Originally Posted by civico

Not a bad list to start, but there are some deals on your list where you are selling yourself short.

For example, the Citi/AA cards have a signup bonus of 50k and you can get both a Visa and Amex for a total of 100k. Yes, the signup bonus is a little high, at $3,000 in 4 months (so $6,000 in 4 months for both cards) but they are BY FAR the best signup bonus out there right now in terms of racking up a huge chunk of miles at a time.

Also, you can get a 65k offer for the United Explorer (which is really 55k since 10k is for spending $25,000 in a year).

There may even be a way to get 70k Marriott points instead of 50k, although some have reported success with it and others haven't. Anyway, before pulling the trigger, make sure you are attempting to get the highest bonus for each, and I'd definitely reconsider and think about going for the big Citi/AA bonus since you can only get it once, and 100k is a nice windfall of points!