Originally Posted by
YYJ _SLF
The steady state for an E75K member gives at least a 7,500 SQC Head Start bringing the spend to maintain status to between $16,875 with zero credit card spending SQCs and $10,625 with the max 25,000 SQCs from credit card spending. Both numbers can be further reduced by $1,250 by choosing 2,500 SQCs as both 40K and 60K MBs although that does defeat the purpose of acquiring more eUps.
Qualifying has become more difficult, especially for the SQM rich and SQD poor cohort in the previous regime, but it is not quite as bad as it appears at first glance.
Many people brought up the AE branded credit card spending, but for people who don't hold those cards (and I don't, because I already have other cards for my business and personal spends), that 25,000 SQC is moot.
And I do not want to sacrifice priority rewards for 2500 SQC. I'm sure many others won't do so either. I can sacrifice eUps for SQC though.