Originally Posted by
hita45
I am really irritated that the Chase Aeroplan card has more valuable features than Amex Reserve Aeroplan desipite the Amex fee being 5 times higher. I hope Amex will get a lot of cancelation to get the message (I will probably be one of them and apply for Chase). Chase is better for those that do not obtain easily elite status because:
- it maintains elite status after only 15,000 USD per year
- it is Mastercard and it can be used in many more places including Costco
- no exchange fee.
- higher restaurant and grocery rate
I cannot think of any Amex perk that trumps any of the above.
I can probably count on my fingers the number of people who:
1. Don't just want the signup bonus, and will keep using either card
2. Care at all about Aeroplan
3. Are eligible for a Canadian and US card
As for perks on the Amex:
1. Higher upgrade priority
2. Rollover SQM
3. Rollover eUps
4. MLL access
and I don't care to list all the others