Need a New Visa or MC
Nov 18, 2017 | 7:36 am
#1
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Join Date: Mar 2015
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Need a New Visa or MC
Greetings:
I have a Citi Hilton Visa Reserve card. As we know, they are switching to AMEX. Problem is I already have an AMEX Personal Platinum, AMEX Starwood, and soon to have an AMEX Hilton.
So now I have no Visa/MC; I need one because not everyone takes AMEX.
I do much less travel than in the past. I primarily fly Delta and stay at Hiltons or Starwood hotels. So a focus on another travel partner is too dilutive.
Any suggestions?
TIA.
I have a Citi Hilton Visa Reserve card. As we know, they are switching to AMEX. Problem is I already have an AMEX Personal Platinum, AMEX Starwood, and soon to have an AMEX Hilton.
So now I have no Visa/MC; I need one because not everyone takes AMEX.
I do much less travel than in the past. I primarily fly Delta and stay at Hiltons or Starwood hotels. So a focus on another travel partner is too dilutive.
Any suggestions?
TIA.
Nov 18, 2017 | 9:59 am
#2
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Greetings:
I have a Citi Hilton Visa Reserve card. As we know, they are switching to AMEX. Problem is I already have an AMEX Personal Platinum, AMEX Starwood, and soon to have an AMEX Hilton.
So now I have no Visa/MC; I need one because not everyone takes AMEX.
I do much less travel than in the past. I primarily fly Delta and stay at Hiltons or Starwood hotels. So a focus on another travel partner is too dilutive.
Any suggestions?
TIA.
I have a Citi Hilton Visa Reserve card. As we know, they are switching to AMEX. Problem is I already have an AMEX Personal Platinum, AMEX Starwood, and soon to have an AMEX Hilton.
So now I have no Visa/MC; I need one because not everyone takes AMEX.
I do much less travel than in the past. I primarily fly Delta and stay at Hiltons or Starwood hotels. So a focus on another travel partner is too dilutive.
Any suggestions?
TIA.
Also look at our CITI Thank You forum for more ideas.
Nov 18, 2017 | 5:49 pm
#3
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I'd look at a good Cashback card. The Citi DoubleCash card is my primary Mastercard. Amex is my primary points earning system and currently I have enough points for the trip I intend to take next year so if I'm making a purchase that would only earn me 1 MR I use the Citi DoubleCash card. I like the combo of points & cash back to give me options in earnings. Citi also has good purchase protection including the 90 day return policy which has saved me a bunch over the past two years.
Nov 19, 2017 | 12:27 am
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Nov 19, 2017 | 5:02 am
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Sometime in 2018 Starwood Preferred Guest should disappear into a refreshed Marriott Rewards program. It isn't known who the card issuer(s) will be for the new program, but in the interim a Chase Marriott VISA, or a Chase Ultimate Rewards VISA, could earn a new account bonus bonus that would end up in that program (or could be transferred from Marriott to Starwood sooner, with a 3:1 downrate conversion).
