So I looked around a bit for a thread like this, but I didn't find one. If you're willing to share, what cards do you have? I think it'd be useful for people who are just starting this (like I am) to see what some people who are more experienced have in their wallet. I've seen one or two blogs who have said what cards they have, but I thought it'd be interesting to see the cards of a bigger pool of people.

And which cards are your favorite and why too would be really helpful.

I recently started this and I currently have:
-Discover Student card that I've had for a few years and kind of hate, but at least it's not a fee card
-United Chase
-Chase Freedom

and just recently got approved for:
-Chase Sapphire
-US Airways MasterCard
-AA Citi Card
-Alaska Airlines BOA Card

What have you guys got?

Merely replicating what an "experienced" person has in their wallet won't help. Each person needs to find cards suited to the individual versus relying on lists or popularity of a given card.

The why is the important part. It's what allows others to determine if a card would be useful to them. Why do you have those cards?

Here are some previous discussions to help you see how fashions change:

From 2010:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/credi...ur-wallet.html

From 2012:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/credi...ur-wallet.html

bank of america mets card
southwest premiere
discover card
sapphire
alaska airlines
united mileage explorer
sony playstation card
amex delta gold
amazon chase

Get (switch Student to) Discover It, Blue Cash, and JCB Cali Premier.

My wife and I have:

Amex Blue - have had this since college (since 2005)
Chase Freedom - same as above
CSP
Costco Amex
Amex PR Gold card
Amex Platinum
Chase Hyatt

Plan to get in 2014 - SPG, maybe the Chase Mariott? I'm open to suggestions as far as 2014 apps go.

In my wallet:
CSP
Freedom
Discover it
PenFed
Hilton Amex (backup)

Not in my wallet:
UA MP Explorer (downgrading next month)
Hawaiian Airlines (canceling next month)
Citi AA Platinum (downgrading next month)
Amex BGR (cancelling in a few months)
US Air (keeping for 10k anniversary until it goes away)
Citi and Amex Hilton (keeping for AAoA and to cycle for upgrade bonuses)

Not in wallet:
Capital One Venture
Amex Blue
Discover Card
Amex Macy's
Amex Platinum
Amex Hilton Hhonors
Amex SPG
Citi Hhonors Reserve
Bank of America Virgin Atlantic
Chase United Mileage Plus Explorer

Card holder:
Chase Sapphire Preferred (dining/travel)
Chase Freedom (for quarterly cat)
Barclays US Airways Master card (for 15k bonus)
Barclays Arrival Card (non cat items)
US Bank Club Carlson (meeting spend)
Amex Hilton Hhonors Surpass (meeting spend)
Chase Hyatt Visa (pts for future stay)

1) Chase Freedom (for 5% categories)
2) Chase Ink (auto-bills cable and mobile phone, also use at Staples and allows me to transfer my Freedom points to partners)
3) SPG AMEX (my go-to as I consistently am able to redeem for 3% so anything below 3% goes on this card)
4) Plat AMEX (used for perks and travel only)
5) Citi AA MC (my go-to non-AMEX, also fly AA a lot and use the benefits)
6) BofA Platinum Privileges card (used for gas at 4.5% back when not a Freedom category, also used for Bank Amerideals which somehow always come up with amazing 5-10% discounts at places I actually go).
7) AMEX Open SimplyCash CC (when I downgraded my biz SPG it turned into this)

Will likely open a Citi AA biz card this year for the 50K miles and possibly the UA Explorer for 50k miles. Might close the Ink and open a CSP in 2015. Amex Plat may be cancelled if they don't come up with some good benefits to replace AA lounge access as I use that all the time.

In Wallet:
Chase Freedom Visa Sig
Discover IT
Fidelity Amex

Not in Wallet:
Amex SPG
Amex BCE
Amex Costco
Bank of America Better Rewards Plat Visa
Barclays Priceline Visa Sig
Barclays US Airways WMC (2)
CapOne Venture
CapOne VentureOne
Chase United Mileage Plus Explorer Plat Visa
Citi Forward Visa Sig
Citi Dividend WEMC
Citi TY Preferred Visa Sig
Citi TY Premier Visa Sig
DCU Plat Visa
PSECU Visa
Penfed Rewards Platinum Visa
US Bank Cash Plus Visa Sig
USAA WWP WMC
USAA WWP Amex
Walmart Discover

wallet:
always
discover cash rewards = category
citi forward = entertainment
fidelity amex = general
penfed gas card (still 5%) - gas
target - 5% at target
chase sapphire preferred - 1 purchase per month
spg amex - for amex deal use

current soon to be cycled out:
chase southwest - big spend to meet...
chase united - spend
wife chase united - spend

soon to be added
new Hawaii'an air
hilton

large rollodex wallet:
everything else

Pre-AOR

BOA Travel Rewards
Discover it
Nordstrom Visa
BOA Better Balance
Capital One Venture
Citi Diamond Preferred
Amex Blue
U.S. Bank FlexPerks
Wells Fargo Rewards Visa
Citi TY

December 2013 AOR
Citi AA Platinum MC
Barclaycard Arrival
CSP
Amex SPG

Just started on this, so I'm not the best datapoint, but here's what I've got so far.

Old:
BoA cashback visa
Amex cashback

New 1/14:
Chase IHG
Citi AA
Barklays World Premier <- this will be the one I use primarily once it arrives

Pending 1/14:
Chase Sapphire Preferred

Denied 1/14:
Barklays US Air (they said I could only keep 1 of the 2)

In my wallet:
Chase Freedom
CSP
AMEX PRG
AMEX Platinum Business

Not in my wallet:
Citi Hilton (Approved - still waiting on card)
Chase Southwest Premier Personal (Approved - still waiting on card)
Chase Southwest Premier Business (Approved - still waiting on card)
AMEX Hilton (not Surpass)
BoA Alaska Airlines
BoA Virgin Atlantic
Barclays US Airways
Citi AA Platinum #1
Citi AA Platinum #2
Citi AA Business
USB Club Carlson
Chase IHG
USAA World MC

As takeshi74 says, it is the Why that is important. My guess is that many people have at least one or two cards that they wouldn't get again (and for whatever reason haven't bothered to close) so a list of cards isn't all that much different from seeing a list of all credit cards and selecting a few