Looking for advice on future CC spending / programs
I currently have three main spending credit cards (Citi AA Platinum, Amex HHonors, Chase Sapphire Preferred), and it is these three that I ran the numbers on. I didn't include other cards and their sign up bonuses because that would have skewed the results. My reason for comparison is the Bank of America Travel Rewards card, which offers me 2.625 cents per dollar of statement credit. That's a lot, and I wanted to see what the best move for me is for 2016.
These numbers are from the most recent 8 months. I'm actually pretty upset at myself. I just spent 150k AA miles and 620k HHonors points on a 2 week trip for my parents, first class airfare and some expensive NYC hotel rooms. I didn't remember to check the $ cost of these bookings, so I have no basis of what value I got for those points
*Summary*
Combined CC spend - $79,696.21
Combined value of points, estimated low end - $1409.76
Combined value of points, estimated high end - $2124.70
True cash Value of BoA rewards @ 2.625% - $2092.03 (+$190 in annual fees not spent = $2282.03)
I travel a ton for work and have very minimal desire to use points on personal travel. Over the last year I have given, or very cheaply sold, award flights and hotels to family to the tune of 1.5mm points. I'm leaning towards utilizing the BoA Travel Rewards plan and just putting the cash in my pocket.
Thoughts?
Last edited by infinite97; Oct 18, 2015 at 1:24 pm