[Targeted] 37.5K with $500 spend for Amex Blue Sky

[mia]

Originally Posted by decibel08

...amex card with no annual fee

There is no fee-free card which participates in full Membership Rewards. The closest is Blue which is free but participates in Membership Rewards Express. Blue will preserve your numerical points value, but at any time that Blue is your only MR card you will not be able to transfer points to airlines or hotel chains, and the Pay with Points value of the points will be diminished.

[decibel08]

Originally Posted by mia

There is no fee-free card which participates in full Membership Rewards. The closest is Blue which is free but participates in Membership Rewards Express. Blue will preserve your numerical points value, but at any time that Blue is your only MR card you will not be able to transfer points to airlines or hotel chains, and the Pay with Points value of the points will be diminished.

yea i should have been more explicit - i understand the MR and MRexpress etc distinction. the fee-free card i would downgrade to doesn't have to participate in MR of any form, i just need to leave it open to not harm my average account length. i'll keep earning MR and not affect existing points by leaving one of the MR earning cards open. and the last criteria was that the downgraded card actually be one that doesn't offer a signup bonus so that i'm not hurting my future bonus potential.

[restonva]

This seems like a very good deal. I am maxed on on AmEx and am not targeted for anything. But I did get a very similar targeted offer from Barclay's for the new "Arrival" card.