Originally Posted by mileshound
My first thought is to geta card that gives double points for some of her more common purchases. The Delta AMEX cc does that. The problem is high annual fee and only free for 1st year.
Have you calculated how many extra miles you would get from the double miles offer from this card? The Starwood AMEX card is $30/year, so the Delta card is only $25/year more. If you value miles at 2 cents/mile, you would only need to have $1250 in spending that is doubled to cover the extra $25. Even if you only count the miles at 1 cent/mile, you would only need $2500 in spending a year.
I assume you are spending more than that, or else you wouldn't be concerned about losing the miles.