Originally Posted by
CandymanJim
Why would you put this kind of $$ on this card and not the SPG AMEX? Your opportunity cost (loss in this case) is significant.
Jim
i have exactly one card, and mastercard works very well for me.
in addition to bonus miles for signing up, i received 41,500 promotion-specific miles using mastercard that i would not have received using amex (as opposed to the 22,500 i would have earned on the conversion from spg to aa).
total miles this year was probably 150,000 (on $90k), so it was MUCH higher than SPG in this instance.
going forward, spending won't be so high so my motivation to change won't be high either.
sam