Originally Posted by ILUVCITIBANK
pinniped and gleff - thanks for follow-up as always. USAir = no go for me for grographical reasons though I am intrigued to see how available they make awards as a new entity
You still might want to look at the card - if nothing else, it's 15k free miles and a lounge pass.
Starwood is still king across all brands, hotels, airlines, and all credit card affinity programs, for most bang for buck currency. I think you two well-informed affinity experts still agree w/me on this one ?
Yep - I still think of SPG Amex as the gold standard against which all others are compared. No question about it. In an industry where competitors are usually so quick to match each other pretty well, I'm surprised that no one has stepped up with any meaningful head-to-head competition with SPG Amex as a primary-spend credit card. HH Amex gets about 75% of the way there. Marriott Visa isn't even in the same ballpark, although I certainly like to use that card at Marriotts.