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$450 annual fee....better of with the platinum card.....@ $550.00 you get quite a bit more.Chase pulled out of the Canadian market unfortunately.
$450 annual fee....better of with the platinum card.....@ $550.00 you get quite a bit more.
Add Cozumel to the list, too.
It's not necessarily an either/or. We have both. Regarding Chase, with the $300 travel credit, Uber credit, and the $750 worth of travel points for signing up (was more when we got it) - not to mention the 3x travel points when you use the card, it's paid for itself each year. We use both cards to the point where the travel credits, mileage points, and use of lounge (as well as lots of other benies) pays for both cards. Remember, the credit card companies make way more on interest and commission than they do on annual membership fees. Their incentive is to get you to use the card as much as possible, and that is built into the fee structure. The more you use it, the less it costs you and the more the credit card company makes. And as an aside, I had my usual rental car accident this past year (seems like an annual occurrence .... because it is.) and Chase had a check to me to cover all of my costs in almost no time.
Most of the airports and airlines recommend getting to the airport well in advance of departure times to allow time for longer checkin lines, security screening and in some locations, US immigration and customs. Even if you cut the time close, if lines are short, there is still time to duck into the lounge for a bottle of water, coffee, check emails, etc.So you would hang out in the airport lounge in Cozumel when you could have spent that last hour having one last taco and a beer outside in the glorious Mexican sunshine? I don't mean to beat the dead horse on this, but lounges are good for waiting between connections, or if your flight is seriously delayed--period. If my hotel kicks me out of my room early, and my flight is later in the day, I'll find something else to do in a place like Cozumel, or most other dive destinations. There's almost always someplace with the local flavor you came for where you can hang out before having to go to the airport. The Cozumel airport is a 10-20 minute taxi ride from any hotel. But okay okay, I get it--not everyone likes what I like. Do what pleases you.
Most of the airports and airlines recommend getting to the airport well in advance of departure times to allow time for longer checkin lines, security screening and in some locations, US immigration and customs. Even if you cut the time close, if lines are short, there is still time to duck into the lounge for a bottle of water, coffee, check emails, etc.
So you would hang out in the airport lounge in Cozumel when you could have spent that last hour having one last taco and a beer outside in the glorious Mexican sunshine? I don't mean to beat the dead horse on this, but lounges are good for waiting between connections, or if your flight is seriously delayed--period. If my hotel kicks me out of my room early, and my flight is later in the day, I'll find something else to do in a place like Cozumel, or most other dive destinations. There's almost always someplace with the local flavor you came for where you can hang out before having to go to the airport. The Cozumel airport is a 10-20 minute taxi ride from any hotel. But okay okay, I get it--not everyone likes what I like. Do what pleases you.
So you would hang out in the airport lounge in Cozumel when you could have spent that last hour having one last taco and a beer outside in the glorious Mexican sunshine?