Originally Posted by
roki
My mentality exactly! My problem is that I'm already borderline overextended for my spend levels with:
Chase Freedom
Chase UA
Chase WN/Southwest RR
Citi TY Premier
Citi Forward
Citi AA
US Air
AMEX MR
I want the AMEX SPG myself, but that's just way too many programs. I'm probably going to close out the US Air, Chase SW, and maybe AMEX PRG, and just get the SPG. There's a few hundred dollars of annual fees represented in the cards listed above.
If you travel American a lot, the Citi AA card might be worth grabbing, as well. $95 annual fee, but if you don't have airline status, the free checked bag makes up for that with 2 flights annually.
Roki, I see why you don't want any more cards. I only have 2 right now, and don't plan on adding many more. I know I'm somewhat losing out by not churning, adding more, etc but I also know I'm likely to lose track of all those accounts! Don't want to take that risk.
I do have status on AA luckily, so those benefits aren't as necessary. I recently got demoted to gold from platinum bc I traveled more at my old job, but I still get security privileges and free bags so it's not the end of the world.