The first question: if you would stay at a Marriott or SPG hotel in a year for at least two days it is an absolute no-brainer.
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If you want to math it out more, c.f. either your account or one of the online write ups for what this does to your annual fee, statement credit, etc, but then you’re just redoing the reading that I already did for you. ;)
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If you want a readable comparison of the two (and assume all the links here are affiliate links for the writer, who I don’t know):https://thepointsguy.com/guide/spg-amex-vs-spg-luxury-amex/ …
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The harder question that I don’t have a strong opinion on: the SPG Amex was previously easily the best default recommendation for a credit card for almost everyone who asks me about that question, but Chase Sapphire Reserve plus the Marriott merger may have changed that calculus.
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(I have both because I do a lot of travel and because I have a long-standing weird hobby in credit cards... which turns out to come in handy at the day job.)
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That's a terrifying theory. I'd spend the half of my life I don't spend researching things just writing everything down.
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Some time when it is not 4 AM I will happily try to convince you that doing that would both improve your success on instrumental goals and also be net beneficial for the world. (I believe this for just about everyone reading this.)
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Hey! you can read it here: Thread by
@patio11: "On the general theory of: “Anything you spent more than 10 minutes researching is worth writing down” You may have an SPG Amex and wonder if yo [...]" https://threadreaders.com/thread/1046837387437826049 … Cheers :)
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