u/OpossumFriedRice

Deciding if I should make the transition to a Bilt Palladium from my Venture X.

Current cards:

Chase Sapphire Preferred
Chase Freedom Flex
Capital 1 Venture X
Discover It

Average Annual Spend
⁠• ⁠dining $8500
⁠• ⁠groceries: $1500
⁠• ⁠gas: $1200
⁠• ⁠travel: $8000
⁠• ⁠other: $15000
⁠• ⁠rent: 22000

So I’ve had the Venture X for a little while, but I’ve been debating the Palladium

Pros: 10x through portal + price match. I have a big hotel purchase next summer that would net me a lot of points.

Cons: Lounge Access limited (normally travel with partner), and lack of domestic travel partners. It is a little annoying to look for award availability through alliances.

The hotel purchase over the Summer is also a Marriott, so I considered the Boundless for a SUB play, or getting an airline card (United, Southwest, American) to give me some domestic traveling perks.

I’d also consider keeping both but that’s a lot of annual fee to juggle.

Thanks for the help!

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Hoping for some real experience from prior years, thank you!

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