What happened to Storytime Sunday for Dec 27th?

thank you because i have a lot of stories to tell this week!

opened a citigold account about two weeks ago for the 50k AA bonus, and i created a different account from my already existing accounts with citi because i read here about all the drama people deal with if they add the account to their existing account. now i can't access any of my credit card accounts with them!! i have a citi premiere on the way (it might be in my mailbox - i've been traveling all week for the holidays), so i'll call them to activate it and sort it out then, i guess?

meanwhile, their billpay was supposed to post to my barclays account on 12/24 and still hasn't...i sent them an SM, but they're seriously shitty bank and haven't responded. has anyone else had trouble with their billpay? i only did $50 as a test, so i'm considering pulling out all the remaining cash besides about $150, putting the money in my chase account, and just pay off my barclays bill the old fashioned way. it's about $4000 i have left in there/that i need to pay off.

ALSO, another user very helpfully suggested i get the citi prestige for an upcoming trip to marrakech. i applied today, but had totally spaced on the fact that it would be my third application with them in two months, so was obviously rejected. whoops! won't make that mistake again!!

on a positive note, my boyfriend and i stayed at the brand new aloft houston last night for about $90, and after all the promos/bonuses, i'll be getting about 5k spg points. greetings from the united club IAH! after the prestige rejection, i just went ahead and booked marrakech with united miles routing through lisbon on TAP in business class. not the world's greatest redemption but i am SOOO excited. miles come and go, but best friends who invite me to stay with them at fab hotels in marrakech are exceedingly rare and here to stay!!

thank you for reading because that was a lot :)

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