{"id":12032,"date":"2025-06-27T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=12032"},"modified":"2025-06-20T15:24:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T21:24:19","slug":"friday-interlude-when-things-arent-what-they-seem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/27\/friday-interlude-when-things-arent-what-they-seem\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Interlude: When Things Aren’t What They Seem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a special guest post from irieriley, a churner who went from crawling to marathon long sprints in a short time<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the world of manufactured spend and churning, it\u2019s implied that there is a rigid structure of clearly defined rules that govern what you can and can\u2019t do. Chase 5\/24. Amex pop up jail. Don\u2019t cycle Citi. Don\u2019t cycle Synchrony*<\/a>, etc. etc. etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot of this collective knowledge is sourced from smart folks that were willing to be the guinea pigs and push limits to understand exactly what those limits are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in the spirit of probing, you shouldn\u2019t consider any of these rules as completely impossible to circumvent. I once cycled a Citi Double Cash 9 times back when I didn\u2019t know it was an issue, and a large Citi balance was a prerequisite for a long, tedious afternoon of liquidation. I\u2019m still alive years later, continued shenanigans and all.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, I\u2019m not saying to go throw in an application for the absolutely incredible Chase Sapphire Reserve Business\u2122\u00ae <\/strong>if you\u2019re way over 5\/24, because it will be a waste of a hard pull. I\u2019m just saying that historically, there\u2019s been ways to get around these obstacles.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Here are some common \u201crules\u201d I\u2019ve seen over the years that I wouldn\u2019t hesitate to spend 5 seconds testing if I came across them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n