I saw it at EWR last weekend and wonder if its the sign of a new-ish trend in cards. In the mean time, I’m going to jump on the AA one — between miles there and from SPG, I’m good for a while. Gold through ’09 on AA and will sort out my SkyTeam status soon.

PS, this is travellingcari from FT – I don’t want a 2nd TypeKey account

I noticed some fine print recently, leading me to check something with Chase. Their FAQ on this card says: “Annual charge volume is based on the enrollment date of the Presidential Plus card, not the calendar year. What this means is that the count resets to $0 on your anniversary date!!

I had a very long conversation this morning with one of their reps today. I wanted to verify that I was just over, rather than just under, this threshold as my date approaches for the first year. And I said that knowing that I am now over, I have a strong disincentive to use another card for the next few weeks rather than have the balance reset. For instance, my local mall will give me 10% back in gift cards for using Discover. When I thought I’d get elite qualifying miles for using the CO card, I was going to forego the Discover offer — no more!