Originally Posted by
gloreglabert
Unless you're trying to get elite status, in which case credit cards will do you little good in most cases. Mileage runs aren't about getting redeemable miles, they're about getting elite qualifying miles.
Indeed, the number of MRs that make sense for purely redeemable miles is very low at this point. I still account for the RDMs when doing and looking for MRs, but it simply isn't that much anymore.