Originally Posted by psyflyer
If you had to charge around 150k of taxes to your credit card how would you do it??
I HATE MILES AND POINTS! they drive you to do things you otherwise wont!
So far, the 2x SPG is the only offer I've seen here that is worthy of paying the upfront juice - even if you have $150k of available credit to spend and even if you can spread it across a bunch of mileage cards. Would I pay 2.5c cash right now for 2 UA miles? Not unless I had a very immediate, high-yield use for those miles and didn't have another way of getting them.. Would I pay it for 1 SPG? Hmmmm.....tougher call, but no.
Honestly, I'd run $5k on my SPG Amex and cut a check for the other $145k unless your situation absolutely requires those miles ASAP for a "perfect" redemption opportunity.