Recommendations for what card to open to pay for wedding expenses? Worth it to get a fee card (CSR) for the bonus? Curious to hear others positive experiences.

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No suggestion but didn’t even think to do this and it’s a brilliant idea. We already had the CSR (which we love) and put $25,000 of catering costs on there, which registered as dining so the points from that paid for 3 nights of our honeymoon hotel... i would def recommend at least considering the CSR if there’s a good bonus!

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CSR is good for travel. So wedding hotel expense and flights would net a ton of points

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What are your expected total expenses? If >5k you may want to consider CSR/CSP and another card (CIP/Airline/Hotel or your future spouse could get their own Sapphire) and get enough bonuses to pay for a 2nd vacation.

We got a new card (w/ $500+ bonus) with each of our three children.

You’d be ok with two cards especially if you charge regular monthly expenses over the 3 months.

Have you tried to negotiate a cheaper rate paying in cash if you don’t need to put it on credit? Seen this work many times, especially with weddings, and overall savings far exceed the points accrued

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