Hmmmm, mine wouldn’t be big spending... on the order of about $100 average a week... probably ranging between $75 and $125. Depending on what denominations the gift cards were in I would vary the amount. However, like I said, not much other spending would go on the card though so it would be harder to “mask” these gift card purchases. Probably ~$150/mo in other crap could be shifted to this but they wouldn’t be in bonus earning. Originally was planning on the Everyday Preferred and hitting the 30 monthly transactions with vending machine purchases at work. Then getting the 3X on my Fred Meyer groceries and 1x on one or two bills that aren’t earning bonus. Probably good for about $7,000 total a year.

I figured about $5,200 in 3x earning: 15,600 pts
$1,800 in 1x earning to mask gift card purchases and hit 30 transactions per month: 1,800 pts
50% extra points: 8,700 pts

Total: 26,100 pts

That alone would be ~55% to what my usual annual fall vacation flight requires (domestic F ticket). Usually during that trip I can pick up another 10k points and sometimes 15k, add the amazing bonus offers Amex usually has and I pretty much can cover my flight yearly just by adding one card with a $95 annual fee. It’s not as great as other people but would really be nice, especially since I’m not earning bonus on that spend now and I don’t put enough on my Amex Platinum for big international redemptions...