Originally Posted by
CFFrost
10 per swipe gives great value for small transactions, of which I have many. $1.50 for coffee in the morning? Ten extra points. $0.85 for a candy bar at lunch? Ten extra points. Since I have lots of small transactions, freedom is frequently my most used card when calculated by number of transactions. Plus, the 10% bonus is better than the 7% dividend you get with sapphire preferred.
Yeah, but you're still better off churning the checking account bonus rather than leaving it open for Exclusives, unless you don't agree with my off-the-cuff calculations.