Lloydwa1
TUG Member
Has there ever been a consensus of what is the best travel rewards credit card?
Thanks, Lloyd
Thanks, Lloyd
Has there ever been a consensus of what is the best travel rewards credit card?
Thanks, Lloyd
There are so many fabulous offers for cc's in the U.S.. www.flyertalk.com is the place to see all of these offers.
Here in Canada, there are no offers that come close to yours.
Being Canadian precludes me from applying for any U.S. cards, even though we own a home in Florida, and spend about 4 months there. Lack of a SSN is the reason. I would dearly love to have a Southwest cc, but no LUV for me .
I subscribe to emails from:
http://thepointsguy.com/
All about getting the best deals from credit card promotions for FF miles, hotel stays, etc. He frequently compares cards/offers.
There are so many fabulous offers for cc's in the U.S.. www.flyertalk.com is the place to see all of these offers.
One of the few topics in life on which I consider myself an expert (I average about 700,000 miles a year on my ccs). If you spend a lot of $$ every month (say $5000 or more) then an american express card is great. Amex lets you transfer you miles to any of their affiliated programs (about 15 airlines and 10 or so hotel chains). Also, Amex pretty regularly offers "specials" on mile transfers. For example this past winter Delta doubled whatever I transferred so I transferred a ton of points into delta miles and got double the miles. The only problem is that amex has a pretty steep annual fee so you need to spend a lot If you spend less than that I suggest the capital one venture card. Capital one has 2x points provided you use them for travel and nothing else is very close to that. The only issue is that the points are really only good for travel related activities (but they define travel pretty broadly - I've used it for every cc charge on a trip before).
Good luck!
I still have the Starwood AMEX. I'd cancel it because I don't need hotel points, but then my Delta AMEX annual fee would increase by $65, so it's a wash. I put all my MFs on it, all my Costco spending, as well as my daughter's college tuition. I figure it's better to put spending on it and transfer to Delta at 1.25 than to put it on the Delta card and earn 1:1.
Can you explain the connection between keeping the Starwood card and your Delta AmEx annual fee?
My name is Lloyd and I'm the dummy that started this thread. Thanks to all that have given of their time and advice. Even to the ones that thought this was one of the dumbest questions. I finally made the decision to try an Alaska Air/Bank of America card. Most of our recent travels have been with Alaska. So if there are any Alaska Air card holders on board. And would care to comment, I again would be greatfull.
Thanks again, Lloydwa1
If you already hold an Amex CREDIT CARD (e.g. SPG AMEX) and pay annual fees on it, annual fees for other AMEX credit cards may be reduced.
As an example, I pay $65/year for the SPG AMEX. Since I already paid fees for one AMEX credit card, when I signed up for the Delta AMEX gold card, they reduced the annual fee from $95 to $40. Last week, I upgraded the Amex SkyMiles platinum card and I was notified that I'll be billed an additional $55 (for a total of $95 a year) vs. the normal $150 fee.
If I canceled the SPG AMEX, I'd have to pay $150 for my SkyMiles Platinum card. So for a total of $160 extra per year, I can keep them both.
**Note that there is a difference between CHARGE cards and credit cards. The AMEX platinum and gold cards, which earn Membership rewards, are charge cards. SPG and SkyMiles AMEX cards are credit cards.