The only reason i am not using an SPG amex is because I want good CS, and since they outsourced it has gone to crap. The only way I plan to keep an amex at all would be Plat because of their outstanding CS. I get just as good of service from Citi, MBNA, etc. I don't fly Alaska, so maybe using that card just for booking tickets through other airlines is not such a good idea. Maybe I will go with the DC mastercard then, so I still have the ability to transfer into other programs since I am not sure who I will be flying.

I don't know, maybe I will get another SPG amex, I closed my original one a while back...bonus points again?