Last week, a reader had his Citi accounts shut down. He never spent over CL and figures there were 2 possible reasons. First reason could be because he had 2 recent AMEX statements close totaling over $20K. With the current climate, banks are worried about ability to pay, so they may have gotten nervous that […]
Introduction Well, it had been a long time since my last shutdown. I was going strong for a while there. So what happened? I went to make an online purchase this morning and my card got declined. I then logged onto the mobile app and everything looked fine. I had credit available. I then logged […]
This post is long overdue, eh? Being known as #shutdownsalldayeveryday, I get reader stories of shutdowns and try to figure out what happened and what they can do. I make these posts to help you guys NOT get shut down. I know some of you may say, “Hey I’ve cycled 3X for years with bank […]
Introduction App-o-ramas for me these days are pretty easy since I don’t even bother to look at Chase, Barclay’s, or USBank. I don’t really hit up Citi that much either just because nothing really entices me and I have a good number of AA miles collecting dust. The last time I did an AOR was […]
Introduction I had written about my trip the Seychelles a long time ago, and it’s finally coming up. I’ve already been to Tahiti/Bora Bora and the Maldives, so it’ll be good to compare and contrast the 3 locations. I can already tell you that only 10% of people have actually heard of it. Every one […]