Originally Posted by
genesys9
Just got the 40,000 points email, and am wondering if it is worth it...Hmmm...
Visa Signature - 24K points with $1K spending in 3 months and 16K points after 1st paid stay plus Elite Gold Status with NO Annual Fee.
No annual fee is always good. Gold status will provide an earnings bonus plus an expanded booking window. Which can be great if certain European properties keep offering low-level award opportunities. Like, five nights worth with this card. So long as you understand that Choice has few "aspirational" properties and keep your expectations realistic, this can be a good program, especially because earnings can be done relatively easily with recurrent 8K points promotions that let you earn another European night for two cheap stays in the US.
It's a Barclays card, which means that so long as you're not looking at another of their cards, such as the US card or the Arrival card, in the short-term future, you're avoiding another Citi, Chase, or Amex hit.
I've got two Barclays cards. This is one of them. The 40K offer is historically high and not currently available through any public channel.
Hope this information helps.