Doing some serious number crunching and I might change my mind.

Big question is about CLEAR. Never had it. Turns out the 2 airports we fly out of are EUG and PDX, neither of which offer clear (EUG is a non-issue, tiny airport).

Would you say having CLEAR is worth it for only half the time (just our return flights, provided they are from an airport that offers it).

And with this $189 rebate from the Aspire, can you still add family members for $60 each?

And about the airline reimbursement - has that changed so that you can get reimbursed for buying tickets? It used to be just incidental expenses on our airline of choice - Alaska. If that's a change to purchasing tickets maybe the Aspire is still worthwhile.