If you’re not aware, you can now renew your US passports online again. They only open a limited number of slots every day at 10AM PT. It wasn’t that difficult to get a slot; I got it on my first try. The cool thing is that you don’t have to complete the entire application then […]
I went down a rabbit hole a few weeks ago about what are the best champagne glasses. Apparently the popular flute style glasses are now a big no-no! I think it’s mostly because you can’t get the full aromatics of the champagne from the small opening in the flute. It seems most of the hard-core […]
You know how sometimes you can be surprised about something that you already was expecting to happen. Last week BOA axed all of my wife’s credit cards (and brokerage and eventually her checking/savings accounts.) She had 4 total personal cards and a total CL of close to $100K. She was Plat Honors and had like […]
Last month I wrote about how Comenity blocked my card because I didn’t clear a fraud alert on the phone with them. Eventually they mailed me a letter asking for a copy of the front/back of my driver’s license, my ssn card, and a utility bill. I then had to SNAIL MAIL it to their […]
About 2 weeks ago, I wrote about how AMEX called me for a financial review. I remember them calling me on a Friday at 6pm PT. They had asked for a couple of bank statements. Later that night, I uploaded to them the latest bank statements from the 2 banks that I’ve been paying most […]