Comments on: Some Of The Deals I Did In October…

By: eli

eli — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:38:51 +0000

dan for the chase bank account dont you need to set up direct deposit to get the 25000 miles

By: carl

carl — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:16:52 +0000

to aron- which Astoria federal in NY?- to READER which Bank of America Branch are you reffering to? If I open an account with them I want to know which branch I should go to. thank you

By: aaron

aaron — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:34:21 +0000

I’m in NY, I give my coins to Astoria Federal, never had a problem with 4k- 5k.

By: m

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:47:01 +0000

You posted a little while ago about a free book in snapfish. when i tried to order it they said it expired in Nov. 2008. was this a mistake or is it still going?

By: hendel

hendel — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:40:58 +0000

the apple bank in crown heights on albany ave will NOT take the dollar coins.
they have a policy that you are only allowed to deposit 250 coins a day, and every coin thereafter they charge you 20 cents.
after a few day of bringing 250 coins a day, they told me that i can not bring any more, otherwise they will charge me. i told them that their bank policy allows it. i was then told that the manager has the right to “bend the policy” when it suits them!!!!
understandably, due to horrible customer service, i have since closed my account and moved to another bank (chase)

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:43:35 +0000

@ anon
I have deposited a total of 75k in coins in various chase branches around brooklyn and have never been turned down.

By: everyone is nutz

everyone is nutz — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:29:43 +0000

citbank in flatbush LOVES them(dont know why)
citibank in lakewood HATES them(do know why)
chase is an extremely greedy bank nowadays so they are very hard to get through -even though im premier…(at least on this side of the us

By: Reader

Reader — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:34:23 +0000

Coins:Bank of America will take them (you might need a checking account so worse case you can opened one online and it free always so once you open the account online the. Drive into Brooklyn)

By: Dan/Ctownbochur

Dan/Ctownbochur — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:21:24 +0000

@Mike: Anyone should feel free to start a post at dansdeals.com/forums

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:19:56 +0000

Dan if you want to move a discussion to the forums, could you please post the relevant link.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:18:46 +0000

@Anonymous: It would most probably help to actually have an account at the bank. No bank would take the coins if yo didn’t have an account.

By: ymm

ymm — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:03:14 +0000

@Anonymous: Try Toms River!

By: alex

alex — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:13:34 +0000

@Dan/Ctownbochur: 35k? link?

By: Dan/Ctownbochur

Dan/Ctownbochur — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:36:42 +0000

@Anonymous: Impressive! I wonder just how many lakewooders are doing the mint thing to make every bank reject accepting them???

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:29:54 +0000

Im telling you dan there insnt one bank in a twenty mile vicinity of lakewood that will take these coins. Any NYers help would be appreciated

By: Dan/Ctownbochur

Dan/Ctownbochur — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:06:44 +0000

@Anonymous:
I live in Cleveland, so unless you want to come to a Chase here I wish you the best of luck!

Maybe a NY’er will help you out and post a comment about a good bank.

Seems somewhat hard to believe that no bank anywhere around you will take the coins…I’ve only encountered a couple banks that have ever rejected a deposit.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:01:15 +0000

dan which chas banks please? any in BP or Flatbush? I dot want shlep four boxes to bank and have them tell me ” we dont have the capacity to take that kind of deposit” please let me know and thanxs for the response

By: Dan/Ctownbochur

Dan/Ctownbochur — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:45:44 +0000

Let’s bring all Citi AA card questions/duscussion over to dansdeals.com/forums.

Thanks!

By: Chaim

Chaim — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:43:58 +0000

I currently have 5 citi m/c card. 1 bronze and 4 platinums. I tried consolidating them but they told me that due to the new cc laws, they dont know how it will apply to this, so for now I can do it. I dont want to close cards as I dont want to lose the credit, So I applied for another one, just to get the bonus miles, and they told me that I have the maximum number of cards allowed. Dan, did you ever have such a thing? is it indeed so? or dont they know what theyre talking about?

By: danfan

danfan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:15:07 +0000

both visa and mc are same… 30,000 after $750…? found it in the forums…

By: Dan/Ctownbochur

Dan/Ctownbochur — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:07:49 +0000

@@:): I've never seen Visa offers as good as the MC offers.@Anonymous: I've found Chase to be very accommodating.@Shmuli: Iguacu is indeed mindbogglingly beautiful, I was there in 2005 but I'd love to bring my wife there! It's a shame that the Sheraton Igaucu has gone from a cat. 2 to cat. 5 in the meamtime!What kind of other stuff would you recommend to do in BA? Is December a good time to go to BA or will it be too hot? How far is the Park Hyatt BA from the jewish community or kosher restaurants?

By: everyone is nutz

everyone is nutz — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:45:13 +0000

dan,i love this-i was in the same boat as you-churning for the past 2 yrs(you did 4 yrs-ok!)and everything went amazing-now that all newbies start doing and calling CSR’s making it obvious…this deal is on its way to be over..anyways while i could say i hit almost gld from churning i cant say plat-u win!!(as usual)

By: Shmuli

Shmuli — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:44:04 +0000

I say Hyatt in Bunoes Aires its a beautiful city and a awesome hotel was there last year…While your there go to Iguacu and stay in the Sheraton Iguacu also a great hotel

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:21:34 +0000

dan,I live in lakewood and no bank around here wants to accept my 10,000 in dollar coins( they are all still sealed and rolled). Do you have any ideas for me? is there a bank in brooklyn that would take them if I shlep them in? I called Chase 800 and they told me its up to each bank to accept or not. I need to get these out of my house and deposited asap. ANy help would be appreciated

By: :)

:) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:26:02 +0000

isnt there a total of 5 different AA cards 1- VISA personal 2- VISA biz 3- MC personal 4- MC biz 5- AMEX?

