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  1. dballing

    Northeast Snowstorm

    Here's what happens when the tracks aren't cleared in advance, and nobody preps the platform folks for what's coming: https://www.facebook.com/craig.oleszewski/posts/10210994027301131
  2. dballing

    New Amtrak Guest Rewards Master Card - Fall 2015

    4.) It's phenomenally uncommon for Bank A to simply trust Bank B's credit-decisions and be willing to accept the risk of a given batch of customers en masse. I can't think of a single loyalty credit card I've ever had that simply transitioned my entire account from one bank to another. It's...
  3. dballing

    Penn Station advice

    If he dropped you off a 31st/8th, that would be correct. The cab stand for uptown cabs is at the north end of that superblock (33rd/8th) immediately outside the exit doors. For downtown/south cabs, the cab stand is on the 7th avenue side between 31st and 32nd.
  4. dballing

    Amtrak Mastercard on Chase site seemed to disappear.

    I have one with an April'18 expiration. Just got it replaced-on-expiration last month.
  5. dballing

    Amtrak Mastercard on Chase site seemed to disappear.

    Customer-selectable CVVs would mean a preponderance of "007", "777", "123" and "666" codes in use. CVVs need to be randomly assigned.
  6. dballing

    Amtrak Mastercard on Chase site seemed to disappear.

    That doesn't jive with my experience at all. Our new USAA cards came in the mail a couple days ago and they were, by default chip+strip.
  7. dballing

    Doing a "Loop"

    See, she's "familiar" with Amtrak. She's just not a fan. Sitting on a train watching the countryside go by is so phenomenally "not her style" (whereas I could do it all day :) ). And yes, I suspect people might be jealous of my AGR balance, but the flip side is that EARNING them has been a...
  8. dballing

    Doing a "Loop"

    So as an infrequent lurker here, I can only say, "HOLY COW", I did not expect this particular level of response, and am grateful. I now have a bunch of reading I have to do across the entire thread. thanks everyone!
  9. dballing

    Doing a "Loop"

    So, I look at it this way: I'm going to get one shot at this, so I'm fine with "staying out longer" to get a full loop of the country, as it were. I think probably two weeks would be what I could wrangle out of an employer when the time comes, which doesn't SEEM an insurmountable obstacle in...
  10. dballing

    Doing a "Loop"

    Right now, I'm sitting on close to 200K. By the time I have permission from the wife to do this (since she doesn't want to do so, and since it will be more than just a weekend thing) I'll probably have 250-300K. That's my "ballpark" numbers. I'm banking about 3000AGR/mo alone, just from my...
  11. dballing

    Doing a "Loop"

    As someone who commutes daily into NYP, and who puts all my work purchases on my AGR credit-card and expense them, I accumulate a decent amount of AGR points. I'm starting to reach a number where I'm willing to consider a vacation idea I've had for a while : doing a loop of the country on...
  12. dballing

    Use any Mastercard and get 25% more points

    I know there were two different "occurrences" of this promo in 2010, but both of them are now over. Has anyone got a valid code for one of these occurring in 2011 yet?
  13. dballing

    Amtrak Police shook me down in Reno

    You say you deal with security hassles "because that is a part of it", but the reason it is "a part of it" is because people continue to be cowed into participating in "Security Theater", taking off their shoes and belts, and throwing away their water bottles because a small group of people...
  14. dballing

    Amtrak Police shook me down in Reno

    You can say "No". One simple word that, in defiance of authority behaving stupidly, has a long and proud history. And one thing to keep in mind (especially on airlines, as you were describing)... if you refuse a consensual search, and they deny you boarding privileges, you should be entitled to...
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