Originally Posted by
muaddib89
I spread my spending across 3 cards to maximize my point earning: I try to put Airfare and Amex-booked hotels on the Platinum (5X), dining on the Gold (4X), and everything else on the Everyday Preferred (1.5x if 30+ transactions per billing cycle, which I have no trouble meeting).
Across those three, I average somewhere in the ballpark of $100K/year in spend. No idea where that falls on the distribution though.
I have 4 Amex Cards and use as follows (subject to the below caveat):
1. Amex Plt for airfare and prepaid hotels through the portal (note, I don't book many prepaid stays through it).
2. Amex Gold for groceries and dining
3. Hilton Aspire for all Hilton spend
4. Amex BBP for all other non-bonus spending not covered above.
Caveat, if a good sync offer comes up I will use 1-3 on categories that may not otherwise apply (such as combining the Aspire and the Plt this year at the Hilton Helsinki strand to get the 100 credit off the Plt and the Hilton points with the Aspire).
I just moved to the World of Amex in July after years of spending solely on the AA MC Ex but got a little frustrated with it when Citi gutted the benefits and AA miles are increasingly difficult to use. Anything that I can put to the credit card (without plastiq) goes to it, so my spend will be high five figures this year and 6 figures next year.
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