Hi all, you were so helpful lastyear that I wanted to run by some thoughts on a new card/cards we were thinking of getting to offset some travel cost.
1) First off, we are going to want you to list ALL credit cards you were approved for in the last 24 months.
07/20 - CHASE Sapphire Preferred
DH-none
2) Secondly we'll want to know a little bit about you. Specifically - what you spend, and what you want to earn!
- What amount of spend would you put on a card monthly (i.e. groceries, gas, insurance, cable, cell phone, other expenses)?
~$1500- this varies widely
- Do you currently payoff your CCs in full every month or do you carry any balances/pay any interest?
In full, never a balance
- What airport(s) do you typically fly out of?
Mco, TPA, Jax
- Do you have a preference of Frequent Flyer program?
No
- Does SOUTHWEST Airline service your airport?
Yes
- Do you have a Hotel Rewards program preference?
No
- Do you currently have travel points or miles in any program? Skymiles, not very many maybe 10000
- What at your specific goals for churning credit cards?
Big trip to Canada
- When do you plan to take these trips?
June 2022
- Who does your travel party consist of? (Spouse, Kids (& ages), other relatives/friends)
2 Adults, 2 kids
So this all started by looking at flights. I've read good things about air canada and even better things about their business class. I saw that Air canada just launched a new Chase card, Aeroplan. Intro offer is 2, 50,000 mile tickets ($4000 spent in 3 months) ; that would cover 2 business class tickets. In addition, there's 3x points on groceries and restaurants. Is there a different card/Airline you all would recommend instead?
Next, looking at possibly getting a hotel card. Looking at the Chase Marriott brilliance card? The 3 free nights seem good but it doesn't look like there are many 50000/night rooms to max out the reward. I'm finding 60000 and 35000.
Open to any other ideas. I will say, we normally get pretty good hotel rates since my DH is gov't so I dont know that a hotel card is the best option for us.
We honestly don't do a lot of traveling to far destinations since we live in FL, we drive most places. We usually rent a beach house for a vacation, use our DVC points or stay at UO hotels with an AP discount. That may change as the kids get older and we do different things besides amusement parks. Okay, hopefully that's enough, probably too much info. Thank you and happy new year!