I'm shocked at the response that i've gotten. I thought that I might get a reply or two, but wow this community rocks! Thank you all for the great advice and please keep it coming.

I never even really thought about having my vendors take CC. Man that would be a HUGE bump in the miles that I would get.

[quote] Do YOU fly at all on US? If you fly, get the Business MC from Barclays for US
Gets you 10k elite miles. Then get the Personal card as well for home use - 10k elite miles
Waives baggage fees (and rare free upgrades). If you spend 50k x 2 = you will be *A gold and get free lounge access.

If you really never fly on business, get the Starwood Business version. [quote/]

I only fly in the US maybe once or twice a year. I dont fly for business at all. I own a bar,campground, and a laundromat. I'm mainly interested in my wife and I flying to Asia, SE Asia, and Eastern Europe.

I've heard about this miles stuff for a long time now, but never really looked in to it, but let me tell ya over the last few days i've been like a sponge soaking up all the info that I can.

With the amount of money that I spend on the business. I know that I could be getting a lot more bang for my buck. Right now I'm just using a plain old BoA Visa for everything that I buy.


A few more questions if you dont mind.

1. Would the Starwood card be good for the overseas destinations that I'm looking at?

2. Whats the difference between elite miles and normal miles? I looked sorry and couldn't find anything.