My opinion of them is shot. Many feel their only remainjng benefit is with spg cards. So many feel the need to use and abuse them to get as many points now as possible and then who cares. Besides, once spg turns i to marriott itll go down the tubes anyway. Even if it retains amex and some of its likeness, the good times have come and gone. This, plus the fact that many of my fam and friends have attained all the one time amex boni anyway have rendered the company powerless to me because they have or soon will have nothing I want