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Any debit cards allow you to earn mileage?

Old Jan 17, 2008, 5:37 pm
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Any debit cards allow you to earn mileage?

Any debit cards allow you to earn mileage?
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Old Jan 17, 2008, 6:10 pm
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Old Jan 18, 2008, 7:52 am
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Northwest (US Bank) has a debit card that earns 1 mile for every $2 I believe.
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Old Jan 18, 2008, 8:40 am
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Chase has a United one as well.
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Old Jan 18, 2008, 9:55 am
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Originally Posted by IlliniDude
Chase has a United one as well.
And a Continental Airlines Debit

http://www.chase.com/ccp/index.jsp?p...ental_airlines

Bank of America has 2 also:

US Airways

http://www.bankofamerica.com/deposit...eckcards_usair

And Alaska Airlines

http://www.bankofamerica.com/deposit...ards_alaskaair
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Old Jan 19, 2008, 8:33 am
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A Citibank checking account allows you to earn TY points which can be used for flights.
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Old Jan 19, 2008, 3:39 pm
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Originally Posted by boxerbuddy
A Citibank checking account allows you to earn TY points which can be used for flights.
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Summary with links of US airline check cards

*Alaska Airlines issued by Bank of America ($20 annual fee, 1 mile per $2, 3000 bonus miles, 1000 miles annual anniversary bonus)
http://www.bankofamerica.com/deposit...ards_alaskaair

*American Airlines issued by Citibank ($25 annual fee, 1 mile per $2, 10000 bonus miles)
https://web.da-us.citibank.com/cgi-b...seBVCookie=yes

*American Airlines Premium issued by Citibank ($65 annual fee, 1 mile per $1, 10000 bonus miles)
https://web.da-us.citibank.com/cgi-b...seBVCookie=yes

*Continental Airlines issued by Chase ($25 annual fee, 1 mile per $2, 2500 bonus miles)
http://www.chase.com/ccp/index.jsp?p...ental_airlines

*Continental Airlines Preferred issued by Chase ($65 annual fee, 1 mile per $1, 2500 bonus miles)
http://www.chase.com/ccp/index.jsp?p...ental_airlines

*Continental Airlines issued by Key Bank ($30 annual fee, 1 mile per $2, 4000 bonus miles)
https://www.key.com/html/H-1.16.html

*Continental Airlines Preferred issued by Key Bank ($0 annual fee, 1 mile per $1)
https://www.key.com/html/H-1.16.html

*Continental Airlines issued by First Hawaiian Bank/Guam ($30 annual fee, 1 mile per $2, 1000 bonus miles)
http://www.fhb.com/continentalchkcrd.htm

*Hawaiian Airlines issued by Bank of Hawaii ($2 monthly fee, 1 mile per $2)
https://www.boh.com/personal/362_1262.asp

*Hawaiian Airlines Business issued by Bank of Hawaii ($2 monthly fee, 1 mile per $1)
https://www.boh.com/smbus/486_553.asp

*Northwest Airlines issued by US Bank ($20 annual fee, 1 mile per $2, 4000 bonus miles)
http://www.usbank.com/cgi_w/cfm/chec...tail.cfm?cid=6

*Northwest Airlines Gold issued by US Bank ($55 annual fee, 1 mile per $1, 5000 bonus miles)
http://www.usbank.com/cgi_w/cfm/chec...tail.cfm?cid=5

*Northwest Airlines Business issued by US Bank ($55 annual fee, 1 mile per $1, 4000 bonus miles)
http://www.worldperksvisa.com/cgi_w/...ationCode=8902

*Northwest Airlines issued by Comerica ($20 annual fee, 1 mile per $2, 1000 bonus miles)
http://www.comerica.com/vgn-ext-temp...001c21160aRCRD

*Northwest Airlines Enhanced issued by Comerica ($55 annual fee, 1 mile per $1, 1000 bonus miles)
http://www.comerica.com/vgn-ext-temp...001c21160aRCRD

*Northwest Airlines Business issued by Comerica ($55 annual fee, 1 mile per $1, 1000 bonus miles)
http://www.comerica.com/vgn-ext-temp...001c21160aRCRD

