Feature 3 - Benefit tracking

Premium card credits are only valuable if you use them.

Compare annual fee against the credits you actually redeem, with usability haircuts for credits that are easy to forget or hard to use.

Annual fee

$95

Sticker cost

Face credits

$130

Advertised total

Tracked value

$0

Usability-weighted

Net fee now

$95

Still uncovered

Credit checklist

Check only benefits you will actually use this cardmember year.

Next database step

Benefit tracking needs a user-level event ledger: credit due dates, redemptions, renewal month, merchant constraints, and reminders. Product terms alone cannot tell whether a premium card is worth keeping.

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