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Old Oct 1, 2023 | 7:32 pm
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Originally Posted by VacationTravel
I'd value that at $175, so if you use the streaming credit $240 and airline credit of $200, the card costs you $80 (value of Sacks), so you're getting Gold Hilton, Delta Lounges, Centurion lounges, and Priority Pass for free.
my point really was that in the past they often offered 30k points (or even more).

Regarding those benefits, Hilton Gold has no value as I have the Aspire. Delta lounges…. I don’t fly Delta. Centurion lounges… well, my wife hates it when I go without her …. Priority Pass… I have the CSR. So all those aren’t particularly valuable anymore. There are a few others … too lazy to do the math, but for me it’s basically a NAF card, but also one that doesn’t really offer a lot of value anymore on a regular basis..

I got nothing, as a $125K+ annual spender on the card. They told me that my value of their benefits with Walmart+, Airline, Sacks, Streaming was well over $850 and they gave me retention for the last four years, so NOTHING.

Well, they calculated that you’d not need a retention offer to keep the card… but apparently lost that gamble if I understood your post correctly.

I never even valued their points at 2.0 like some YouTubers do. I keep hear one of them talking about Maldives. You all probably know who I'm talking about.
I don’t, but I am old school and use these text based forums to get my info (and share). YouTube and other video platforms are often so inefficient. Maybe good for reviews of hotels or airline seats, but hawking credit cards? I have better things to do.
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