Originally Posted by
littlewinglet
The only dollar to mile ratio that matters is JAL, since most of us would agree that's only program worth dealing with, and that's worse than SPG (1.25).
If I understand correctly, we now know that the New Marriott/Starwood program credit cards will offer fewer miles per dollar of general card spending:
$30,000 = 60,000 New Marriott Points = 25,000 airline miles (0.83/dollar)
While Arrival Premier offers:
$30,000 = 60,000 Arrival Miles = 42,857 airline miles (1.43/dollar) -or- 35,294 JAL miles (1.18/dollar).
Is there a better way to earn Japan Airline miles?