Sentences with phrase «back than airline miles»

This is a great product for rewards credit card users who would rather earn cash back than airline miles or other travel rewards.

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For most consumers cash back credit cards will provide more value than a standard airline miles credit card.

Opt for airline card over cash back — Our expert says that if you fly regularly, you're better off with a miles card than with cash back — especially if you're loyal to one airline... (See Miles or cash back?)

Those points are already worth 2 cents if redeemed for cash back, 2.5 cents if used for airline bookings using the Ultimate Rewards portal (these paid tickets also earn frequent flyer miles), or potentially much more than that if transferred to a loyalty program like United MileagePlus, Hyatt Gold Passport, or Amtrak Guest Rewards for a high - value redemption.

Shop around, and with all the discount air carriers out there today, your cash back can be put toward a flight that is cheaper than if you had used a travel reward credit card that limited your air miles to a specific airline.

Airlines keep cutting back on the number of seats available at the lowest redemption rates and there are more miles in the hands of travelers than ever before.

Re-evaluate your needs, too — perhaps cash back is more valuable to you than airline miles now — and adjust your rewards accordingly.

I usually value rewards points or airline miles more than a cash back credit card.

Generic miles and travel rewards were introduced partly as a response to the need for more redemption flexibility than a co-branded airline card offers, but more fantasy - fulfillment than cash back — that feeling of a «prize.»

«Double miles» cards like the Barclaycard Arrival Plus * and Capital One Venture that let you buy a ticket on any airline and earn miles from spending at a 2 % + cash back rate also tend to provide better value than the big global airlines for many domestic flights.

amazing article if a little out of date now im guessing also love the videos, i have one question, i used to travel a lot on AA to new york and chicago mainly and enjoyed its benefits back then in the late 90s - 2005, it always seemed you needed fewer miles needed to uograde to buisness etc than any other airline at the tme ect and evern though it was early interent days there was many ways to earn miles etc, but i havent been travelling much but this year i will be travelling much more, basically 4 - 6 trips to the us and maybe 3 - 4 eu trips as well all from london or manchester, would i still be best going with AA program or ba / avios, i would get a frequent flyer credit card for bookings and hotels if that helps your reply, many thanks (when i used to fly, AA was the only way i would go just beacuse the planes looked amazing in their livery:) even if the air stewardesses were an average of 65 yeard old lol paul

Total taxes and fees: ~ 70 $ Total cash: $ 600 Total Value: ~ $ 10,880 Grand total spent: less than 700 $ and less than 200,000 miles and points 55K AA miles (49,500 after 10 % back) 50K Ultimate Rewards 100K Alaska Airlines miles Grand total saved: at least $ 10,000

That's so lucrative I've argued that even if you prefer airline miles for high - value «aspirational» redemptions, in many cases you'd be better off simply buying those miles with your 5 % cash back rather than earning them with the airline's co-branded credit card.