<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by christianj:
In addition to my AMEX cards, I also use a Juniper Bank Orbitz Master Card. This card gives you 1 Pt. per $ you spend plus 2 Pts. per $ spent on the Orbitz site. You need 20k for a ticket on any airline with a value of up to $400. Other lower awards are available for discounts of $100 or $200. If you book a lot of international tickets (esp. Business Class) you can collect a lot of points. Nice part about this card is you can use the points for tickets on any airline sold through Orbitz and you also get FF pts. with the airline for the free ticket since it is Orbitz that gives you the free bonus and not the airline.</font>
I have a friend who uses this and likes it. I have a Starwood AmEx and Travelocity M/C ($100 off cert for every $8k spent). We both had Citibank AAdvantage but got rid of them because of the fee. All three of those named above are no fee for the first year and have generous sign up bonuses.
I also saw an AmEx MR card signup today with a 25K MR points bonus. These weren't the 2:1 points either; they were the "good" 1:1 points.