Originally Posted by
sdsearch
Even if there were no calendar issues, this one seems of dubious value. You can get 10k additional miles with $10k spend (no, not a 10k bonus, but normal spend). On $25k you'll get 25k miles normal spend, and then only 10k extra miles bonus. That's a pretty small increment (35k instead of 25k).
This seems like a feature only worth it to those who "naturally" get fairly near $25k spend, and are thinking about "topping it off" to reach that. It doesn't seem worth it starting from scratch.
It's weirdly the only card I have that even offers an additional bonus to yearly spend (except Hyatt), so I was thinking of using this throughout the year with TopCashBack. At $2k/month plus all my other avenues of MS, I would get my money back and a little extra from doing this as long as it stays at least at 2.35% back.
You're right--not an amazing bonus, but if it doesn't cost much extra, why not?!
