Originally Posted by PWMTrav

Yup, as long as you have one of the transferrable UR products, you're good to go. The CSP is a great card. Using the Ink and shifting your spend to gift cards whenever possible is also an option. At least with me, I already buy so much from Amazon that once a month I'll go to Staples and load up my projected spend with gift cards.

I have a long history with Amex, and currently have two Platinum cards (personal and business, although I should probably downgrade one). MR is a great program, but Chase is starting to take more and more of my business. The fact that Chase UR are 1:1 into Hyatt, but Amex MR are like 3:1 into Starwood is becoming a huge motivator for me to switch completely. If I flew UA at all, it would be a done deal. I'm sure Amex doesn't want to eat into its SPG cardholder base, but they need to up their game on the hotel side.