American Airlines deal with opening a new card
70,000 points
$99 annual fee

68,500 points for two tickets from Philadelphia to SXM, plus $98 per person taxes and fee

Total spent this year, less than $300

Non miles would cost around $1600

Nice savings of $1300

One domestic companion tickets on anniversary date

after that, miles may be hard to accumulate to make it worthwhile, but savings enough for this years trip

prefer other credit card which gives back more than one percent