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I was just thinking about you and Graham doing a collab the other day! All my dreams are coming true
The card you described was my first Amex, the “zync”. Amex dumped it pretty soon because they lost money on it
We need an airbnb card
5% gas, 4% food (dining/grocery), 3% travel, and 2% everything else.
Honestly being able to select a certain benefits with premium cards should be the key. There’s no need for two Priority Passes or 8 roadside assistance. They should allow a cafeteria style where customers can select benefits from a list
This sounds cool but I don’t think in practice it really works. The economics of these benefits is specifically around the bundling. People who don’t use the benefit are paying for the people who use it. If you really unbundled all the benefits the annual fee would end up having to be something like 3x or 4x higher if you wanted all of them.
I was talking about credit card benefits with a friend of mine who has an AmEx Everyday card. She has never taken advantage of nearly any of the benefits and none of the multipliers, and in fact was just paying the $95 fee but typically buying everything with a debit card except for a few big ticket items. I told her she was paying for all the benefits those of us who are power users actually use!
Every year I get far more value from my cards than I spend in annual fees, and even factoring in the interchange fees that they’re getting they’re not making a lot of money off of me. But that’s not the case for most people! That’s how power users get these benefits. It’s just the reality of the game.
If you return the products you buy do you still get points/cash back?
It was really cool meeting you this week vood panel just wat too short not enough time to really get into credit cards
I feel peace when I watch your videos…here, take this precious thumbs up 😀
It was great to meet you this week Sebby! Glad we got to hang and chat about our communities some. – Brandon
I'd like the earnings structure of the Wells Fargo Propel, with the 1.5 modifier on travel, but instead of a portal make it an "expense canceling" feature like the Cap 1 Venture. Perfect.
Give me a card with a 100% cash back rate. Screw these points, miles, transfers, or hotels. Just make everything free! /s
Ability to "buy" reward categories instead of applying for different cards. Let's say Amex Green gets revamped at $50 annual fee and earns 1x MR base. But for +$100/yr, that can be 2x MR. For +$50 you get 3x Dining. +$50 you get 3x gas. Etc. Basically to keep you within the ecosystem of MR, but modular to better fit one's needs. Sure, you could get 3 or 4 different cards and perhaps even maximize points a little better by knowing what you're doing, but a modular swiss army knife of credit card bonus categories would be nice, especially if you can pick and choose.
So, you would like the Amex Zync to come back? I know there are a lot more nuances to what you said, but that was a buy perks based on higher or lower annual fee model.
Question: what do you think of velocity banking? Is it legal to do with a credit card?
A pick your own benefits type like the old white Amex would be amazing. Pay a little extra AF to get more benefits as long as the value made sense. Great video Sebby.
I always pay off my balances usually before the statement is even issued, and have no CC debt. Is that a bad thing? I have an excellent rating but would like to get into the rewards game just for fun and the travel benefits.
I’d say 3% across the board and make it easy to use rewards and cash back
Making the benefits opt-in would increase the cost for everyone else; they kinda rely on people not using all their benefits so that they're able to offer a wide suite of them. It's often said that if even 15% of users utilitzed all their benefits, they'd cease to exist – we'd have high-interest charge cards.
My ideal card: 3% cash back on all purchases, return/purchase protection, trip protection/cancellation/insurance, extended warranty, complimentary upgrades, lounge access, 2 x $250 flight credit with selected airline, anniversary night at selected hotel, access to high-APR cash management account – $995 AF
Why not just have the Chase Hyatt Visa for hotels as it has great multipliers? Then just book the hotel with the Chase Hyatt card. Why even have the CSR as far as points???
Visa/Mastercard with no foreign transaction fees and no currency exchange fees. And 3% cashback on everything.