Originally Posted by
darisma
Anyway, I called them up and downgraded to a normal PP card so I don't have to pay $75 fee in order to spend a lot of $$$ just to get my points

I also fly several US domestic, intra-Asia flights, and 2 US-Asia flights every year. I did the math a while ago figuring I would not maximize the benefits by having all the flight points matched by purchase points at the elite level with my spending pattern. Making it worse was the TYP devaluation earlier this year, and there is no more reason for me personally to pay the $75.
So now I just have the basic card, spend enough to get purchase points to match the flight points, and use other cards like SPG AMEX and Schwab 2% cash back.