Originally Posted by
notquiteaff
So given they are introducing the transfer partners, are they planning to open up the card again for applications? Can't imagine that they would go through the trouble just for whatever percentage of card members they will retain after the changes.
whether the effort is worth it depends on how much they are losing per year. also not a lot of trouble if they are already negotiating with airlines so that they can offer transfer partners for a new card or some other existing cards. i mean transferrable partners seems all the rage these days and it could be probably cheaper to buy than the 1cpp - 1.5cpp they are paying out as cashback especially considering that people will hold a balance instead of redeeming the points consistently. so changing usbar could save them a lot of money and not being to retain card members is not a problem since the current usbar isnt profitable anyway
but yeah, 1 other possibility is that they will reopen the card