Originally Posted by jerry305

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?