Comments on: The Best Airline Miles Credit Card Offers For Frequent Flyers

By: Jen B

Jen B — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:22:17 +0000

I’m getting married June of 2010 and I’d like to earn air miles towards our honeymoon destination (perhaps Italy) by using this card to make all of our wedding purchases – and other purchases for that matter. I have excellent credit and would absolutely be paying off the card each month. I have a connection within the Hilton hotel corporation to get us deals on hotels…I’m not familiar with Starwood…any guidance on the best card would be greatly appreciated. Of course I want the most “bang” for my consumer dollars, I’d also like to have some flexibility when choosing the airline.

By: Charles Guerriero

Charles Guerriero — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:11:04 +0000

Another tip is to avoid flying on Saturdays, and during the holidays, because those are times when flight prices are usually higher. If you book through Disney.com, AAA, Orbitz, or Travelocity you can get whole packages which include your park tickets, airfare and hotel. You can sometimes get a good deal there. I almost always book with AAA for the discount.

By: Rick Gould

Rick Gould — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:22:40 +0000

The Citi Premier Pass Elite Level Card is no longer a good deal. While you can really pile up a ton of points, starting March 1, 2009, all travel has to be done through Expedia who requires considerably more than double the points required by other cards. For example, while Citi Advantage requires 25,000 miles to travel to Alaska from the lower 48, Premier Pass requires anywhere from 68,000-83,000 points for the same trip. For this reason, I have stopped using my Premier Pass card.

By: Raymond

Raymond — Wed, 07 May 2008 06:09:28 +0000

Jennifer, Take a look at this list of instant airline miles rewards for new credit card applications. The bonus sign up frequent flyer miles can be instantly redeemed for free flights. I'll examine and review some credit card terms to see if airline miles can be earned for balance transfers as they can be earned for purchases.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 07 May 2008 05:27:22 +0000

We are a family of 3 looking to take vacation.
I have gone nutty looking at all the online miles visas.We would like to try and take a vacation over the ‘08 Christmas from WA down to San Diego.We are looking into Southwest cheap flights?yest they are only booking through Oct.
What we are really wanting is a good credit card that will get us the most for the little time we will travel.This trip will be it probably for a few years.So making the points fast is important.We have very good credit.Any help would be great.Also do any cards give points for balance transfers? I am sure not,but thought I would ask.Thanks much for any help.Jen

By: Raymond

Raymond — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:11:11 +0000

Hi Richard,

Well the expiration problem with frequent flyer miles only comes in if you fly a wide array of airline carriers, which is a problem for some people. This results in points being added to a broad spectrum of airline miles programs rather than consolidating miles rewards into a single airline carrier. Fortunately, some of these airline travel reward cards allow miles to be transferred onto frequent flyer miles programs of participating airlines, thereby topping off the miles to enable them to reach the level needed to for free ticket redemption.

I agree that the Starwood Preferred American Express card is definitely one of the best airline travel/hotel cards

By: Richard @ StudentScrooge

Richard @ StudentScrooge — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:49:09 +0000

I have to confess, I am a bit of a mileage nut myself, and while its not for everyone, it can be quite a lucrative game…

With regards to airline specific vs. bank travel cards, you make a good point about mileage expiration as being a potential danger, but with most airlines (all domestic?) your mileage life extends every time you earn miles, so if you’re using your credit card at least once a year, you don’t have to worry about mileage expiration.

I also personally don’t think the Capital One cards are worth it at all — hands down, my choice is the Starwood AmEx — as long as you’re spending enough to cover the annual fee. Starwood is a powerful hotel brand in itself (especially abroad), but the conversion of 20,000 Starpoints to 25,000 Airline miles for many airlines makes it almost unquestionably better than any of the other airline-specific rewards cards.