Originally Posted by
slotownmomma
Which card are you talking about?
I have a post on my blog about the 70k offer still being possible but not guaranteed like it was before. I don't want promote something to a newbie that they might not get.
The main issue is that the post has bad advice and bad strategies and seems to be mostly about earning you commissions. Have you looked at the sticky in this forum and read the threads that it links to before coming up with your plan? There are so many cards which offer 50k points and you are instead talking about 30k offers from UA/DL and 25k offers from AL.
Other glaring issues:
Why talk about 40k Citi HH Visa when you would get 60k from Amex for spending a lesser amount and more points upon upgrading to Surpass? There's even a 50k offer from Citi. Although they might not give you the best value, other options would be 70k/100k from converting HA/VS card bonus points. Didn't you post another thread here regarding this exact thing?
Why are you linking to the 50k Marriott offer when there is a 50k+$75 offer which has a working landing page? Better yet, the 70k offer should work since Chase is good about honoring bonuses. Even if they don't give you 70k points they will give you 50k+$75 since that's publicly available.
As far as flight tickets go, a single person could get two Citi AA cards and a Chase BA Visa. The current best offers would give you 106k AA miles, 53k BA miles and $300 after the minimum spending($9500 in total). 100k AA miles will give you 4 domestic RT tickets. 53k BA miles will give you 4 segments of up to 2999 miles on AA or 5 segments of up to 1999 miles or 7 segments of up to 1149 miles.
If you are looking at short haul nonstop domestic flights, getting two Sapphire preferred cards, one BA visa($9500 minimum spending in total) and converting the Sapphire points into BA as necessary would give you a great value.
Then there are the Southwest 50k offers for plus/premier cards and ThankYou 50k offers for premier/preferred cards which might be better suited if you are redeeming for low-cost tickets.
It also looks like every card that you mention in your credit card offers page earns you commission. There are a plethora of offers there which offer far below than the best offer for the same card. Why advertise them at all?
It is clear to me that your don't at all have your reader's best interest at heart.