I'm in a long distance relationship with someone in NC (I'm in MI). AA happens to fly to all 4 of the little airports around him, and often they are on the reduce mileage charts as well. YAY us! I've got the Barclay AA card (as does he). But I'm sure I'm going to burn through those points this summer. I'm thinking of applying for the business version of that card as well (got to love that no min spend). I have a legit photography business and I have a few biz cards for it, so I would think not too hard to get it. After that I'm looking to possibly apply for the AA Citibank cards to get the miles from them. I'd likely keep one of the ones that offers the reduced mileage awards, and the free luggage. Is there one that is better than the others? No need to have 4 cards all with annual fees, lol.

Almost all of my spending (unless I'm trying to meet a minimum offer, or it's brand specific, Hilton on Hilton Amex, Delta on Delta Amex) is done on my Chase Sapphire Reserve. I've been eyeing up the Ink card, but I'm sitting at 6/24 right now and won't drop to 5/24 until 10/18 and I don't drop to 4/24 until 4/19. To be honest the only reason I was looking at the Ink was the UR points, and the cell phone "perk" but it looks like my Amex SPG will have some sort of cell phone offer with it in the fall now. So is there a reason to hold off to get a Chase card first?