Originally Posted by
IADCAflyer
I -could- put more spend on my card (college tuition for example), but paying 3% in card fees for that is not appetizing.
That’s the breaking point for me. With my business I put about 100K, spread on a couple of cards. I’ve loved being EP the last 7 years. But if increasing my spend while being held hostage to only AA branded cards and potentially accumulating fees is the way I need to help maintain EP going forward? They just aren’t worth it. And there’s no guarantee that AA’s value proposition won’t fall further if they devalue LP’s. I can easily maintain Emerald status on BA. As of now, BA chooses to continue to operate like a full service airline.