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Old Jun 18, 2018 | 9:04 pm
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Originally Posted by uppereastsider
Why not use the CSR for those un-bonused transactions? Yes, it only earns 1 point on non dining/travel expenses (which for me, dining/travel is the VAST majority of my spend when traveling internationally), but its earning points in a program I assume you have a large balance with. How significant is your un-bonused international spend?
I actually just opened the CSR this year. I only have 90k in my accounts. I will be renting an apartment overseas for part of the year. This will increase my un-bonused international spend. As you suggested, I could use my CSR for all the overseas transactions.
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