Originally Posted by
themicah
Never underestimate the willingness of credit card companies to mail out new cards with slightly different logos! A few years ago replacement cards arrived out of the blue for my trusty AAdvantage World MC. I thought it was some sort of half-assed identity theft attempt or something until I realized the new cards said "World Elite" on them.
World Elite cards actually generate more money for the card issuers. So there is financial incentive there to 'upgrade' cards.
I also agree that it seems odd that not many of the big bloggers have mentioned this new benefit. If it is due to the lack of a referral link that benefits them financially then that's disappointing. But I suppose not entirely shocking as they themselves have financial incentives similar to the card issuer example above.