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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, you have to pay a 3% fee. That would be almost $4000 for me this year and my credit limit isn't that high anyway. [/quote]

OP, unlike this moron, we follow IRS suggestions and use Pay1040 to make periodic tax payments at a very reasonable rate of 1.75%. We use our Chase Freedom Unlimited card (which has a $75K limit) to make estimated quarterly payments of around $53K each. This works out to be about $3710 in fees. The spending earns us 1.5X per dollar spent which is about 318K Chase points per year. We also have a CSR credit card which allows us to transfer 1:1 to Hyatt points which are nominally valued at about 1.7¢ each. This means we’re getting at least $5406 in value for only a $3710 expense.

Truthfully, though, we cash in those 318K Hyatt points to book multiple rooms or suites for week-long vacations at places like the Park Hyatt Maldives, Alila Ventana Big Sur, or the Impressions by Secrets in Cancun.

DH and I are staying at the Park Hyatt Tokyo in June for 7 nights using 315K points plus a Suite Upgrade Certificate. This is peak pricing! The cash price for the most entry level room over the same dates is $14K. When you factor in the suite upgrade, we’re looking at a standard suite that would otherwise cost $22K.

So, yeah, we’re cool spending an extra $4K in CC fees to land a luxury suite in Tokyo that would cost a cash-paying customer an extra $18K. This is why our family takes 5-6 luxury vacations every year to most people’s 1-2. [/quote]

Oh FFS. [/quote]

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