*United Airlines issued by Chase ($25 annual fee, 1 mile per $2, 2500 bonus miles)
http://www.chase.com/index.jsp?pg_na...ted_miles_plus

*United Airlines Preferred issued by Chase ($65 annual fee, 1 mile per $1, 2500 bonus miles, $50 travel cert)
http://www.chase.com/ccp/index.jsp?p...plus_preferred

*US Airways issued by Bank of America ($30 annual fee, 1 mile per $2, 1000 bonus miles)
http://www.bankofamerica.com/deposit...eckcards_usair

Non-airline rewards Check/Debit Card

*Citibank Debit Card with ThankYou Network ($0 annual fee, 1 point per $2 'credit' or 1 point per $3 'debit')
https://web.da-us.citibank.com/cgi-b...seBVCookie=yes

*Chase Debit Card with Leisure Rewards ($0 annual fee, 4 points per $1, 2500 bonus points)
http://www.chase.com/ccp/index.jsp?p...re_bankingcard

Most other US Banks offer some sort of reward program with their check card either free or for a low fee.

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Old May 19, 2008, 6:10 am
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Originally Posted by ANDREWCX;9744548[B
Non-airline rewards Check/Debit Card[/B]
Between cards that earn true airline miles, and ones that earn "fake miles", to make the list complete, do you know if there are any hotel points earning debit cards? (Hotel points being generally convertable to true miles in a number of airline programs.)
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Originally Posted by sdsearch
do you know if there are any hotel points earning debit cards?
I have not heard of any in the US market.
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Old May 19, 2008, 10:37 am
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Any particular reason why you are looking for debit cards instead of credit cards?

Most debit cards that earn miles will only do so when you are doing a credt/signature based transaction, not when you use your PIN. Seems like the security with a credit card makes it safer to use than a debit card, not to mention that the reward options for credit cards are much more plentiful than debit cards.
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Old May 25, 2008, 4:20 pm
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Originally Posted by ckpeter
Any particular reason why you are looking for debit cards instead of credit cards?

Most debit cards that earn miles will only do so when you are doing a credt/signature based transaction, not when you use your PIN. Seems like the security with a credit card makes it safer to use than a debit card, not to mention that the reward options for credit cards are much more plentiful than debit cards.
I can think of a few reasons

*unable to get credit due to new credit history (new immigrant for example), or credit issue in the past
*no desire to get additional credit due to potential negative effects on credit score and therefore existing credit obligations (mortgage rates etc)
* Cheap miles (the current AA - $25 annual fee for 10,000 AA miles is a cheap way of getting miles - after a year you just switch to the free debit card with ThankYou Points)

For the airlines that offer 1:1 debit cards (AA, CO, NW) there is no difference in the fees between credit and debit cards so if you pay off your whole balance every month there isn't much of a difference - sure you don't get the same insurance etc you do with the CC, but you have no (positive or negative) effect on your credit score.

For the 2:1 cards they aren't as good as credit cards in terms of earning but it is a small amount of money in fees and may meet specific needs as well as being a viable option for people with credit issues.

Clearly there is a market for these cards since the number seem to be increasing so they obviously are seen as useful to someone out there.
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Old May 25, 2008, 6:33 pm
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I have not seen it here so I will post it. Chase does offer a debit card that does credit 1 mile per 1 dollar. It is for business checking accounts. I also have the personal debit card that credits 2 dollars per 1 mile.

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Old May 29, 2008, 9:52 pm
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Doesn't seem to require a business checking account - just a $65 annual fee.

http://www.chase.com/ccp/index.jsp?p...plus_preferred


Originally Posted by MStieb
I have not seen it here so I will post it. Chase does offer a debit card that does credit 1 mile per 1 dollar. It is for business checking accounts. I also have the personal debit card that credits 2 dollars per 1 mile.

Cheers!
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Old Jan 23, 2010, 2:27 am
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EQM or RDM

I know this topic is a bit old, but was wondering if these chase cards, or any united debit cards offer EQM's or are they just RDM's
im guessing they only offer rdms, but you never know
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