Do you guys think having the Chase Sapphire Reserve or AMEX Platinum is still worth the $550 annual fee?

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I have both - did the math and can still recover the $1100 in fees even with no travel. I already used my $300 CSR travel credit in Jan/Feb this year. But given how flexible it is I dont see why you wouldn’t be able to use it. The new deals both of them introduced due to this situation are pretty sweet e.g., 5X on groceries on CSR is great given thats the bulk of where I spend my money now. The $40 ($20 phone + $20 streaming) monthly credit on Amex Platinum is good too.

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I got it for 400 using corporate discount
Get uber eats 200
Saks 100
Airlines credit 200
They also started including 20 a month for streaming and phones service

So card pays in full even more
This is for amex

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Canceled the CSR because I drained my UR points last year for vacation, and have been focusing on Bonvoy.

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The $200 uber credits have been a blessing towards my drastic increase in ubereats. Plus the day to day spending makes up for the rest of the fee. It was a no brainer for me when I was traveling every week but it’s allure has def gone down across the last few months. If I wasn’t traveling I don’t know if this would be my month to month card.

AMEX Gold Card - Groceries, restaurants, Grubhub seamless

Amex plat you can call in to get $$$ they gave me 500 to retain

I called retention line

Nope. Canceling the CSR as soon as my year is up

Same, downgrading to cash back because I’m unlikely to use the travel credits.

Would cancel CSR at the new price point but have a lot of points to dump still. Might downgrade temporarily if that is an option. Amex Platinum seems worth it still with the 280 in streaming and wireless credits to make up for airline credit. 200 uber + 280 extra credits + 100 saks is good enough for me to hold on until travel picks up again.

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