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re: Credit Card Rewards and Points Discussion
Posted on 2/14/16 at 4:57 pm to Drew Orleans
Posted on 2/14/16 at 4:57 pm to Drew Orleans
AmEx blue cash - $100 sign up bonus after spending $1K/3months. 3% cb on groceries, 2% on gas upto $6,000.
Amex gold - Travel rewards. 3x travel, 2x gas and groceries. Posible to get upto 50000 points after spending 3k. $195 fee, but can be offset with $100 annual airfare credit.
Amex Platinum - Premium travel rewards. Don't know if this is very useful for you right now. 3x on airfare purchased directly with airline, 2x on gas and groceries. Hilton and SPG gold, Lounge access, TSA precheck $100 credit, $200 airfare credit every year. Good card for someone who travels a lot. $450 af.
Best travel partners for Membership Rewards would be Singapore and FlyingBlue imo.
Couple notes: Amex only lets you get the signup bonus once. Its best to wait to get targeted for the 75K bonus on Gold and 100K on Platinum.
Like Teddy Ruxpin said earlier - all a little overwhelming which will need to take into consideration your spending habits to maximize value. Since you have no had other credit cards, it might be harder to get some of the premium travel cards. Maybe start with one of the cards that were mentioned by Teddy or Discover It miles. Both are easy to earn and burn "points" with.
Amex gold - Travel rewards. 3x travel, 2x gas and groceries. Posible to get upto 50000 points after spending 3k. $195 fee, but can be offset with $100 annual airfare credit.
Amex Platinum - Premium travel rewards. Don't know if this is very useful for you right now. 3x on airfare purchased directly with airline, 2x on gas and groceries. Hilton and SPG gold, Lounge access, TSA precheck $100 credit, $200 airfare credit every year. Good card for someone who travels a lot. $450 af.
Best travel partners for Membership Rewards would be Singapore and FlyingBlue imo.
Couple notes: Amex only lets you get the signup bonus once. Its best to wait to get targeted for the 75K bonus on Gold and 100K on Platinum.
Like Teddy Ruxpin said earlier - all a little overwhelming which will need to take into consideration your spending habits to maximize value. Since you have no had other credit cards, it might be harder to get some of the premium travel cards. Maybe start with one of the cards that were mentioned by Teddy or Discover It miles. Both are easy to earn and burn "points" with.
This post was edited on 2/14/16 at 5:02 pm
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Posted on 2/14/16 at 5:09 pm to AmeriKop45
Ok. So I should wait on Amex I guess.
If I'm active duty though should I still get the $450 af waived or only a portion of it?
If I'm active duty though should I still get the $450 af waived or only a portion of it?
Posted on 2/14/16 at 5:11 pm to AmeriKop45
Which would you recommend from them?
Barclays arrival plus?
Barclays arrival plus?
Posted on 2/14/16 at 6:08 pm to AmeriKop45
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Amex gold - Travel rewards.
For the Gold PRG card, there is a 50,000 point bonus for $1k spend with first year annual fee waived floating around out there. It also qualifies for the $100 air credit. I hit that one last week.
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Amex Platinum
Also I don't think the plat gets anything but 1 point per dollar unless you buy travel through amextravel.com and in that case it is 2/$1. The main benefit of this one IMO is access to the centurion lounges, delta sky clubs and priority pass lounges. There is a 100k bonus point for $3k spend offer floating out there.
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