The Citi Platinum Select Mastercard does not offer any sort of rewards program, so it’s not of much interest to PlasticIQ, except for potential balance transfers.

The Chase Freedom card comes in several different flavors of rewards programs. According to one of the more competent CSRs that I spoke to at Chase, the Ultimate Rewards program is the direction that Chase is moving in.

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What is the value of Citi’s Thankyou Points Rewards Program

The Thankyou points network is Citibank’s primary rewards vehicle for its credit card portfolio (and points can also be earned just by opening accounts with Citi).

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Last Reviewed: 10/22/2010

The Hilton Honors American Express card is a serious player in the hotel credit card space. It’s currently a top 3 card (based on PlasticIQ’s standard spending profile) when we screen for hotel credit cards using the PIQ Ranking Engine.   Perhaps a slightly more serious player is the Starwood Preferred Guest Card from Amex, but you should review both carefully before deciding which piece of plasstic to mate with.

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