What cards/bonuses to apply for? (MS capable here)
 

Hi, I spent a fair amount of time on the Wells Fargo card and now that the 5% is over for me I'm looking at what cards/bonuses to go for next. Meeting spend requirements is going to be a piece of cake for me so that won't be an issue.

Here's what I currently have:
Chase Ink+, Chase Ink Cash, CSP, Amex Personal Platinum, Amex BRG (and a couple others not worth mentioning)

Trying to limit my number of hard pulls, so I was looking at Amex primarily (but I'm open to other banks if they are worth it)
Considering Old Amex Blue (for the 50K spend), Amex Blue Cash Preferred ($150 bonus + $6K supermarket spend). Originally I was looking at the Amex Hilton cards as wifey and I like to stay Hiltons on occasion, but looks like the bonuses dropped on those cards :(

Any flyer cards worth looking into? I'm not against selling my points on the open market if I can't use them myself.

Thanks for any advice.

That's an excellent way to get blacklisted in the industry. :rolleyes:

Meanwhile, we can't read your mind as to what hotel or airline cards would be useful to you or not.

As to good offers, there's a thread already that tries to main such a list:
And there's a site that tries to main a list too:
where you look up by card type (Amex, Visa, etc) or by partner name.

I'm in the same boat as you. I prefer cash back over travel perks.

I think the OBC should be at the top of the list for your next card. It's an easy 2k MS profit each year with no annual fee. You can also use this card to combine with sales when riteaid/walgreens/cvs have special promotions for vgc's. IMO, there's not enough meat on the bone for me to get the blue cash preferred.

I'm thinking about getting the capital one spark card. I currently have the barclay arrival+, but my 12 months are almost up and I don't plan on paying the AF. It's nice to have a 2% cashback card in your wallet for everyday expenses. I also eventually plan on testing the waters of MS'ing on a 2% card, so I assume the spark would be the best card for the job. It also has a solid $500 signup bonus. The negative is that cap one pulls from all three bureau's, but I've heard you can freeze one and the application will still go through.

I also got the citi prestige a few months, ago b/c it has a ton of extra perks that add up to much more than your typical $500 sign on bonus for me. Especially the free rounds of golf, as I play golf quite often.

Thanks for your feedback. I wasn't even aware that the spark card has a $500 bonus right now. I'll definitely consider it. That said, I made a decision awhile ago not to purposefully MS on a 2% card. Too much effort for me for too little reward.

Definitely will get the OBC card. If I knew I could get the Blue Preferred at the same time with just one HP, I'd definitely apply for both of them. I'm tempted just to try it