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[YMMV/Targeted] Chase Southwest Anniversary Bonus Website
Chase has a dedicated website for anniversary bonuses to select Southwest cardholders. You can choose a free anniversary gift of tier qualifying points, companion pass qualifying points, and bonus Rapid Rewards points
These 10 Cities Are Most at Risk From Climate Change, Experts Say
As the climate changes, these cities might take the brunt of Mother Nature’s wrath.
Complete tour: The new Kansas City airport terminal brings major upgrades – The Points Guy
Chase Adds Pay-Yourself-Back Feature To Southwest Credit Cards (Up To 1 Cent-Per-Point)
On the heels of adding the Pay Yourself Back cashout feature to the Aeroplan card, Chase has now added the feature to Southwest credit cards as well. Pay yourself back at the following rates: 1 cent per point toward cover the annual fee. .8 cents per points to cover dining. This option is limited to […]
Is Now the Right Time to Invest in Travel Stocks?
While the market as a whole is flat so far in 2023, travel stocks like Airbnb, Delta and American Airlines are soaring.
MSR Monitoring, Marketing, Lead Conversion Tools; USMI on the FHA MIP Cut
Remember, not all math puns are terrible…just sum. Analyzing residential servicing is a combination of math and psychology. If you were an institution thinking of buying mortgage servicing rights (MSR), or a lender running the numbers on retaining servicing rather than selling it to an aggregator like AmeriHome or Penny Mac, you donât like hearing the saying, âMarry the house, date the rate.â Youâd prefer that the loan stay âon your booksâ well into the future because you want the monthly cash flow. In 2020 and 2021 origination income was dominant. But in 2022 servicing income won the day for those who owned it. What will happen to servicing in 2023? No one has a crystal ball, but if rates stay in the 5âs or 6âs, loans funded in 2020 and 2021 still stick. Prepayments have plummeted: no one wants to pay off their 2.875 percent loan. Of course, there are numerous parties slicing and dicing the numbers. For example, Black Knightâs MSR Index takes a sample current note rate production portfolio and tracks the MSR performance throughout the month by comparing the current value to the first day of the month value. (Todayâs podcast can be found here and this weekâs is sponsored by Agile, bringing the mortgage capital markets into a new digital era. From lenders to dealers, Agile is the new way to quote MBS. Listen to an interview with entrepreneur and author Alexandra Nolan on launching and growing a successful business.) Lender and Broker Services and Products
Travelers Say This Is the Best Frequent-Flyer Program
Hiccups on the way to combining finances
It happened fast. We barely talked about it, but all of a sudden, about a week after we got engaged — and before we were really ready — my fiancé and I had combined our finances.
I can pinpoint the impetus: Southwest Airlines was offering a promotion where if you got both the Plus and the Premier credit card and spent x dollars on one, y dollars on the other, you got a Companion Pass through the end of 2015. âWe fly Southwest a lot anyway,â we reasoned. âAnd we’ll hit the minimums soon since this wedding we’re planning isn’t going to be cheap. We might as well get one of us a $5 ticket every time we fly somewhere together.â
So we applied for credit cards in both our names and started spending money on wedding-related things. The photographer wanted a deposit, but would she take payment in full seven months before the event? Of course she would! So too would the portable bathroom people and the half dozen other vendors required to turn a party into a wedding. Just like that, we’d hit those spending goals.
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