best credit card air miles to get ??

[BobG]

OK with the possible going out of biz of US Air, the air miles I now get
with my credit card.

I'm looking to get a different credit card to get free air miles to make my
cruises more cost effective.

so what card works for you and is good for getting the free tickets when you
want to fly..
free miles are not any good if you can't use them when you want to.

also want a card with a good poicly on frauld are theft protection. I use
my card a lot on the i-net..
I must say MBNA / US air card has been very good, not like the AirTran card.

thanks in adv BobG

[Mike Cordelli]

I believe that MBNA handles several other of the airline's cards, you may
want to call and ask which ones they do if you are happy with them. I would
say get miles on an airline you can use them on, based on where you are and
who flies there.

"BobG" <nospam_bob 4 cruise at hot.com> wrote in message
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[rieker5.n...@hotmail.com]

> I must say MBNA / US air card has been very good, not like the AirTran
> card.

Your USAir card is by Bank of America, unless there are several out there.

My recommendation for your list of requirements.....explore CapitalOne's
offerings.

They seem to have cards with the fewest restrictions, the broadest range of
airlines, the lowest per year fees and lowest interest rates.

(There are a lot of CapitalOne ads on TV these days)

[DaFlaBear]

I like the Delta AMEX platinum Sky Miles card. I pay $135 a year but I
get: 1.) A certificate good for a free companion fare with few
restrictions, 2.) 10,000 extra Sky Miles each year I charge $25,000 or
more (pretty easy), 3.) Double miles on most grocery, drugstore,
gasoline, Post Office and more purchases.
Plus the main thing is I get a free FIRST CLASS round trip ticket for
only 45,000 miles.

[Reef Fish]

DaFlaBear wrote:
> I like the Delta AMEX platinum Sky Miles card. I pay $135 a year but
I
> get: 1.) A certificate good for a free companion fare with few
> restrictions,

Not bad.

> 2.) 10,000 extra Sky Miles each year I charge $25,000 or
> more (pretty easy),

Easy but not worth much.

3.) Double miles on most grocery, drugstore,
> gasoline, Post Office and more purchases.

Most credit cards have that perk now, plus double miles on airline
tieket charged.

> Plus the main thing is I get a free FIRST CLASS round trip ticket for
> only 45,000 miles.

There's one catch. They don't have many such seats.

In general, I think the credit cards are pretty competitive now, in
terms of very similar perks. It boils down to the airline you like
to accumulate miles. Delta is NOT one of them for me. :-)

YMMV,

-- Bob.

[Susan Chen]

You may want to check out Citibank's Premium pass card, based on the
information provided on the web site, the miles you earned from the
credit card purchase can be used in any airline. Personally I do not
own the card, I use Citibank Dividend card and Diamond Prefer card to
earn cash back, but the Premium Pass card seems to have pretty good
benefits too.

Here's the web site address:
http://www.citibank.com/us/cards/cardserv/premierpass/consumer/index.jsp

regards,
Susan

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[Dillon Pyron]

Thus spake "BobG" <nospam_bob 4 cruise at hot.com> :

Who flies out of your hub? It doesn't do a damn bit of good to have a
SWA card if they don't fly near you. I like my AAdvantage card from
Citi, but I also put a lot of miles on American (or is that
AAmerican?) It makes no sense for me to fly 100,000 miles and then
collect miles on a different card that don't correlate. That's why
these "fly on anyone" offers don't work for me.

--
dillon

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