Generally, yes. There are a limited and competitive slots where this strategy is viable as well. But as a simple answer, this strategy uses different cards than the SIM strategies, unloved cards, cheap cards.
The rewards also aren't subject to tax, which is low right now but could be higher. And the reward pool has been expanding! How high it could go is anybodies guess, but that affects the math here as well.
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