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Author Topic: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!  (Read 1738572 times)

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #1360 on: August 15, 2013, 04:13:16 AM »
Any way to add my SPG number to a priceline booking?
Yes, but its complicated and not guaranteed.

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #1361 on: August 15, 2013, 08:17:45 PM »
Q - is your credit utilization from one bank of per card? Am I trying to use a small amount of my credit per card? or per all my credit with that bank?
I always understood it to be the former.
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #1362 on: August 15, 2013, 11:39:25 PM »
It's both.

Banks don't like to see any individual util % too high nor your overall credit usage.
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #1363 on: August 17, 2013, 01:30:44 AM »
 :-*
I do it all the time though I have heard people say it's an FR risk.

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #1364 on: August 18, 2013, 05:52:34 PM »
Is there any credit pull if I add someone as an authorized user? or any other possible negative things if i add them?

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #1365 on: August 18, 2013, 06:31:53 PM »
Is there any credit pull if I add someone as an authorized user? or any other possible negative things if i add them?
Nops, just make sure the bills are paid on time.

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #1366 on: August 18, 2013, 09:44:06 PM »
Nops, just make sure the bills are paid on time.

thanks

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #1367 on: August 19, 2013, 12:25:34 PM »
Is there a place on the forums where people on South Florida keep each-other posted on which Office Depots allow VR cards to be charged?

I went to the one in Boca on Glades Rd yesterday and was told cash only.

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #1368 on: August 19, 2013, 12:28:04 PM »
Is there a place on the forums where people on South Florida keep each-other posted on which Office Depots allow VR cards to be charged?

I went to the one in Boca on Glades Rd yesterday and was told cash only.
if there would be then there wouldn't be. ;) ;D :D

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #1369 on: August 19, 2013, 12:29:37 PM »
Is there a place on the forums where people on South Florida keep each-other posted on which Office Depots cvs allow VR cards to be charged?

I went to the one in Boca on Glades Rd yesterday and was told cash only.

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #1370 on: August 23, 2013, 01:55:18 AM »
I have a 10K line of credit on a Chase BA card that I want to shift and then close the card. Thru SM I was told on $8,955 is available to transfer. Can anyone explain that? is this true? The 75 dollar annual fee is due on the card already and I didn't pay it yet, so could be why it's 8925 and not 9k but where did the extra 1k go?

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #1371 on: August 23, 2013, 01:10:34 PM »
how could I see more posts per page?

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #1372 on: August 23, 2013, 01:25:55 PM »
how could I see more posts per page?
On top of the page, hover over Profile and click Account settings. Hover over Modify profile and click Look and layout. Scroll down towards the bottom; there's a dropdown menu.

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #1373 on: August 26, 2013, 01:41:10 PM »
On chase.com can personal and business cards be part of one account? I'm having trouble adding my Ink Plus to my online account

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #1374 on: August 26, 2013, 01:43:43 PM »
On chase.com can personal and business cards be part of one account? I'm having trouble adding my Ink Plus to my online account
AFAIK Personal cards can be added to the business card login,  but not the other way around.  Someone CMIIW.

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #1375 on: August 26, 2013, 01:45:44 PM »
So if I want my business and personal cards to show up in one place I have to open a new account for my business cards and then add my personal ones?

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #1376 on: August 26, 2013, 01:48:07 PM »
So if I want my business and personal cards to show up in one place I have to open a new account for my business cards and then add my personal ones?

AFAIK yes.
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #1377 on: August 26, 2013, 07:06:13 PM »
So if I want my business and personal cards to show up in one place I have to open a new account for my business cards and then add my personal ones?
You can also keep both logins if you want.
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #1378 on: August 26, 2013, 07:43:00 PM »
They did not want to merge my ink bold with personal checking/cc`s claiming that since I do not have business checking I will lose some options online and therefore won't work.

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #1379 on: August 26, 2013, 08:08:21 PM »
AFAIK yes.

Wrong. They merged my business cards to my personal account.
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