I have the Citi card so looks like I'll be getting the Ascend card in January.
Depending on how the 10 free Priority Pass Lounge passes work will depend on whether I keep the Ascend or cancel it immediately. If those are something only I can use, they are useless to me since I already have unlimited passes via another card. If I am able to share them I'll probably keep the card and give the passes to my team members who don't have any airport memberships.
As for the Aspire card, I already qualified for Diamond next year which will be my 6th year as Diamond. I'll evaluate whether to get the Aspire sometime the end of next year if I'm short for 2019 (or will take advantage of the one time Diamond bump whichever makes the most sense then).