So after a recent raise and a notice that my spending pattern had increased I wanted to look at the CCs I have been using and see if it is a time for a change. I am currently using amex blue cash, and chase flexible rewards for cash back as well. A year or so ago when i asked this question I was told that with my low spending 25k or a little less a year I would be better off with a cashback card, so i went that routw. Now, I am going to be spending more in the area of double that, 50k at least a year, and my family lives in BNA, and my girlfriend's family is moving to texas, so, flying will once again be a lot more often in my near future. While I love not having to pay for a ticket, because let's face it, when the time comes to go on vacation, the money goes so fast, saving 600 on plane tickets for 2 people, even though it took 1 year or maybe a bit longer to get enough miles, would be fantastic. BUT my question is, with the constant devaluing of miles, the harder time faced to use FF miles to book award travel, is it even still worth it for me to put all my spending on these cards (FF cards as opposed to cashback cards), and to try and use my miles, facing devaluation if I am only doing coast to coast flights at most?

i.e. I had been using my amex card, then they raised the fees, then they started charging for points, and now SWA charges more points for RR credits.

AA will let you book travel with FF points if you double the number of points needed for that flight, as if by paying double a seat automtically opens.


Am I being irrational? I don't try to use FF miles all the time, so I need the opinions of people who do.

Thanks for any help in advance.


p.s. in case it is relevant, the cards I am ooking at are UA, SWA, AA, so in comparison to the amex gold I used to carry, all have quite acceptable annual fees.