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Points Used:

UR: 133K
MR: 40K
SPG: 90K
AA: 148K
UA: 95K
Hyatt: 4 free nights
Marriott: 146K and 2 free nights (still waiting for some points to post and then change cash res. to points)
IHG: ~130K (still haven't decided which hotel in Belgium to stay at)
Melia: 22K
BA: 4.5K
And 1 BRG :)

Desired Locations: (Strikethrough means booked)

Israel
London
Paris
Zurich

Rome (Car rental booked FCO-FLR-PSA-VCE)
Florence
Pisa
Venice
Madrid (RT train booked to Toledo)
Barcelona
Seville
(Car rental booked SVQ-GIB-SVQ)
Gibraltar
Bruges/Ghent (Belgium) (Have to book trains within Belgium and RT to AMS.)
Amsterdam

Days Scheduled in Each Location
In no order in particular...

Rome 3.5
Florence .5
Pisa .5
Venice 4.5 including Shabbos (although others said it can be done in less time)
Israel 12
Amsterdam 2
Paris 4 including Shabbos
Dublin 1.5
London 4 including Shabbos (although others said it can be done in less time)
Zurich 1 (b/c it's the United <24 hour stopover, but I'm sure there's more than 1 day's worth of activities there)
Belgium 1
(Amount of days in the different Spain cities are short and were very calculated based on suggestions, as I wanted to save any "extra" days I had for other countries.)
Madrid 1
Seville .5
Gibraltar 1.5 including Shabbos
Barcelona 1.5
« Last edited by @Yehuda on June 08, 2014, 06:26:36 PM »

Author Topic: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon  (Read 108041 times)

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #480 on: May 13, 2014, 01:56:32 PM »
if your only gonna be in italy then its prob not worth the hassle
Italy and Switzerland, but I get the impression that they accept credit cards a lot more there than in Italy, but I could be wrong. Last time I was in Switzerland was over 10 years ago.

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #481 on: May 13, 2014, 01:58:09 PM »
dont assume, it IS a hard pull. equifax to be precise
I stand corrected: There goes that idea.

Dear Yehoshua,
 
In response to your previous e-mail, Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. does run a "hard pull" on any and all Charles Schwab Bank accounts that are requested to be established whether you have an existing relationship with Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. or not. If you have further questions regarding this process you can reach out directly to Charles Schwab Bank at 800-421-4488.
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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #482 on: May 13, 2014, 03:06:07 PM »
Just to clarify, there are 3 fees. 1. The currency exchange fee 2. the ATM fee 3. the fee that the guy who runs the ATM charges (which was about 5 nis when I was in Israel) Do they reimburse for the third fee as well?
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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #483 on: May 13, 2014, 03:08:12 PM »
Just to clarify, there are 3 fees. 1. The currency exchange fee 2. the ATM fee 3. the fee that the guy who runs the ATM charges (which was about 5 nis when I was in Israel) Do they reimburse for the third fee as well?
USAA and Schwab will reimb the third fee as well.

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #484 on: May 13, 2014, 03:09:13 PM »
FYI: Chase doesn't have pin numbers for smart chips. So when using automated machines it may come to be an issue.

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #485 on: May 13, 2014, 03:11:36 PM »
FYI: Chase doesn't have pin numbers for smart chips. So when using automated machines it may come to be an issue.
...Yet. Rumors are they're changing to Chip & PIN. As it stands now, you're correct. You'd have to use another non-automated option where they can let you sign.

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #486 on: May 13, 2014, 03:13:33 PM »
True. The only things I plan on paying cash for is the Jewish Roma tour and maybe tickets to different sights like the Great Synagogue/Vatican/Colosseum, etc if they don't accept cc.
http://www.romefreewalkingtour.com/?gclid=CK7XmIbNqb4CFWVp7AodnAgAGQ
I did the tour with them. Was pretty good and cost close to nothing. They don't take you into the Colosseum etc. But you can go without them afterwards. As per the synogouge, go for mincha/maariv services and you must bring your passport to get in!

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #487 on: May 13, 2014, 03:19:15 PM »
http://www.romefreewalkingtour.com/?gclid=CK7XmIbNqb4CFWVp7AodnAgAGQ
I did the tour with them. Was pretty good and cost close to nothing. They don't take you into the Colosseum etc. But you can go without them afterwards. As per the synogouge, go for mincha/maariv services and you must bring your passport to get in!
I was thinking of this one: http://www.newromefreetour.com/

While you can get in the shul for mincha/maariv, you can't get a tour then.

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #488 on: May 13, 2014, 03:21:15 PM »
USAA and Schwab will reimb the third fee as well.
But how do they know how much the fee is? With TD it comes up as 1 transaction.
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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #489 on: May 13, 2014, 03:23:28 PM »
But how do they know how much the fee is? With TD it comes up as 1 transaction.
They don't know how much it is until it shows up on the statement. Then they refund you.

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #490 on: May 13, 2014, 03:24:36 PM »
They don't know how much it is until it shows up on the statement. Then they refund you.
On my statement it never shows up as a separate charge.
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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #491 on: May 13, 2014, 03:26:36 PM »
On my statement it never shows up as a separate charge.
USAA or Schwab?

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #492 on: May 13, 2014, 03:34:50 PM »
USAA or Schwab?
TD. with Schwab it will show up as a separate charge?
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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #493 on: May 13, 2014, 03:41:00 PM »
TD. with Schwab it will show up as a separate charge?
IDK. I don't have Schwab. I was thinking of opening an account till I confirmed it's a hard pull.

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #494 on: May 13, 2014, 03:48:54 PM »
With fidelity it shows up as one charge and they still refund it
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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #495 on: May 13, 2014, 04:07:22 PM »
With fidelity it shows up as one charge and they still refund it
How do they know how much the fee/charge was?
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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #496 on: May 13, 2014, 04:11:32 PM »
How do they know how much the fee/charge was?
Dunno. I assume that info gets passed along to them, they just don't display it.
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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #497 on: May 13, 2014, 04:17:41 PM »
How do they know how much the fee/charge was?
Does it matter?

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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #498 on: May 13, 2014, 04:22:01 PM »
Does it matter?
No. I just wanna make sure that they reimburse EVERYTHING.
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Re: @Yehuda's Israel/Eurotrip Honeymoon
« Reply #499 on: May 13, 2014, 04:22:53 PM »
No. I just wanna make sure that they reimburse EVERYTHING.
They do
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