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[quote=Anonymous]I also have both Platinum and Chase Sapphire. Find them both worthwhile. Amex more than offsets the fee entirely with $200 United credit, $200 hotel credit, $240 digital credit, $240 Uber credit, $300 Equinox membership, $100 Saks.

I don’t use the Priority Pass much bc I have United Global Services and normally use their lounges or Star Alliance lounges so that isn’t a big advantage for me, however there have been times United/SA has no lounge and I have used PP lounges in Jamaica and Punta Cana recently.

I barely use the card for purchases except travel to make use of the hotel credit, and have therefore never gotten a retention bonus. I use the Gold for restaurants and groceries for the 4x points. Got it while you still get a SUB for opening a Gold with a Platinum. I understand that changed.

At this point have not used AMEX points yet for redemption and am a little worried as I am used to Sapphire which just transfers all points to United directly. Amex will be a learning curve but at this point only have any of a million so am stockpiling for a family vacation. I recently opened an ANA account and a Flying Blue account preparing to learn how to transfer.

I love the Sapphire reserve for the 3x restaurant points and for its easy transfer to United. With the $300 travel credit, totally worth it to me.

I will keep both cards.

Most valuable redemptions on business class flights, no question. Just used 900,000 points for 4 people r/t in business cl to Zurich. Was a lot of points, much more than would have been 3 years ago, but it’s different times and would have been $40k in cash. [/quote]

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