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Old Sep 2, 2017 | 3:42 pm
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Originally Posted by JHake10
The CSR is a better earning card than the UA card. Every dollar you spend with UA gets you 3 UR points which transfers to 3 UA miles. With the UA card you only get 2 UA miles for UA spend.

If you can use a service like plastiq (~3% fee) to pay your rent/mortgage on the UA card, then sure go for it. But to divert your normal spend from the CSR to the UA card isn't worth it, IMO.
Agreed. I use my Presidential Plus (legacy high-end UA card, analogous to the MP Club Card offered nowadays) on rent...great way to hit the spend limit if you have MP Explorer, but great for me because I get massive amounts of FPQMs from it. I expect that it will help me maintain at least Gold status, even when I have kids down the road (which will be very helpful, so long as E+ at booking doesn't go away!).
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