Card advice..
Aug 8, 2007 | 10:01 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 1
Card advice..
Folks,
Advice needed for a new miles card.
Annual spending min of 15k.
Travel:
Yearly couple of destinations inside US and once in two years round trip to asia (3 persons)
Have amex blue cashback card but trying to take advantage of miles.
Newbie Q: If i book an airline ticket from coast to coast and spent atleast 2k on tickets,how my miles gets calculated ?
1$ = 1mile so 2000 miles or the no of miles i get for the travel OR
2000 miles from CC + any miles got from that airline and transfer to this card ???
which one is best ? I'm NOT a freq flyer.
Advice needed for a new miles card.
Annual spending min of 15k.
Travel:
Yearly couple of destinations inside US and once in two years round trip to asia (3 persons)
Have amex blue cashback card but trying to take advantage of miles.
Newbie Q: If i book an airline ticket from coast to coast and spent atleast 2k on tickets,how my miles gets calculated ?
1$ = 1mile so 2000 miles or the no of miles i get for the travel OR
2000 miles from CC + any miles got from that airline and transfer to this card ???
which one is best ? I'm NOT a freq flyer.
Aug 8, 2007 | 10:28 am
#2
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: PDX
Programs: AS/MVP, *Wood G
Posts: 300
Welcome to FT. Check the sticky at the top of this forum and you will find this thread:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=457077
If you buy a ticket, the $ spent gets miles. Your butt in the seat may get miles depending on the airline and the fare class - check with your airline.
Do you fly the same airline for all flights? Same alliance? Either way, all airlines have a card, so do hotel chains. Personally I like SPG. One point per $ charged. 20K points converts to 25K miles in the programs I use.
Good luck.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=457077
If you buy a ticket, the $ spent gets miles. Your butt in the seat may get miles depending on the airline and the fare class - check with your airline.
Do you fly the same airline for all flights? Same alliance? Either way, all airlines have a card, so do hotel chains. Personally I like SPG. One point per $ charged. 20K points converts to 25K miles in the programs I use.
Good luck.
Aug 8, 2007 | 10:29 am
#3
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Homebase: CAE - Formerly, YUL
Programs: US CP, UA, HH Gold, Marriott Plat, DL, AA, CO, ++
Posts: 2,188
I had a hard time understanding your questions but I'll try to answer...
Most traditional mileage cards give you one frequent flyer mile per dollar spent (this is general and not 100% true - specific charges may give you more than 1 FF mile).
Most airline companies now want 25k miles for a roundtrip ticket to any US destination. However, it's become a LOT more difficult to get a r/t ticket on the dates you REALLY want, and often times it will cost you 50k FF miles to get that ticket.
As such... There are a quite a few people that have converted to the "No Hassle" type of credit cards, which in essence, save up some dollar value to allow you to purchase a plane ticket on any airline.
JP
Most traditional mileage cards give you one frequent flyer mile per dollar spent (this is general and not 100% true - specific charges may give you more than 1 FF mile).
Most airline companies now want 25k miles for a roundtrip ticket to any US destination. However, it's become a LOT more difficult to get a r/t ticket on the dates you REALLY want, and often times it will cost you 50k FF miles to get that ticket.
As such... There are a quite a few people that have converted to the "No Hassle" type of credit cards, which in essence, save up some dollar value to allow you to purchase a plane ticket on any airline.
JP
