Originally Posted by pinniped
If someone rolls out a home-grown points card with a robust set of online booking tools and straight-up no-bull rules, I'm listening. Until then, it's 98% SPG Amex and 2% Marriott Visa for me. (MR Visa certainly isn't the optimal Visa card to carry, but for that 2% of non-Amex revenue, it's just not worth carrying more plastic around.)
SPG Amex and Marriott Visa is my CC combination also. So I'm curious, what makes you say Marriott Visa isn't optimal and what alternative credit cards (especially hotel cards) do you think are better? Thanks for any thoughts and info you have on this.