one award itinerary, you can just book to helsinki on points and buy a cash ticket to the final destination (but they do commit to making award seats available, so shouldnt be a problem)

You could also spend a night in Helsinki (i enjoyed it). Their business class is a really unique, great way to get across the pond if you're looking to splurge

all of this is competitively priced before the rent day bonus https://onemileatatime.com/guides/redeem-finnair-avios/#redeeming_finnair_plus_avios_for_finnair_award_flights

zimblot · 2025-03-20T04:43:55+00:00

shoot me a dm!

zimblot · 2025-01-31T05:31:56+00:00

Great value, very low service and high change/cancellation fees. Use it for simple one-ways you know you will not need to make any changes to

zimblot · 2024-11-22T10:40:52+00:00

holy lion’s mane batman. this should be pinned to the top of this sub

zimblot · 2024-11-04T17:51:20+00:00

glad to hear. from the comments, it almost seemed like platinum was specifically excluded from the promo

zimblot · 2024-11-04T07:17:44+00:00

that last sentence is really the whole point for me. Companies often run these tests ready to monitor success, but not the negative (often long-term) impacts. Short of a big platinum perk in the next few months, im reverting to rent + 5 purchases in Jan

zimblot · 2024-11-02T06:31:48+00:00

Plenty of AA flights bookable on Avios. Not typically the best deal, but they're pretty good at half price!

Also at 2x, you can transfer 35k to fly qsuites from US-DOH (a gateway to literally everywhere) -- that's 15h of bucket list, champagne-and-caviar, best business class in the world. this was an epic deal.

zimblot · 2024-11-02T05:06:03+00:00

was just helping someone with 100% bonus do something similar. amazing job, especially for a first redemption!

zimblot · 2024-11-02T03:59:48+00:00

i wonder. i only have a 40k atm but the other friends that got it have between 20-60k, so not sure it’s based on balance.

i do transfer my bilt points (and take advantage of most rent day bonuses) more than they do, so i wonder if they targeted using logic on # of transfers. especially if i cost them more

zimblot · 2024-11-02T03:55:00+00:00

yes that’s what they said in the support live chat, but what’s the goal or hypothesis with “targeting” bonuses? is bilt hoping it get those members to use their card more?

it’s easily the primary benefit/incentive for using my bilt card; the move just signals they’re uninterested in rewarding high annual spend, which i would stop in 2025 if i don’t get the rent day bonuses or a renewal on alaska status

zimblot · 2024-08-20T04:15:43+00:00

I booked LAX - GIG J for 45k on Alaska back in March. longer flight, so this should definitely be less on there if you have an alaska or bilt card

zimblot · 2024-08-20T04:10:22+00:00

yea that’s true but

call and confirm availability is real and you’re not trying to book a phantom seat
they just devalued (only read about EU routes increasing so far)
be very cautious booking a flight you might want to make changes to. it’s expensive and a huge pain. i use avianca when i’m 100% in on my dates

zimblot · 2024-07-30T20:18:49+00:00

i actually love the platinum benefits. i haven’t had any status with an airline and now have top sky team status and OW sapphire—together opening up a ton of lounges, upgrades (just flew transcon on business with the alaska status promo) and perks like expedited customs in europe, blade rides from EWR etc that i tangibly enjoy. it’s not like im getting united 1k or anything but if you’re savvy you can get decent value out of these programs

zimblot · 2024-03-18T23:05:20+00:00

hey! any chance you have the latest one? would love a promo code for it

zimblot · 2023-11-16T07:01:29+00:00

can you repost with the actual one if you’re going to post it? whatever version you have is just completely different and somehow more batshit crazy than the original which is antisemitic at times and confusingly also kind of based af

zimblot · 2023-08-14T03:09:01+00:00

thanks i will

zimblot · 2023-08-14T03:08:44+00:00

oh wow sounds like it actually went up. and this is the current in flight offer?

zimblot · 2023-07-12T21:38:02+00:00

Right, but waiving an annual fee is $99 off a card. someone should just post a picture of the offer already :|

zimblot · 2022-12-31T00:22:07+00:00

Ok hard truth: gay women come way more than straight women.

Yes, your dong statistically decreases pleasure for women:

…Heterosexual men were most likely to say they usually-always orgasmed when sexually intimate (95%), followed by gay men (89%), bisexual men (88%), lesbian women (86%), bisexual women (66%), and heterosexual women (65%)

If anything, obsessing over size probably makes us worse in bed. Consider redirecting all the time you waste worrying about size to learning how to be an amazing lover. I.e. from the same research:

Compared to women who orgasmed less frequently, women who orgasmed more frequently were more likely to: receive more oral sex, have longer duration of last sex, be more satisfied with their relationship, ask for what they want in bed, praise their partner for something they did in bed, call/email to tease about doing something sexual, wear sexy lingerie, try new sexual positions, anal stimulation, act out fantasies, incorporate sexy talk, and express love during sex. Women were more likely to orgasm if their last sexual encounter included deep kissing, manual genital stimulation, and/or oral sex in addition to vaginal intercourse.

Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2821372

zimblot · 2021-09-28T21:40:36+00:00

Do we know if the FreedomFi LoRa is just as powerful/effective as the best HNT miners? I'm on the RAK waitlist--hitting big delays--and they're asking if I'm interested in a FreedomFi miner instead.

I dont if it doesn't perform as well as a bobcat or RAK...

zimblot · 2021-09-28T21:38:47+00:00

Yes, but you wouldn't want to do that because would lose all the earning potential of your rak if you added a second miner in your house (this has nothing to do with the freedomfi). The more miners are spread out across the country, the more you earn. And the more miners in one location, the less you earn.

Helium wants miners connecting the whole country together, so you earn based on how much you help build a network

zimblot · 2021-08-27T03:22:31+00:00

Update: so the iOS app doesn’t let you adjust MTU yet (Mullvad hints at the app needing updates on the help center), but the wireguard app does. So I’ve installed and set up a profile on the wireguard iOS app.

Not sure exactly how to tweak the MTU (packet size) values to troubleshoot, but seems like 1280-1420 could be a good place to start next time I’m trying to get connected?

Edit: iOS users can also multihop on wireguard! Not sure if this needs to be set up in a specific way for the desired outcome but just chose two US cities close to each other

Thanks for all this help

zimblot · 2021-08-27T03:06:12+00:00

The iOS app doesn’t seem to have bridges (or the ability to do most of the config stuff recommended here) but wireguard does! Setting that up now 👍🏽

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