I know that I put at least 10K on the citi-Ascend card, and I just paid the annual fee, so I knew I wanted to keep that, so I didn't consider cancelling. The Citi representative I talked to last week said that I will get my weekend cert after I pay the annual fee. My Surpass-Ascend card does not give me a free night on anniversary so I see no need to keep that card.

Sucks that you have no way of knowing. This entire transition has been very confusing and I have had several calls to Amex and Citi. I am currently working on the spend on a Marriott card to see if I like them better.

I was shocked they offered 5k points just to keep a duplicate card. That makes no sense, but I took it anyway.