Originally Posted by
1Newflyer
Thanks. One pretty well needs to keep the card longer than a year to make use if it and then annual fees kick-in. Redeeming for anything else than travel, the value collapses, like gift cards are about $125 for 50000.
Not sure what you mean.
My plan would be:
• get card
• make minimum spend to earn the 50,000 points
• wait a few months for points to appear
• buy something, at any merchant that counts as "travel", for $200+.
• cash in the points
• cancel card between the 6-month and 11-month point.
Did you see something that would drag the process out longer?
Is the definition of "travel" really restrictive?