Originally Posted by rasheed

You just can't compare this no AF card with CSR and its significant annual fee.

That being said, when redeeming 2% purchases with the 1.5 multiplier and 10% extra for travel (airfare, cruises and priceline opaque purchases), it seems very flexible. Sure, the priceline purchases requires a CS ticket with the rewards desk, but it gets processed and with such a low threshold ($25).

Barclays has also kept some significant benefits such as trip interruption, no FTF, extended warranty and a few other benefits.

My read is unless you use UR redemption (and primarily Hyatt exchange), there is little redemption advantage with CSR.

There is no better card non-AF, non-FTF travel card on the market. The fact that it is a legacy card kind of eliminates the ability to talk about it much.

Yes, I use other cards for dining (there are many 3x no AF cards and a few 4x cards), and I'll plug in my BofA Cash Rewards for some of the ancillary travel if I need it.