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There are credible rumors circulating that the Chase Sapphire Reserve (CSR) card will be getting a major overhaul this summer. One of the changes is that "Travel" category spending (other than travel booked within the Chase portal [10x], or direct bookings of hotels and flights [4x]) will no longer receive 3x points, and instead will just receive 1x points. In the past I have always used my CSR for my MVC maintenance fee payments. This gets coded as "Travel" by chase, which means my MF payments earn 3x points. Those Chase points are quite valuable to me, often completely paying for at least 2 business class international flights each year.
I do have the Marriott Boundless card, but for me Marriott Bonvoy points are far less valuable than Chase/AmEx/Citi/Capital One points which can be transferred to airline partners to book flights. The way I utilize points, a Chase point often gets me a value of about $0.10/point compared to Marriott points which for me are usually just worth $0.01 to $0.02/point, and which are far more limited in their potential uses.
Do you all have other cards you can recommend that earn at least 3x points on MVC MF payments? I do have the Citi Strata Premier which I believe gets 3x points on most travel, but I'm not sure if MF payments count as Travel for this card. I believe the Chase Ink Preferred Business card still gets 3x on Travel, and I suspect MF payments would count for this. The AmEx Green Card also advertises 3x points on Travel, can anyone here confirm if MVC MF payment fees earn 3x points with this card?
Thanks for any recommendations you all have.
I do have the Marriott Boundless card, but for me Marriott Bonvoy points are far less valuable than Chase/AmEx/Citi/Capital One points which can be transferred to airline partners to book flights. The way I utilize points, a Chase point often gets me a value of about $0.10/point compared to Marriott points which for me are usually just worth $0.01 to $0.02/point, and which are far more limited in their potential uses.
Do you all have other cards you can recommend that earn at least 3x points on MVC MF payments? I do have the Citi Strata Premier which I believe gets 3x points on most travel, but I'm not sure if MF payments count as Travel for this card. I believe the Chase Ink Preferred Business card still gets 3x on Travel, and I suspect MF payments would count for this. The AmEx Green Card also advertises 3x points on Travel, can anyone here confirm if MVC MF payment fees earn 3x points with this card?
Thanks for any recommendations you all have.