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[ozjulian]

I havent been on here for a minute and need to catch up. 

I have a 5K purchase for airline tickets in the next month and looking at what is the best card out there to open in terms of points value and benefits?

I know the cards below would be the most suggested but I already have them.

Barclays Arrival

CSP

Chase Marriott

CITI Executive/ AAdvantage World Elite 

CITI Hilton Honors

Thank you always!

[Anonymous]

$5k... you must be flying on the Concord.

[ozjulian]

I wish I was able to ride the concord.

Its actually for my family- 5/1K airfare=5K.

[Anonymous]

You will have fun!

[mongstradamus]

My first question would be I assume you hit min spend on all those cards already to get bonuses? It all comes down to how much you value points from particular programs i personally would use csp because i like the flexbibility UR points bring but its really up to you which points you value the most out of those cards. 

[ozjulian]

Yeah I've met the spend. I'm inclined in opening a new card/s since I can def me it's spend rather quickly. I have in excess of 120K UR points as of today.

[Josh2942]

Why not bank another 10k UR toward flights. Thats more than 150 dollars toward airfare and you get 20% off

[Closingracer99]

App for the Freedom for the 10,000 Free UR points after spending $500?

[ozjulian]

I thought if using the CSP to get extra 10K points that's most likely my last resort.

I have the chase freedom too.
In thinking of another hotel card or airline card- either Hyatt for its 2 free nights or united for explorer for the 50K Bonus it has right now. Thoughts?

[Closingracer99]

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@ozjulian wrote:
I thought if using the CSP to get extra 10K points that's most likely my last resort.

I have the chase freedom too.
In thinking of another hotel card or airline card- either Hyatt for its 2 free nights or united for explorer for the 50K Bonus it has right now. Thoughts?

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The Hyatt card looks nice but Have you seen the IHG card? You get free nights annually which might be better long term if you stay at one of those hotels as well

Edit: Noticed in the fine print you also get free nights Annually as well.      The Hyatt is nice if you go there more but the IHG is a cheaper AF with free nights as well