Sentences with phrase «elite card awards»

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If you are not concerned with elite status, then you will at least earn 6,000 anniversary points and plenty of points to get in an awards flight or two each year by using the Chase Southwest Rapid Rewards ® Premier Credit Card.

Bottom Line: This card is great for frequent Delta flyers because it awards 70,000 Delta SkyMiles ® after qualifying for the introductory offer and allows members to rack up MQMs to qualify for elite status just by making purchases with the card.

The Choice Privileges Visa Signature card automatically gives you elite status, which will award you bonus points each time you stay at a Choice property.

For every $ 2,500 you spend on your Virgin Atlantic credit card, you will be awarded 1 tier point that help you qualify for the airline's different elite membership statuses.

You are awarded one elite night credit for each $ 3,000 in net purchases made using your Marriott Rewards ® Premier Business Credit Card.

Co-branded hotel credit cards earn points towards free nights at various hotel chains and many offer bonuses of award nights, elite status and amenities with card membership.

Unlike most other lounge access cards, the bonus miles awarded in the first three months are extremely generous, and 10,000 elite qualifying miles are also awarded after spending $ 40,000 each calendar year.

For example, American Express Hilton cardholders have access to discounted AXON awards, and Hilton HHonors elites (which you can get with some cards) have access to GLON awards.

On the hotel side of things, you often can expect the co-branded credit cards to provide at least mid-tier elite status that may get you late checkout or a room upgrade, and the best ones even give you an annual award night that can offset the cost of the annual fee!

On the other hand, a Starwood Preferred Guest elite paying for stays with their co-branded credit card and being reimbursed by their employer for those stays wouldn't have to pay a penny for an award night at a mid-tier property; they'd just have to wait until their employer had spent $ 2,000 on their behalf.

Medallion members (Delta's elite program) have better award availability, and you can get status quickly and easily through co-branded credit cards like Delta SkyMiles Platinum and Delta SkyMiles Reserve.

As a card holder, you are automatically awarded Gold elite status.

A Starwood Preferred Guest elite paying for stays with the American Express co-branded credit card earns 5 Starpoints per dollar spent at Starwood properties, and would have to spend $ 2,000 on paid stays before they earned enough points for a single award night at a mid-tier property.

Point density takes into account 2 variables: your elite status with the chain in question (and use of a co-branded credit card, if applicable) and the desired hotel category you aim to redeem your points in, and generates a single number: the number of dollars you need to spend to generate that award night redemption.

If you value elite perks, the card awards you platinum status even if you've never stayed at Hyatt properties before.

In other words, your breakeven point is not $ 80 per paid stay, but rather $ 97.56 per paid stay — and that's ignoring the points you earn on paid stays, which aren't earned on the elite - qualifying stays awarded by the Chase Hyatt credit card.

Co-branded hotel credit cards earn points towards free nights at various hotel chains and many offer bonuses of award nights, elite status and amenities with card membership.

Some people will still find that American AAdvantage provides the most value because they want to earn elite status, the award chart remains the most useful for their travel needs, or because they can add to their AAdvantage balance with a credit card or transferable points.

As an example of how one program works, United normally offers its saver award seats in the lower 48 states at 12,500 miles each way, but when a saver award isn't available, those with a United co-branded credit card or United elite status typically can secure an award seat at the 25,000 - mile standard award level each direction, as long as seats are still available for sale with cash.

The card also awards you 15 elite credits every year (so automatic Silver status) plus another elite credit for every $ 3,000 you spend on the card.

So far, no co-branded credit cards from the big three domestic airlines help you skip award ticket change fees, so complement a co-branded card with elite status to fly as comfortably and inexpensively as possible.

Another benefit of holding the Barclaycard credit card is the ability to convert up to 25,000 award miles into elite - qualifying miles at a 5:1 ratio.

Bottom Line: This card is great for frequent Delta flyers because it awards 70,000 Delta SkyMiles ® after qualifying for the sign - up bonus and allows members to rack up MQMs to qualify for elite status just by making purchases with the card.

SPG points transfer to 30 + airline partners at a 1:1 ratio, allow you to book award stays at close to 30 top hotel brands via the Marriott / Ritz - Carlton relationship, can be redeemed for one - of - a-kind experiences via SPG Moments, and it's relatively easy to attain elite status with real benefits via cards like The Platinum Card ® from American Express.

And if you're an elite with United, you can still get upgraded on award tickets if you have a United credit card!

You can earn extra bonus miles for putting at least $ 50,000 worth of spend on the card, but these are award miles and not elite qualifying miles.

BTW Explorer card does not provide the expanded IN fare class saver business / first award that high level elites can see.

This week we already learned that the combined United - Continental frequent flyer program will have expiring miles and that last seat availability for standard (additional miles) awards would be restricted to elites and credit card holders, plus that cardholders who are elites would be eligible for complimentary upgrades on domestic coach awards.

I had some business expenses to put on my card — so I will earn Hilton Diamond status for next year through spending on it, so I plan to explore Hilton's loyalty programs and hotels next year and take advantage of its elite GLON reduced award rates.

American Express Platinum Delta SkyMiles: Cancel — When I was concerned about maintaining Delta elite status, I liked this card's ability to earn Medallion Qualifying Miles based on spending and to help me circumvent the new Medallion Qualifying Dollar system by spending $ 25,000 annually on it instead, but given Delta's recent devaluations and negative award program changes, I'm dumping the airline.

Signing up for one of Hilton HHonor's four credit cards, which automatically come with elite status and award up to 12 bonus points for every dollar, is another way to maximize your rewards.

At the core of collections are achievements — as I described earlier, trophy cards (e.g. elite trophy) are awarded for achievements, which can then be used in collection sets.