Month 6 of the JAL challenge
Older posts: This month came in higher than last month because I found a way to get charges to post faster, so if I can continue with 60K-70K a month, I should achieve this in 3 months.
Credit Cards
How long does it take for the Alaska Air Atmos status points to post on the Bank of America Summit card
I had gotten both the new BoA AS Summit card and Business card when it launched last month. The business card’s statement closed on 9/7/25 and while the bonus points and cc spend have posted, the status points haven’t posted yet. Oddly, while the premium Summit card’s first statement hasn’t closed yet (9/26), I had […]
Maybe it’s time to stop drinking
I’ve seen 2 shutdown reports lately from both Comenity and BoA that the people think the culprit was ‘rhymes-with-booze’ usage. I had stopped drinking back when AMEX was pulled from their system. I know some people still use it for SYYW, but you just know Citi will eventually catch on as well. At this point, […]
Month 5 of the JAL challenge
Older posts: This is looking like the monthly average I’ll be able to do since charges are taking so long to post. At this rate, it’ll take about 5 more months for me to achieve the 1500 life status points and earn JGC Three Star aka One World for life. Not much else to say; […]
Getting approved for the new Alaska ATMOS Infinite card
I really wasn’t going to apply for this card until I saw this tidbit: I’m SHOCKED that they’re leaving it uncapped. I just looked at my $28K CL Premium Rewards card statement last month and I spent $80K on it. If i shifted (not shifted since this extra bandwidth will replace an inferior card’s earnings,) […]