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Old Oct 1, 2023 | 7:56 pm
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Originally Posted by jrl767
I’m making the last payment on my DL Plat AmEx next week

current plan is to downgrade to DL Gold once I see exactly how the rollbacks look, but even then the sole purpose for that card is to gain access to the 15% discount on redemptions until I deplete my RDM stash (currently ~300k, and will convert ~100k MQM)

after ~10 years of 25k spend and two of 50k, I doubt I’ll ever actually charge anything more to AmEx
Similar boat. I’ve been putting $35K-40K on a DL AmEx Reserve for the past 10+ years. After this year (really from this point forward since I’ve already hit the MQM boost and won’t hit a second), it’ll be $0 on the DL Reserve. I’ll still put most airline purchases on an AmEx Plat for the 5x points and some other expenses based on card rebates but most purchases will be shifting to another card - for now an AA Citi card where I can build some status with AA’s program through CC spend though I’m also evaluating a straight cashback card.
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