Originally Posted by
MD/DC Flyer
Which really surprised me - was expecting something on the order of 10K. But as the new Ritz is only 5K (and the bonus worth more than 100K - but of course does not cost as much to Chase), it sounds about right.
4K is doable, 10K not so much.
Not too surprising. AMEX Platinum had a 100,000 points offer with a similar spend requirement. Requiring 10K spend in three month limits a pool of potential applicants too much.