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But here's the problem: where to put spend? I've gone all in the Chase UR ecosystem to get points for Hyatt. I would never pay for business class seats so transferring to an airline doesn't mean I'm saving money, while I'm saving to get a suite because I probably would pay for one.
That's the dilemma I have. I redid my spending when the SPG Amex disappeared and have got all my companies, my kid's companies and all personal spend into UR to get Hyatt points.
Now what? And I'm not us based so I find harder to get airline redemptions that make any sense. Marriott cards junk.
Maybe Hilton Aspire as treatment in Asia is actually still pretty good in told.
I still get very high cpm with AA. I知 in an AA hub so obviously that won稚 work for everyone. I知 putting my spend back on AA and Amex (avios and virgin can have some good redemptions). I値l reevaluate next year.
My travel is leisure. I知 Explorist which already is a crappy tier. I値l book whoever has a decent hotel in a decent area, and hopefully use the $600 FH and HC bookings with Amex. No more spending a little more for a Hyatt. No more using UR points for Hyatt and hoping for 2cpp or more. At this point the new program is as bad as Hilton and I gave up on them when they cut the 140,000 point Amex 4 night bookings.