I think you can find a happy medium. I have a JetBlue card that I use for everything non-food spending. That gets me a free flight a year. I have a capital on

I think you can find a happy medium. I have a JetBlue card that I use for everything non-food spending. That gets me a free flight a year. I have a capital one card I use for food. I get rewards. Every few months I get $25 back. I could hyper optimize, but nah, I'm happy with the system. I have friends who do the whole shebang and I agree, it's too much: the focus is to keep you focused on pulling out that card because that's what CC co's want. More spending. I am traveling a lot more for work, and I'm considering switching to a different card, but I still have no plans of going "all out" and card hopping.