http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2017/12/07/apply-for-spg-amex-now/?utm_sourcemedium=Twitter Where does he know this from??
At least half seems made up to me.
+1, it's just his wild conjecturing under the guise of credit card advice, while the real reason is to sell CC apps.
Happened to me with Citi Hilton, when they lost to Amex I think Ben (or maybe not) published that its a good time to get this card. I thought that it was BS and Citi Hilton will not go away that fast. It went away just a week after that post.
It was already known that Citi lost the portfolio to AMEX.For the SPG card, I'd hold out for another LTO or listen for actual rumors of it going away.