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News and notes from around the interweb:
- How to destroy a metal credit card. Chase, at least, gives you a postage-paid envelope to return cards in so they can have the old cards destroyed. andyandy tried to take a blow torch to his Chase Sapphire Preferred Card. That’s not the recommended method.
- Alaska Airlines lounges will feature food for purchase and barista stations. (HT: One Mile at a Time)
As Long as They Have Pancake Machines - Hotel occupancy rates are up but we’re right at the point where they really start to decline for the year.
- More on Garuda Indonesia’s award sale up to 70% off including long haul premium cabin flights. Garuda is a Citi transfer partner.
- Chase will now count business deposits towards the $250,000 threshold in assets on deposit to qualify for Chase Private Client. Worth noting that the $250,000 is merely an expectation, accounts can be opened with less than this. And it can be in cash and transferred-in mutual funds, you don’t have to let Chase invest for you.
Copyright: jetcityimage / 123RF Stock Photo - Emirates is saying no merger with Etihad. I’ve always thought any deal would hinge on the new Dubai airport, Al Maktoum, expanding — because it’s much closer to Abu Dhabi. So it doesn’t help that expansion is being delayed five years.
- British Airways hack was worse than previously feared
I guess the Garuda Indonesia promo actually sucks…thanks for the update Gary.
You really think he just needed to destroy an expired card? I can think of other reasons why I would like to take a blow torch to my Chase card. 😉
As for Chase Private client, it is a mystery. My mother was CPC, then all of a sudden she wasn’t, with no change in her business practices. Chase even went so far as to send out new CSP cards that did not say CPC on them, mid card cycle.
I have no reason to expect I’d be a CPC, and have received nothing in writing, but when I call Chase, they thank me for being a CPC. Go figure.
I destroyed my shredder on an old Chase Marriott card that had a metal base. Not worth it – just mail back the cards.
On destroying the metal card, try tin snips. They work like scissors on a plastic card.
Something like this: Stanley 14-563 FatMax® Compound Action Aviation Snips, Straight
You can also request they give you regular plastic cards (my CSR is plastic). They have the added advantage of not easily slipping out of your wallet or cel/card holder, and weigh a lot less. At one point I had 4 metal cards falling out all over the place and x4 they weigh a ton.