It’s our last week of vacation and we’ll be heading home this weekend. In Free Money Friday fashion, here’s a vacation themed money saver for you: airline rewards credit cards!
I’m a big fan of frequent flier miles. We used miles for our honeymoon to Hawaii. What better way to travel, than for free?
As with all the credit cards I highlight, I’ll keep the list updated so you can bookmark it and check back in the future.
Airline Rewards Credit Cards
Delta Reserve Credit Card
- Annual First-Class companion certificate, which can be used for a First-Class or Coach-Class ticket!
- Earn up to 10,000 Medallion(R) Qualification Miles (MQMs) after your first purchase
- Built-in Miles Boost(SM) – earn up to 30,000 MQMs and 30,000 bonus miles
- Complimentary Crown Room Club(R) access for you and two guests
- Access to American Express(R) Concierge Services
- Pay with Miles – pay for all or part of any Delta flight with your miles
Platinum Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card from American Express
- Earn 20,000 bonus SkyMiles(R) (including 5,000 Medallion Qualification Miles) after first purchase and another 2,500 for adding an Additional Cardmember
- Earn one companion Coach Class ticket each year upon renewal
- Earn at least 1 mile for every eligible dollar spent
- Miles never expire and there is no cap on the miles you can earn
- Pay with Miles: Pay for all or part of your flight with miles – and put the rest on your Card
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You just have to be pretty discipined to use these. If not a few slipup will kill you with late fees and interest
July 19th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Well I am a student and cannot get any of these credit cards. I have however applied for a student credit card with a max of $300. So I am excited to receive that shortly
July 20th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
@ Ryan: I’ll work on putting together a list just for student cards in the future.
August 4th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
So far, Starwood Amex worked best for me, since points can be transferred to any air mile program. I have also had an airline card on the side for bonus miles, which I change every year to get a new bonus. Have you found a good alternative to this? Anything like a free or a low cost card that would be offering you for example anniversary bonus miles instead but you would not have to bother replacing every year?
Thx.
October 31st, 2008 at 6:43 pm
I try to use my credit card on all purchases as much as possible and pay my other bills with it too. This is the way I accumulate points.
November 1st, 2008 at 2:47 pm