Originally Posted by
notquiteaff
I think most cardholders are hopefully going to be fairly rational about this. Spending an hour of time and a few gallons of gas to buy a $50 gift card makes little sense.
Agreed- most of my close friends in NYC and LA carry the Platinum card, and they are probably Amex’s target customers- they put nearly all spend on their card (I always cringe when I see them pulling it out at restaurants), and don’t really brother trying to maximize all the credits.