Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Programs: AA Plat, HH Gold, SPG Gold, HH Gold, Marriott Silver, Amex Plat, GlobalEntry, SW A-List Preferred
Posts: 866
How about this then?
1) buy all plane tickets using Citi PP or Chairman. Spend just enough to match the points from flying (best here is gas/grocery/pharmacy charges)
2) spend 50K using Merrill+ to get AA status match (at 20K actually) and then the AA or DL lounge access
3) spend enough on DL to get max EQM (no personal experience there)
4) put rest on Amex SPG, which has no points limit (I can usually get 3 to 5 cents value per point)
I wish I could put through that many charges through my cards...