but would you waste a CC sign-up for 30K points?
I don't travel enough for the 200SCs to be useful anyway, so it would just sit there in my account and expire.
I'm a Red member and have a measly 3SCs (yes, three).
The 30k extra bonus points on top of whatever bonus points the CC I sign up for is more worth it for me.
If the extra 30k points gets me business class flights, I'll have the perks of a higher status member then and there with my ticket.
I'd consider taking the 200SCs more of a 'waste' in my circumstance.
If anyone was in my position - travels only a handful of times a year (if that!), I'm sure they'd take the 30k bonus points too and not consider it a waste compared to getting 200SCs that would provide no benefit if you don't travel enough to gain more SCs.
As mentioned in my earlier post, if I knew that my circumstances would change and that would then require me to travel more, then maybe the SCs might be of use.
For now though, it's definitely points > status for me.