Originally Posted by BrlDsguise

If you have an Amex HHonors card and are not going to spend $10k I doubt you would gain much except gold status with the Citi Reserve since the only spending advantage is 2 points per $ on travel and 4 points per $ at Hilton's compared to the free Amex plus anywhere that doesn't accept Amex.

There are existing threads on how much points are worth. Go to advanced search and search thread titles for "points worth".