People have their preference. Fortunately, I pretty much like everything. Same with my wife. We live to eat. We live to travel. We'll travel half way around the world just to eat. Heck, we flew to Busan, South Korea, just to eat seafood. That was almost 30 hour flight one way because of transfers just to eat fresh seafood and see the ocean. If you don't love traveling and food, that might sound crazy. But to me, it's crazy not to do it.beach visits usually aren't active or varied enough for me
i've never taken a vacation to relax, i take them to wear myself out
there's still too many interesting museums and historic places i want to see
maybe when i retire i'll be able to relax on vacation
I don't trust anyone who doesn't like the beach. Only miserable people don't like the sun and the ocean.
Where's that? I mean which property?All I know is this is the view from one of the balconies in the place I rented for May and I cannot wait to see this for the first time in over a year.
I don't trust anyone who doesn't like the beach. Only miserable people don't like the sun and the ocean.
beach visits usually aren't active or varied enough for me
i've never taken a vacation to relax, i take them to wear myself out
there's still too many interesting museums and historic places i want to see
maybe when i retire i'll be able to relax on vacation
People have their preference. Fortunately, I pretty much like everything. Same with my wife. We live to eat. We live to travel. We'll travel half way around the world just to eat. Heck, we flew to Busan, South Korea, just to eat seafood. That was almost 30 hour flight one way because of transfers just to eat fresh seafood and see the ocean. If you don't love traveling and food, that might sound crazy. But to me, it's crazy not to do it.
Depends where I go and why I'm going. I enjoy crabbing, digging for clams and mussels, catching scallops and conchs, picking up oysters, hunting for octopus and lobsters, catching fish, etc. There's so much to do or not to do. It's your choice. Some people like to watch the birds and watch the pelicans dive for fish. Or you can surf, paddle board, swim, snorkel, scuba, etc. Anywhere you go, it's what you make of it. Doesn't matter if you go to the mountains, lake, city, etc. Your attitude determines whether you have fun or not. It's why it's so important to travel with compatible partner or just go by yourself. There's nothing worse than traveling with Debbie Downer. They can turn any trip miserable.There's nothing I dislike about the beach, but I find that vacationing there for extended periods gets old, very fast. I don't need to sit and stare at water to have fun. ...I mean, I've been spoiled by some beautiful, solitary ocean-front natural properties, so I guess it doesn't do much for me anywhere else.
I like exploring diverse places and cultures. It's definitely more stressful, and can be mentally draining, but I find that is all part of it.
Food is a big part of traveling for me, and since I don't really like seafood that much, I have much less use for beaches. And even if I did care about seafood....it's not like the food at fancy beach destinations is going to be uniquely special compared to most others. It's about the same everywhere you go. (I'm not considering Asia here, because all bets are off. They will eat their own toes if it looks interesting enough)
One of the reasons why we went to Bogota, Colombia, was because my daughter wanted hot chocolate with cheese. She saw some Youtube video where they mentioned that was a thing in Colombia. So I booked weekend trip to Bogota so she could have her hot chocolate with cheese. I will travel for food.We've made alterations to our plans to hit my favorite restaurant in the world. Seems a bit odd to have one that is on a different continent that I have visited multiple times on multiple different trips. And here in MI our seafood is not the best quality and\or very pricey so your comment hits home. We always look for good seafood places when we get close to an ocean
If memory serves you need to travel more in general
Sapphire Beach Resort and Marina.Where's that? I mean which property?
It's pretty easy to find those kinds of beaches on most islands I've been to. The only one that I'd say it's not really as easy is Aruba. But we do go to smaller beaches there too on the north west part of the island that have less spots for people to sit and it's just different than being in the hotel areas. Baby Beach has gotten a lot more popular too but we typically find a spot under a tree there when we go and aren't very close to people.My problem is that to get the most out of relaxing on a beach I want it to be deserted - to the point that I'd be ok if my wife wasn't there And those locations are very few and far between. Easier for me to get close to that hiking somewhere than a beach trip so I say I prefer other trips to beach trips
It's pretty easy to find those kinds of beaches on most islands I've been to. The only one that I'd say it's not really as easy is Aruba. But we do go to smaller beaches there too on the north west part of the island that have less spots for people to sit and it's just different than being in the hotel areas. Baby Beach has gotten a lot more popular too but we typically find a spot under a tree there when we go and aren't very close to people.
Sapphire Beach in St. Thomas? I love that beach. Where I saw my first sea turtle and shark while snorkeling. Last time we were there was when wife was pregnant. We were snorkeling looking for turtles, and she got tired. A guy who had anchored his boat let her hang on for a while.Sapphire Beach Resort and Marina.
