Yesterday morning, I decided it was time that I gathered all that "vital" paperwork that I needed copies for (just in case of theft or loss) and get them taken care of. That involves firing up the old computer, which is the only one with a scanner. This computer was put together by my brother-in-law for me in 2001 and is still running Win 98, just to give you an idea of its age. When the scanner stops working, that'll be time to get a new scanner. Don't need a new computer though. Too many others in the house already.
Speaking of computers, finally got around to taking the eMachines in to the repair shop for the free estimate. They discovered that the hard drive was ok but that was about all that was. The power supply was shot and so was the motherboard, among other things. Bottom line, they are building a new one for about $300, and transferring all our hard drive data to the new one. Should be done today I hope. But I digress....
I scanned all of the vouchers for the trip, including tickets, hotel rooms, tours & transportation. I also scanned my passport, the 2 credit cards (AmEx and Mastercard) and the two ATM cards (from my personal savings account for the trip, and our joint account (which will be only for a backup.) Also my health insurance card, prescriptions, and eyeglass prescription. Perhaps overkill but I'd rather have it and not need it than the other way around.
After all the scanning, I copied the files onto my flash drive in the encrypted section. That way they'll be available if I need them. I also made hard copies of everything to leave at home, and an extra copy of passport and cards which I'm going to put into an envelope, laminate the envelope, and that way if its messed with in my suitcase I'll at least know it.
Speaking of credit cards, I am NOT happy with Citibank. For over 20 years, I've had a CitiMiles account with them which gave me one airline mile for each dollar I charged. Then I could redeem them for airline tickets, one CitiMile per airline mile. So if the round trip is 1500 miles, it took 1500 CitiMiles. 500 mile minimum round trip. No extra charges. So I get my latest CitiBank bill, on March 3, on the second page is buried a notice: As of March 1 it's now a $39 fee for each ticket PLUS the minimum mileage charge is now 2500 miles. Five times what it was before, and no advance notice.
For years my CitiBank has been my primary card for gas, groceries, whatever (paid off every month of course) just so I could accumulate air miles. I've received five tickets over the years: 3 to Virginia Beach for me and the boys in 2001 to see Judy & family; 1 for Eric in 2004 to Baltimore so he could go to a Naval Academy seminar; and 1 for Eric in 2007 to go to San Antonio for Scott's graduation from basic (he couldn't take off as much time as Steve & I who drove.) I currently have just under 3000 miles so guess I can redeem them for one more trip. After that I'm planning to cancel the card, after being a loyal customer since 1986, and I'll make sure CitiBank knows why. I was already planning to take a different card on the trip, and am now going to use that other card here at home as well.
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