Originally Posted by
roki
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.
The 79k cap is very low, i have 100k miles on AA and no credit card from them.
About the breakdown lets say:
70k month
35 on suppliers (food/machinery/internet)
the rest depend on the season: during big show season the biggest cost are on travel/rental/flight/gas/restaurant.
Unfortunately i don't use common carrier like hertz i'm more into Ryder (truck)
Hotel and airline company i use a lot AA and Hilton
Thank you for your help!