We went to Sapphire Beach like 4x when we were there last March and liked it. Going to be even better now without the cruisers there. We weren't at a property right on the beach last time but now that we will have a 9 month old with us we wanted to be able to just go back in the room right away if we're out and he starts acting up.
Yeah we were at that beach probably 3-4 times while in St. Thomas the first time for a week. We stayed at Point Pleasant which was like 5 minutes away which had no beach but has awesome views as it is up high on hills overlooking the ocean.Sapphire Beach in St. Thomas? I love that beach. Where I saw my first sea turtle and shark while snorkeling. Last time we were there was when wife was pregnant. We were snorkeling looking for turtles, and she got tired. A guy who had anchored his boat let her hang on for a while.
I really enjoy beaches, but I like to move around, get some strange. One thing I like about cruising. Bad thing is when you get to a really nice one you never have enough time.
30k sounds low. Companion pass is normal.I see Southwest is doing companion pass til 2/28/22 and 30k points for opening new Southwest Plus credit card. This offer is good until tomorrow 3/10. I assume this is pretty good deal or is this type of Southwest CC deal always available?
Southwest Rapid Rewards Plus CC
30k sounds low. Companion pass is normal.
That's what I remember - Chase southwest cards that you stacked for something like 60k points each and if opened in the right time frame, gave you two years of companion passes. This was pre-COVID and I haven't paid attention to the SW cards the last couple years so I don't know if they just significantly degraded their offerings or what.Say what?
Companion pass isn't normal - well, it wasn't "normal" until we had this pandemic where air travel drastically slowed.
30k points ontop of a 1 year companion pass definitely isn't bad. What I'm used to are cards with 60-70k mile sign-up bonus, and then I get two of them (1 being a business card version), and it stacks up to get 120-140k miles which qualifies for companion pass.
I'm lik 35 minutes from IAD, DCA, and BWI.It's an ok deal IMO. Easy to get but personally I prefer getting the Companion Pass with points instead of a direct credit card promotion because the companion pass is then good for the remainder of the calendar year its earned in plus the entire following year. It's more coordination but gives an extra year of use and allows better chance of overlapping Companion Passes. Given the previous history of offers its been possible to earn a companion pass in the first quarter of the year for pretty much every year since 2014 or so.
The downside to SW is that they are more of a point to point airline instead of hub and spoke so they tend to have less direct flights in general than other airlines from major hubs like Atlanta. I usually end up with a connection in MDW, BWI or DEN when flying them but, with Detroit being a Delta fortress hub, SW is often a little cheaper than alternatives even before factoring the 2-for-1 CP. The upside is typically better connection options for smaller destinations and, theoretically, cheaper prices to service the smaller destinations. An additional downside is around irregular operations (weather\system delays) as SW resources are spread out while a hub and spoke has centralized resources at the hub that can be easily reallocated as need be
It's Chase - I don't think it's likely they care and they deal with plenty of whales. I sat on a rewards card panel and they asked an income question and had a $1M-$9,999,999 range and a $10+M range. If you don't hear in a couple days I'd give the personal card reconsideration line a call 1-888-270-2127I applied for the Southwest card but didn't get auto approved. It said they would review my application and let me know. I think they're going to send me decline letter. I bet my high income figure drew the big red flag on their system and the computer rejected it because it thought I was lying about my gross income. I should've lied on the application and left out a zero instead of truthfully answering. I'm pretty sure that's the reason because my credit score is well above 800. Maybe one of their human underwriters will review my application and approve it. If not, that's ok too.
Yeah as @Exterous said if you really want it asap, just call that number.I applied for the Southwest card but didn't get auto approved. It said they would review my application and let me know. I think they're going to send me decline letter. I bet my high income figure drew the big red flag on their system and the computer rejected it because it thought I was lying about my gross income. I should've lied on the application and left out a zero instead of truthfully answering. I'm pretty sure that's the reason because my credit score is well above 800. Maybe one of their human underwriters will review my application and approve it. If not, that's ok too.
I applied for the Southwest card but didn't get auto approved. It said they would review my application and let me know. I think they're going to send me decline letter. I bet my high income figure drew the big red flag on their system and the computer rejected it because it thought I was lying about my gross income. I should've lied on the application and left out a zero instead of truthfully answering. I'm pretty sure that's the reason because my credit score is well above 800. Maybe one of their human underwriters will review my application and approve it. If not, that's ok too.