Hi,
I'm quite new but did a lot of reading on DD and DDF and other sites (sorry
). The problem is keeping up with current award cards while eyeing a looming travel date.
Wife just got a Chase Sapph Preff Visa mid Feb. 2017. Which will give me 60,000 points by the start of April. Already covered the $4k this month (March).
I can do my own spending of 3,000-4,000 monthly (but not much more) without using MS hacks, etc. What cards should I apply for and in what order to get the proper amount of points for round-trip tickets to Israel in the first week of July 2017.
I'm assuming I would need time in advance of trip to find award tickets but I am not sure about this.
So the question:
What bonus offers/cards should I focus on from March-May 2017 to have the highest chance of getting at least 3 but possibly 4 RT economy tickets, taking into consideration the time until points post to account and April and May being "spending months", and also which airline/group has best chance of having available flights (July 4th weekend...)?
Ficos are 715(h) and 780(w).