Originally Posted by
belfordrocks
I'm saying even if you are loyal to say Hilton, you should still get the SPG card for general purpose spend to convert to airline miles with great flexibility.
Chase and Amex both allow points transfers to other hotel chains, but they lack the flexibility in terms of airline partners to make it truly worthwhile- adding to that with the exception of SPG, one airline mile is usually worth more than one hotel point
There is a lot more that could said about various ways to get airline miles with credit cards, but this is a thread about ways to get hotel points with credit cards, and getting an SPG solely to convert to airline miles has nothing to do with that!
In case you're not aware, it is in general much harder to earn lots of hotel points from credit cards than to earn lots of airline miles from credit cards (as you touting of the SPG Amex, a hotel card, for airline miles, demostrates).