Originally Posted by
irishguy28
They're only tasty for Amex and AFKL, who have somehow persuaded you it's a good deal to pay over the odds for a credit card that you will use on AFKL rather than shopping around for the best card and the best flights. @:-)
Don't worry, I did the math a few times and after taking all the parameters into account (location, shopping habits, routes, type of card, who pays the fees of the card, who repays the tickets, insurances, status etc etc) it's still worth it for my situation but I agree it's rarely the case.