AA miles used to provide me more value than Delta by far. But a recent check I didn’t see any cheap FF flights. Still got some great deals last year.

As for BassPro, cashier begged me to get a BassPro card when i bought a life preserver recently. I told her this $30 preserver would end up costing me $3000 in interest. She seemed disappointed in my thought that credit cards were evil. She said basspro was cheap for basspro purchases. I think she gets a cut of each app submitted/card issued.

As for FF credit cards, those AA and DL miles come at very high interest if you don’t pay that balance every month. And that’s what they are “banking on” pun intended.