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Old Aug 11, 2011 | 4:41 pm
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Originally Posted by FOX85
You should only get a specific hotel credit card if you stay at those hotels often.

With the exception of the starwood card.
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With the possible other exception for a hotel credit card with 0% forex fees and no "net annual fee". Such as, for example, the Priority Club Select Visa from Chase, which has (after the first year) a $49 annual fee but more than offset by an annual (after the first year) free night certificate. Plus you can get 60K PC points with the open (non-targeted) ongoing signup offer.

But there can be even other reasons, espeically worth considering if the card has no annual fee ever:

1. The signup offer alone, if big enough, may be worth it, even if you stay just "sometimes" rather than "often".

2. Some hotels give much bigger bonuses, during promotions, if you use their hotel credit card than if you don't. BW is one of those, and even if you only stay at BW just enough to max out there highly capped promos, it could be worth it as it would sometimes double the points you get from the promo.
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