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Travelers of SVT: who has the best rewards programs? (auto, air, hotel, cc)
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<blockquote data-quote="ibismojo" data-source="post: 16101300" data-attributes="member: 10591"><p>I prefer Marriott Rewards (even with the recent IT snafu), relatively easy to make Platinum with credit cards and setting up a hotel meetings, although that might not be an issue if you're on the road for more than 50 nights. Hyatt Globalists have been fairly happy with elite recognition (upgrades, service) but Hyatt properties are limited and on average more expensive. Hilton could work but everyone's an elite since they give it away like candy on Halloween.</p><p></p><p>Airline loyalty is pretty lame. If you don't have aspirations for international travel, then stick with Delta or Southwest. Delta has generally shit redemption for international travel. United international award can be decent (their fleet is getting updated and should be very competitive, premium seat wise). AA can be pretty decent (currently best international business class of the big 3, on average, although Delta is closely behind with their new suite seats). Southwest/Jetblue/Hawaiian all suck for international award redemption. Alaska is an interesting case. They have great international partners but their domestic foot print is limited (compared to the big 3) so it'll be harder to earn Alaska miles if work isn't located where Alaska flies conveniently (1 layover or less).</p><p></p><p>Chase Sapphire Reserve is great if you eat out a lot (3x on dining). Otherwise the Preferred is probably a better value. The Citi Prestige card is interesting and becoming very competitive (5x on dining and airfare) against the Reserve and Amex Platinum. Either way, regardless of which bank card you'd choose, you'll probably want to get a co-branded hotel card as those will generally earn more points than anything from Citi/Chase/Amex would per dollar spent, particularly for Marriott and Hilton.</p><p></p><p>All of this is rather pointless if you don't plan/want to travel internationally....cause that's where you will get the most bang per mile/point redeemed. Citi's cash back card or Coscto's Visa card would be a better choice.</p><p></p><p>I recently went to Singapore for 5 nights. 4 of those nights were paid using Marriott Points. All 4 nights were upgraded to suites that cost normally $1000/night. This was over a holiday too. Great redemption and use of Marriott Rewards Platinum benefits. A few months before that, I redeemed approximately $12k worth of round trip international first class/business class flights for myself and parents using AA miles and Chase points that were transferred to one of their airline partners. A lot of those points/miles were earned from credit card sign up bonuses. Check out flyertalk.com if you want more resources. Many travel blogs get their info from that forum.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ibismojo, post: 16101300, member: 10591"] I prefer Marriott Rewards (even with the recent IT snafu), relatively easy to make Platinum with credit cards and setting up a hotel meetings, although that might not be an issue if you're on the road for more than 50 nights. Hyatt Globalists have been fairly happy with elite recognition (upgrades, service) but Hyatt properties are limited and on average more expensive. Hilton could work but everyone's an elite since they give it away like candy on Halloween. Airline loyalty is pretty lame. If you don't have aspirations for international travel, then stick with Delta or Southwest. Delta has generally shit redemption for international travel. United international award can be decent (their fleet is getting updated and should be very competitive, premium seat wise). AA can be pretty decent (currently best international business class of the big 3, on average, although Delta is closely behind with their new suite seats). Southwest/Jetblue/Hawaiian all suck for international award redemption. Alaska is an interesting case. They have great international partners but their domestic foot print is limited (compared to the big 3) so it'll be harder to earn Alaska miles if work isn't located where Alaska flies conveniently (1 layover or less). Chase Sapphire Reserve is great if you eat out a lot (3x on dining). Otherwise the Preferred is probably a better value. The Citi Prestige card is interesting and becoming very competitive (5x on dining and airfare) against the Reserve and Amex Platinum. Either way, regardless of which bank card you'd choose, you'll probably want to get a co-branded hotel card as those will generally earn more points than anything from Citi/Chase/Amex would per dollar spent, particularly for Marriott and Hilton. All of this is rather pointless if you don't plan/want to travel internationally....cause that's where you will get the most bang per mile/point redeemed. Citi's cash back card or Coscto's Visa card would be a better choice. I recently went to Singapore for 5 nights. 4 of those nights were paid using Marriott Points. All 4 nights were upgraded to suites that cost normally $1000/night. This was over a holiday too. Great redemption and use of Marriott Rewards Platinum benefits. A few months before that, I redeemed approximately $12k worth of round trip international first class/business class flights for myself and parents using AA miles and Chase points that were transferred to one of their airline partners. A lot of those points/miles were earned from credit card sign up bonuses. Check out flyertalk.com if you want more resources. Many travel blogs get their info from that forum. [/QUOTE]
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