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re: Credit Card Rewards and Points Discussion

Posted on 11/16/15 at 9:28 am to
Posted by LSUAfro
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2005
12775 posts
Posted on 11/16/15 at 9:28 am to
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Afro, do you have SPG too?

Yes, I have the personal card and I've paid the annual fees on it for a couple years, but I won't be renewing it. I can't justify $100 renewal with no additional perks(that I use) unless they offer a lucrative retention. No telling what Amex will do with retention/sign up bonuses with news of the merger.

Really disappointed with news of the merger.

I will try to churn the SPG Business card twice before the merger if I can.

It would be pretty devastating if Marriott did a 1:1 for SPG points . I'll probably end up throwing my points in to a refundable reservation before that happens just in case. I have about 75k points left.
This post was edited on 11/16/15 at 9:31 am
Posted by Teddy Ruxpin
Member since Oct 2006
39629 posts
Posted on 11/16/15 at 9:49 am to
I just cancelled my wife's last week and still have mine.

I figure once this dies the choices are either Amex Everyday or keeping my Premier and future Prestige (for simplicity sake) for non bonused spend.

Weird thing about Citi is a Prestige card won't keep Premier points alive(post cancel) longer than 90 days, so I've read.
This post was edited on 11/16/15 at 9:51 am
Posted by Sho Nuff
Oahu
Member since Feb 2009
11936 posts
Posted on 11/16/15 at 8:17 pm to
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Really disappointed with news of the merger.


Me too.
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I will try to churn the SPG Business card twice before the merger if I can.


Maybe I'll try to grab some too.
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It would be pretty devastating if Marriott did a 1:1 for SPG points

Ugh. we're planning a trip to Oktoberfest in 2017 and wanted to stay at the Westin Munich on points. My brother and I both have a decent amount of points and were going to use them for the rooms. Now I wish I would've used the AA bonus they had recently where you get 30,000 miles for 20,000 SPG. Hopefully they do it one more time and I'll pick up another 60k AA miles. Sucks, Starwood was a great brand and program. Makes the decision to cancel the card easy though
This post was edited on 11/16/15 at 8:20 pm
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