Originally Posted by
RedSun
At least I can get to Delta lounge with AmEx Plat. How about Chase CSR? Nothing really. Just Minute Suite if you can get in. Take a nap? There are about 10 AmEx Centurion lounges? They are building more.
So with $550 fee and $300 travel credit, we need some ways to get the $250 out of it. The $100 AF increase only make CSR worse to most people.
People fly airlines other than Delta. The PP restaurants are good no matter which airline you are flying. I haven't been on a DL flight in about 20 years back they don't serve SFO well.
Getting an extra $250 is automatic for me. Getting 10x pts on my lyft rides to/from the airport will earn me 30k to 50k pts a year. That reimburses me the $250 2-4x over right there. My 10-20 visits to PP restaurants will pay for it again, 1-2x over. Then there is 3x pts on dining -- that will pay for it yet again. It's convenient to have an this in one card. I don't have to get the Amex Gold, which is good for restaurants and nothing else. Cutting down on the number of cards in my wallet is a good thing.
I can live with 4 CCs -- Amex Plat, CSR, Chase WoH, and Chase Amazon Prime. Amazon stays at home (just hooked up to my Amazon acct) and I only have to carry 3 cards