What is the best Airline Credit Card?
I want to earn miles, of course, but what’s my best option? Who out there loves their airline credit card?
I want to earn miles, of course, but what’s my best option? Who out there loves their airline credit card?
I have a jetBlue American Express card. First off, it looks absolutey amazing! But here’s just a quick breakdown of how it works.
You need 100 points to get a free trip on JetBlue. Second, everytime you spend $200, you get 1 point. But if you spend $200 on JetBlue tickets, you earn double points. When you check in, if you check in on using your trueblue frequent flyer account (the two are seperate), then you earn two more points just for checking in.
Points add up really quickly it seems. Right now, AE is offering a 50 point sign up bonus (i think they are still doing it.) Anyways, I’ve also won a jetBlue get away package to the Bahammas because I was in some drawing that jetblue put me in.
Below are some links you can view. One to see a snapshot of the card, and a website if you’re interested in trying to get one.
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It depends on your travel habits. I suggest a Lufthansa Visa from Bank of America. You can collect miles when you purchase and when you travel and as part of the Star Alliance you can choose from 17 different carriers.
The one travel rewards card I’m particularly fond of is the American Express Blue Sky card. It earns a guaranteed 1.33% toward travel on all spending. And its earnings can be applied to any airline, any hotel, any vehicle renter, etc.
If you’re not opposed to taking your earnings as cash (which of course can be applied to travel : ) ), other good options open up such as the AmEx Blue Cash card and the Chase Freedom card.
An easy way to see which rewards card will pay you the most for your spending profile is this rewards calculator:
Note that the tool converts all earnings currencies (frequent flyer miles, points, cash back, etc.) into dollars so you can do an apples-to-applies comparison.