Re:Amex, Challenged by Chase, Is Losing the Snob War
by larrysalibra on Saturday April 15, 2017 @03:28AM
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The Amex Platinum Card for Schwab [1] returns 6.25% cash[2] for airfare from airlines & amextravel purchases. If you can get the 400 of value from the travel & Uber credits, you break even with $2400 of spending in the 5x point categories and quickly do better than a no fee 2% cash back card.
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CSR is great if you can redeem through their portal. I mostly travel in Asia and Europe where discount airlines don't seem to be in either chase or Amex's travel portals. The traditional carrier flights they offer are usually 2-3x more expensive than the AirAsias of the world.
Re:Amex, Challenged by Chase, Is Losing the Snob War
by ajdlinux on Saturday April 15, 2017 @06:06AM
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Discount airlines typically don't appear in travel portals as one of the ways low-cost carriers try to be low cost is by minimising travel agent commissions.
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CSR is great if you can redeem through their portal. I mostly travel in Asia and Europe where discount airlines don't seem to be in either chase or Amex's travel portals. The traditional carrier flights they offer are usually 2-3x more expensive than the AirAsias of the world.
1: http://www.schwab.com/public/schwab/investing/accounts_produ...
2: 1 MR = 1.25 cents deposited in Schwab account