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See purpose first that may affect a lot of how you view the credit profile. Thank you.

CREDIT PROFILE

• * Current credit cards you are the primary account holder of:
  • Capital One venture X maybe started 2-3 years ago
  • Amex Gold
  • Chase Freedom Flex
  • Chase Freedom (old one)
• * FICO Scores with source (see note on FICO score sources below):
  • Above 800
• * Oldest credit card account age with you as primary name on the account:
  • Freedom Chase cards 10+ years
• * Number of personal credit cards approved for in the past 6 months:
  • None
• * Number of personal credit cards approved for in the past 12 months:
  • None
• * Number of personal credit cards approved for in the past 24 months:
  • Possibly Amex gold just a little over 2 years ago
• * Annual income $: (Approximations are fine. Accuracy is most important if your income is under $20k. See what counts as income below.)
  • 70-120k, but not really working while traveling.

CATEGORIES

• * OK with category-specific cards?: 
  • Yes
• * OK with rotating category cards?: 
  • I guess, but not really sure if it's relevant since I'm traveling abroad.
• * Estimate average monthly spend in the categories below. Only include what you can pay by credit card.
  • * Dining $: 500? (However, I have noticed that using the Amex Gold abroad at dining places and groceries does not actually log as that inside the system as those categores.)
  • * Groceries $: 0 since I'm abroad a
  • * Gas $: 0
  • * Travel $:
    • Flights: $200/month on avg, but I'm also using points.
    • Local rideshare (not Uber): $50/month
    • Local groceries: $50/month?
    • Hotels: $700/month. Usually via hostels and airbnbs. I don't really spend a lot on big hotels, but if I go for the CSR, I guess I could do a small splurge from time to time to redeem the credit.
  • * Do you plan on using this card abroad for a significant length of time (study abroad, digital nomad, expat, extended travel)?:
    • 1 year extended travel
  • * Any other categories (examples: phone/internet, insurance) or stores (example: Amazon) with significant, regular credit card spend (the more you specify, the better): $
  • * Any other significant, regular credit card spend you didn't include above?: $
  • * Can you pay rent by credit card? If yes, list rent amount and if there's a fee for paying by credit card: $

MEMBERSHIPS & SUBSCRIPTIONS (delete lines that don't apply)

• * Current member of Amazon Prime?: yes
• * Current Verizon postpaid customer?: No
• * Current member of Costco or Sam's Club? Yes
• * Current member of Chase, US Bank or any other big bank?: Chase
• * Are you or your spouse active US military?: No
• * Are you open to Business Cards?: (Not applicable

PURPOSE

• * What's the purpose of your next card ?: 
  • Travel Rewards. I am currently traveling and will continue to do so for another year. Looking for a travel card that I can use to gain some points to use for flight redemptions. I do not have a preference on airlines. Even though the Amex Gold is good for this, I am thinking of getting the Amex Everyday to maintain my MR points and cancelling the Gold because I can't really use the Uber and Grubhub credit while abroad. I am looking into possibly getting another travel card in addition to my Venture X as a fallback and maybe also churn a little and get more points available for more flight redemptions.
  • Looking at CSP and CSR, but I don't know if I can really apply the CSR hotel credits to my somewhat frugal hotel lifestyle. Maybe it can work for me though? I do like the big points they give me. CSP travel insurance looks good, but the scenario seems rare, and it feels like I'm actually paying for the card since the benefits don't make it break even like the Venture X does.

I'm doing a roadtrip right now around Hokkaido, and I haven't quite planned out the last leg of my journey. Prior to this, I will have driven over a lot of places already. Sapporo, Hakodate, Noboribetsu, Otaru, Biei, Furano, Niikappu (for Nijukken cherry blossoms), Erimo, Obihiro, Otofuke, Kushiro, Akangawa, Sounkyo Gorge, and finally Asahikawa. From Asahikawa, I'm not sure what else to do with my remaining 2 days and where to stay in the evenings (On the 3rd day, I'm flying out of CTS).

Here's what I'm thinking so far:

The night before the remaining days, I will be staying in Asahikawa. I guess the next morning on Day 1, I can go to the sake brewery and ramen village, and maybe the zoo if I'm feeling up to it (but I visited another zoo recently so I'm not sure I'd be down). Not sure what else I should do here? I will already have seen Biei and Furano by that point. Is it good to stay in Asahikawa another night? Or just go down towards Chitose during the afternoon of Day 1, and if I did, what's a good stopping point? Another to consider is that on Day 2, I'm thinking of going to Mitsui Outlets en route to Chitose. Maybe see Costco too haha. On Day 3 I gotta fly out. Anyone got any suggestions for my questions? Thank you.