Thanks for your question deant. Looking more for air with business class better when going international. I am in the hotel business and have access to both IHG and Hyatt employee rates, so I am lucky with that. My thought on the SPG card is the bonus is just under the Current Marriott bonus of 80,000 with the 3 for 1 conversion. The AA card just bumped their bonus by 10k and I currently do most of my flights out of CLT. For the SW RR card, I just learned about the Companion Pass recently, so that is the thought process there.

Like I said, I am new to the game and have been trying to read through these forums, as well as several blog sights to start gaining some base knowledge. Decided to take the plunge and get some advice from those with more experience now for next steps.