I cancelled my preferred card 3 days ago (unrelated to churning, I simply didn’t want to pay the annual fee), just this evening saw the bonus had increased, applied and got approved for the preferred with 40k bonus a few minutes ago.
I’m in my 30s and a husband and stepdad. I grew up in northern New England and spent around a decade traveling on and off by train in a way I think would be frowned upon or at least cause verbal commotion on this forum. I became acquainted with grease, train yards and night air.
I worked...