-why churn ‘only’ 3?

By: Dan/Ctownbochur

Dan/Ctownbochur — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:09:49 +0000

@$$$: They can do it, just ask for a manager.

By: $$$

$$$ — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:08:08 +0000

@Dan/Ctownbochur:
i called to downgrade my AA MC and rep said theres no such thing as a downgrade.
either he was clueless or the downgrade only works for AMEX (?)

anyway dan thanx for the ideas!!! keep em coming

By: Dan/Ctownbochur

Dan/Ctownbochur — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:03:00 +0000

@danfan: I just downgraded an AA card to a hilton card the other day. I think the 30K offer link has been posted on dansdeals.com/forums. The 35K is only after spending 10K = 45K total miles.@$$$: Nothing always works my friend. Experiment and discover for yourself.

By: $$$

$$$ — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:58:08 +0000

@Dan/Ctownbochur:

how much time do have to click all three?
a minute? a second? 2 seconds?….?

does it ALWAYS work?

By: danfan

danfan — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:48:50 +0000

@Dan/Ctownbochur:

where do i find a link to the 35k or 30k offer?
first year free?

thanx

By: danfan

danfan — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:44:29 +0000

but there is no downgrade from AA card? is there? so you ask to transfer you credit line to the new card?

By: Dan/Ctownbochur

Dan/Ctownbochur — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:41:24 +0000

@moish: I think you understand perfectly.@danfan: There are 30k/35k links floating around. I beleive the 20K ones are dead.

By: danfan

danfan — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:38:19 +0000

dan : you use the $750 for 25000 miles offer? what happened to the old 20000 just for signing up?

By: moish

moish — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:35:21 +0000

dan i read the post but unfortunately i didnt understand what you meant “You can do all 3 in one second thanks for IE/FF/Chrome…” are you suggesting if you click all three the same time you will get approved for all three w/o waiting the 60 days? dont they review the applications and see that you did that?

By: Bz

Bz — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:48:12 +0000

if I bought a laptop on my starwood a few years ago, and close it now, and then reapply, can i still cash in on the “extra year of warranty” from the first card? I still have other amex accounts open…

By: Dan/Ctownbochur

Dan/Ctownbochur — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:38:13 +0000

@Jeff: @moish: Reread this comment@Bz: Starwood can still be churned, but you need to close down the account and wait 30 days before reapplying.@Anon: There are no more codes being given out, but if you have a code you have until 11/14 to make the book.

By: Anon

Anon — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:09:19 +0000

Is the shutterfly photo book offer still valid?

By: Bz

Bz — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:06:27 +0000

Are starwood cards still churnable?

By: moish

moish — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:58:21 +0000

dan, i applied and got approved for a citi mc aa, and two days later applied for the visa aa and was told that i needed to wait the 60 days. how did you do 3 in one month?

By: aa

aa — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:22:46 +0000

is transfering the same as churning, what does it mean change card types, and i tried to apply again and they said new policy is to only allow twp cards per yr.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:55:14 +0000

Do i need to do them all at one shot? MC -AMEX & BUS?

By: Dan/Ctownbochur

Dan/Ctownbochur — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:51:23 +0000

@Jeff:
60 days between apps of the same card.
You can do all 3 in one second thanks for IE/FF/Chrome…

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:47:29 +0000

Hi Dan,

Huge fan . how do u churn 3 Citi cards in one month if your not waiting the 60 days in between apps?? do u apply for all flavore at 1 shot??

By: Dan/Ctownbochur

Dan/Ctownbochur — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:17:38 +0000

I'm glad everyone liked the post...maybe I'll do it again in the future.@aa: You can still transfer credit lines, change cards into other card types, and apply for a new card every 60 days.@C: Do you have any income? You can try calling them up and saying you don't want to release you tax data and would just like a small credit line...have you tried for the cheaper AA cards or the AA AMEX from Citi?@Uri: If the cards have an annual fee you better believe there's a point to canceling!@chaim: No, You can have at least 2 of each Citi AA card type. (Business, Consumer, AMEX). I've never tried getting more than 2.@shlomo stein: It does look nice, but is it worth going to milan in the winter?@loyal reader: Practice makes perfect...zrizin makdimim...@ymm: The miles post on the same statement that you meet the $750 in spending. I open a 2nd card and then transfer the credit line over so I don't take a hit to my total available credit by closing it out. One of my AA cards is closing in on a 100K credit line!@danfan: Did you try searching for it?@Tian: Did you try calling up delta to check for availability on their partners?

By: Tian

Tian — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:03:14 +0000

@Dan/Ctownbochur: Thank! Is there any better way to use the skymiles then?

By: danfan

danfan — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:00:57 +0000

dan: i know you have posted about churning and accumulating AA miles etc. a few times. maybe you can tell me where to find it?

By: ymm

ymm — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:42:38 +0000

Do you pay the AA credit card’s annual fee? How long does it take for the miles to post? Do you cancel the card before applying for a new one?

By: loyal reader

loyal reader — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:18:37 +0000

Dan, thanks for the laughs. I am impressed with what you’ve done…but, how do u have all this time to do this? It takes me hours to do do even a fraction of what you have done!

By: shlomo stein

shlomo stein — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:04:35 +0000

check out park hyatt milan its unreal!!

By: chaim

chaim — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:34:39 +0000

Do you have to cancel an existing american airlines credit card to apply for the same one again and still get the bonus?