Originally Posted by
serpens
Does a Freedom Flex acquired by PC have any benefit that a Freedom card acquired by PC (yes, the only way to get one now) does not have? For the purpose of answering this question, please ignore the Mastercard-Visa dichotomy. (In case anyone does not know, Freedom is a Visa and Freedom Flex is a Mastercard.)
It has a detriment: you lose the ability to get the Freedom Flex's sign-up bonus. Whereas nothing is lost by PCing to a Freedom; there are no sign-ups allowed anymore.