Originally Posted by
happychic
Don't forget CSR charges you got $75 for each AU. IMO that should absolutely be factored into the household cost of holding CSR.
Many people in this game have other cards with overlapping benefits with CSR. I find that between my Amex Platinum and Chase Ritz Carlton cards, I have little need or justification to hold a CSR card. I do have CSP so I can easily transfer points into one of the travel partners programs.
To each his own. I know lots of people who are very happy with their CSR. Those tend to not to be the churning type from my anecdotal experience.
We're in a similar boat, with existing Plat and Gold cards from Amex, as well as the CSP and a handful of other minor cards. The value offering of the CSR is pretty awful in that scenario.
CSP is a $95 annual fee with 2x UR on non-airline non-FHR travel spend (. For an extra $155 (or $225 with an AU) per year, the only marginal benefit is an additional UR point per dollar on hotel and generic travel spend.