Originally Posted by asuiowa
Hi:
I have probably have a goofy question. Do you know which US carriers offer actual plastic frequent flyer cards? It seems you usually have to print off one on paper.
Thanks a lot!
From personal experience, general members of American's AAdvantage and United's Mileage Plus get paper cards when first registering. Delta provided me with a plastic card for my account with no status.
As others have said, though, once you earn elite status on any airline, you will almost across the board get a plastic card.