Originally Posted by
jamesteroh
I prefer the Chase Sapphire reserve for travel purchases (I have the AmEx Plat. also but like the chase card better). You get 3 points per $ charged and if you use it for travel on the chase portal it ends up being 4.5 cents/$ charged plus you get the travel protection insurance if your flight gets messed up.

You get 5 points per $ charged with airlines on the plat card, and they’re worth about 1.3˘/point on Delta, so 6.5 cents/$ charged. And travel protection insurance is included as well.