Amex platinum . CSP or US Airways .

Anonymous · ‎01-17-2015

I want to apply for those 3 or at least one of them , U.S. airways recently added global entry on their card and no forex all of that for 89$ ... Which one should I apply for ?

NRB525 · ‎01-17-2015

Which cards do you currently have? Credit scores? Do you travel a ton of miles? International travel a lot?

Each of the three cards is good, the US Airways card from what I hear is trying to be competitive as the merger with AA nears.

High Bal Jan 2009 $116k on $146k limits 80% Util.
Oct 2014 $46k on $127k 36% util EQ 722 TU 727 EX 727
April 2018 $18k on $344k 5% util EQ 806 TU 810 EX 812
Jan 2019 $7.6k on $360k EQ 832 TU 839 EX 831
March 2021 $33k on $312k EQ 796 TU 798 EX 801
May 2021 Paid all Installments and Mortgages, one new Mortgage EQ 761 TY 774 EX 777
April 2022 EQ=811 TU=807 EX=805 - TU VS 3.0 765

Anonymous · ‎01-17-2015

@Anonymous wrote:
I want to apply for those 3 or at least one of them , U.S. airways recently added global entry on their card and no forex all of that for 89$ ... Which one should I apply for ?

Yeah more information would help a lot in guiding you in one direction. I have both AMEX Platinum and US Airways (and Citi AAdvantage) and each of the cards serves a specific purpose. If you stay in mid level luxury hotels (hotels 200-500 a night), I think the AMEX Platinum is a no-brainer. You will save hundreds or possibly tens of thousands of dollars depending on how much you stay in hotels. If you can get a AMEX Platinum with a good 40K+ MR points bonus offer it is even better. If you just want easy points for air travel the bonus for the US Airways card will be hard to beat with that low annual fee. Buying 50K dividend miles costs about $1300 so getting them for $85 is a steal.

Anonymous · ‎01-18-2015

CSP and its not a heefty annual fee