I've been out of the points game for awhile (we opened a business and didn't have extra money to float balances or to travel), and I would love some opinions before I jump back in. Sorry for the long post...
In the past, DH and I have each earned the SWA CP; we had ink bold, Citi prestige and TY, venture and Barclaycards. We also have over 200k AA miles. We've used all the points from all these cards, except for the AA, which I think we will use summer 2018 for trips to Alaska and Rome.
I think our primary travel goal is to earn the SWA CPs again. With those two big trips 2018, I think it's unlikely we will be able to afford any smaller trips for 2018, so I was thinking the best time to apply for the SWA cards would be the end of 2018, so we could have the CPs for 2019 and 2020 (provided they don't change the rules on earning them).
So, my question is, would you apply for the CSR now, to use the double dipping on the travel credit and then just sit on those points/transfer them to SWA while waiting to earn the CPs? And, can I open a CF card to keep the UR active and cancel the CSR before paying the second anniversary fee? Or, should I just not worry about the extra $600 (credit if we each get a CSR) and just hold off until we can make better use of them closer to when we will get the SWA cards again?
DH just opened a Marriott card and IHG card, because that's where we will be staying in Rome; other than that, we should not have any cards opened in the last two years.
Or, any other major deals out there? I just started reading this thread and resumed reading the blogs I used to follow, so I'm really feeling out of the loop! Thanks for any advice!