AMEX and Costco ending their relationship next year:
http://www.geekwire.com/2015/america...l-costco-2016/
Taking an informal poll of surpass card users - does this announcement that Costco won't be accepting AMEX after March 2016 change the way they value the Surpass card? It certainly does for me, as that was the biggest appeal, to have a credit card that would be accepted at Costco. Not sure what to think now, no major complaints with the Hilton card itself, its more that I'm tired of the number of shops who won't take AMEX because its so expensive to process CC transactions.
If I switch to the Reserve card, do I get the same benefits as the surpass? Namely, the ability to reach Diamond based on spend? I never would come close to Diamond based on stays, but at this point, I really don't want to give that up either.
http://www.geekwire.com/2015/america...l-costco-2016/
Taking an informal poll of surpass card users - does this announcement that Costco won't be accepting AMEX after March 2016 change the way they value the Surpass card? It certainly does for me, as that was the biggest appeal, to have a credit card that would be accepted at Costco. Not sure what to think now, no major complaints with the Hilton card itself, its more that I'm tired of the number of shops who won't take AMEX because its so expensive to process CC transactions.
If I switch to the Reserve card, do I get the same benefits as the surpass? Namely, the ability to reach Diamond based on spend? I never would come close to Diamond based on stays, but at this point, I really don't want to give that up either.