Originally Posted by
TonyGi
Thank you for the reply,
I'm only on the AA advantage with platinum status, i can switch to united easily.
Free flights and high status on airlines company could be my first choice. I can also split the amount on different cards.
I know there is so much information and i'm lost!
Amex could be a good option my only concern is that in latin america i had some problem.
Unfortunately, the airline cards don't grant you status based on how much you spend, unlike hotel cards. If you have status with American, it might be worthwhile to keep that angle. The AMEX SPG allows transfers to AA at a 1:1.25 ratio (20K SPG > 25K AA), but they cap it at 79,999 a year, which would take a lot of the value away when you're talking about the amounts you spend.
Do you have a stockpile of AA miles, already? I'm assuming so, if you have the AA card and run this much through it.
I'm still going to go back to my original recommendation so far, of the Chase Ink / Chase Sapphire Preferred combo.