100 ways this hobby has altered your life

[Daniel]

131. Learned the many ways to talk about the weather for the many hours on the phone with various reps.

 

[italdesign]

132. you now want to be as far away from your travel destinations as possible.

133. you ask the front desk random obscure questions/requests that they cannot answer, so that they may feel bad and give you some freebie. "There's no walking tour in minus 20 degree weather? Oh, my trip is ruined." *fake tears*

 

[vasu]

You get paid to send flowers for friends n families

 

[plane2port]

134. Changes the dynamic of family discussions. What happened when we were discussing how we'd pay for the beach house rental......View media item 270

 

[vasu]

135. Getting paid to send flowers and candies for friends and families /Charities too!

 

[italdesign]

136. While most hate corporate bureaucracy and inefficiency, it has done wonders for you.

 

[FindAWay]

I used to think my commute driving to and home from work was way to0 long; but, now I purposely extend my commute and add-in stops (Target, Walmart, Grocery Stores, etc.)!

 

[MickiSue]

Instead of wondering if I'll get any sleep on the red eye to Rome, I wonder if the jammies will be five sizes too big.

 

[pstravels]

137. Giving added value to cashiers at MS locations as potential relationships. Deciding to prolong breaking up with one such cashier until finishing manufacturing Delta elite status.

 

[Barefootwoman]

138.: When Groupon deactivates your account due to suspected fraud and you call to find out what's up and they tell you they won't reactivate it until you can verify by giving them one of your credit card numbers - and you reply: "how much time do you have?"

 

[Burgertm]

139. The people at Staples (who know you by your first name) think that you run a printing company (or multiple) due to all the paper you buy

140. You can't accrue enough PTO to spend all your points/miles

 

[italdesign]

You want to see the face of a normal person after seeing how many different CCs (or pages of CCs) are in your Amazon acct (from AP [RIP]).

 

[Daniel]

141. You cringe when you see people throw out their 'junk mail' from American Express.

 

[italdesign]

At a parade, you shout obscure things like "Park Hyatt Vendome next weekend!!", "Approve my United card!!", and "Thanks for the free points" (while waiving your latest CCs), because the Hyatt, Chase, and AA floats passed by. The normal attendees look confused.

 

[italdesign]

You never have to pay baggage fee. In fact, you know a million ways to avoid it.

 

[CCTWW3]

113. Your parents, siblings, and significant other know exactly where you are (Walmart) when they all start receiving those Bluebird load emails

 

[italdesign]

113. Your parents, siblings, and significant other know exactly where you are (Walmart) when they all start receiving those Bluebird load emails

Unless they never get the email because you created one for them for this purpose.

 

[MickiSue]

You have multiple email accounts that are variations on the same one (justme@gmail, just.me@gmail, etc), and none of them sends email to you, exactly.

 

[kristian]

140. You can't accrue enough PTO to spend all your points/miles

And when you lose your day job, you're like: Yes!

 

[italdesign]

You go to the longest checkout line on purpose because your fav cashier is working there. And you curse silently when another cashier steps in just before your turn.

Or you're in a normal line (with multiple registers) and you root for the current customer that takes forever, coz he is increasing the chance that they'll get a backup cashier who has 39% chance of being more receptive than the current one.

 

[John]

I now enjoy flying only business class or first glass now with all the points I have gathered

 

[damanjeff6]

All your friends and family now have your phone number memorized just to take advantage of those sweet sweet fuel rewards.

 

[italdesign]

All your friends and family now have your phone number memorized

This is a good one. Before, I never bothered to remember my parent's address and phone #. Now I know it by heart. The best part is I never forget their bday now.

 

[italdesign]

I almost got "my" name wrong several times on the phone.

 

[bgh10788]

if that ISIS did have a card, it would be the one card I will never get no matter how lucrative.

short of that, all is fair game.

Going off of this...
You make sure you're ISIS serve card is hidden when going through TSA so you don't get an extra-special massage.

 

[spamman808]

77. You (well I do) a bit more time up late at night reading through the various blogs, forums, etc. than you probably should and roll in to work tired the next day.

78. Being new to the hobby, I get really excited about finding out about all the different deals floating around out there, even when I can't take advantage of them. I think part of the fun is the seeking and finding, and not just the redemption!

 

[Matt]

77. You (well I do) a bit more time up late at night reading through the various blogs, forums, etc. than you probably should and roll in to work tired the next day.

78. Being new to the hobby, I get really excited about finding out about all the different deals floating around out there, even when I can't take advantage of them. I think part of the fun is the seeking and finding, and not just the redemption!

How come you are on 77/78, did you elect to disregard the other posts as duplicates or unworthy?

 

[spamman808]

How come you are on 77/78, did you elect to disregard the other posts as duplicates or unworthy?

Hi all

I didn't mean to! I replied at the bottom of the page, and it was under 76 for me...guess I wasn't paying attention, I thought I was at the end. So much for not making mistakes...sorry if I've offended others. I guess I was bound to put my foot in my mouth sooner, rather than later.

My apologies again!

 

[Matt]

Hi all

I didn't mean to! I replied at the bottom of the page, and it was under 76 for me...guess I wasn't paying attention, I thought I was at the end. So much for not making mistakes...sorry if I've offended others. I guess I was bound to put my foot in my mouth sooner, rather than later.

My apologies again!

Just messing with you, welcome aboard !

 

[spamman808]

Thanks Matt. Good to be here.

 

[italdesign]

145. You have run out of storage room for slippers.

 

[nickelfish1]

146. You log on to the Citi and Chase apps first thing in the morning to make sure you don't have a "0.00" credit line across your cards.
You do it again before bed so you can sleep.

 

[nickelfish1]

147. You keep your credit report handy and have memorized the days on which a hard pull will fall off.

 

[nickelfish1]

148. You have a calendar with words like, "Freedom" "AA WE" "Alaska" written in every 90-180 days.

 

[damanjeff6]

149. You get used to hearing the words, "Do you know that you're crazy?"