When you check - in,
earn miles directly into your airline membership program by presenting your airline membership card at check - in.
Starwood, like many hotel chains, offers the choice to
earn miles directly instead of earning points and then transferring them to an airline.
You can
earn these miles directly with their own co-branded credit cards — Barclays issues one for Lufthansa's Miles & More — or indirectly by transferring from another program.
These are cards that
earn miles directly into your account with one airline, like a Delta SkyMiles American Express.
(When a credit card earns points that can be transferred to a mileage program rather than
earning those miles directly, I'll indicate it with «via transfer.»)
Not exact matches
If you'd like to
earn Alaska
miles directly, check out their co-branded credit cards provided by Bank of America which offers both a personal and business version of the card.
Earn 3
miles for every $ 1 spent
directly on Alaska Airlines and Virgin America purchases and 1
mile for every $ 1 spent on all other purchases.
This card
earns airline
miles: 2
miles per dollar spent on eligible purchases made
directly with Delta and 1
mile on every eligible dollar spent on other purchases.
You'll
earn 2
miles per dollar spent on eligible purchases made
directly with Delta and 1
mile for every eligible dollar spent on other purchases.
This card
earns airline
miles: 2
miles for every dollar spent on eligible purchases made
directly with Delta.
This card
earns airline
miles: 2
miles per dollar spent on purchases made
directly with Delta and 1
mile for every eligible dollar spent on other purchases.
This card
earns airline
miles: 2
miles per dollar spent at U.S. restaurants and on purchases made
directly with Delta.
Earn 2
miles on every $ 1 spent on purchases made
directly with Delta.
While there aren't any American credit cards that
earn Flying Blue
miles directly, Air France / KLM has partnered with all 4 transferable points programs.
To get United
miles, you can either
earn them
directly with one of the co-branded United cards from Chase (for example, the United MileagePlus ® Explorer Card), or you can
earn Chase Ultimate Rewards points and transfer them 1:1 to United MileagePlus.
American Airlines has also partnered with both Citi and Barclays to offer co-branded cards that
earn American AAdvantage
miles directly.
There are four total MileagePlus credit cards, which help you to
directly earn United
miles.
This gives you an easy way to
earn United
miles directly in addition to the Ultimate Rewards points you
earn and transfer.
As it is not
directly affiliated with the airline, the Chase Sapphire Preferred simply can not give its users the same type of loyalty benefits (outside of
earning miles) that the Southwest credit cards do.
Earn 2
miles on every eligible dollar spent on purchases made
directly with Delta.
Earn 3
miles for every $ 1 spent
directly on Alaska Airlines and Virgin America purchases and 1
mile for every $ 1 spent on all other purchases.
The difference here is that by using
miles to purchase
directly, you are not
earning the additional 2x
miles on the original purchase.
For airfare that you buy
directly from Continental, you'll
earn double
miles for each dollar spent.
The
Miles & More World Elite MasterCard from Barclaycard
earns two
miles per dollar spent on airfare
directly with Lufthansa and other
Miles & More airline partners.
You can redeem points and
miles earned by flying with a particular airline for free airfare
directly with the airline.
Use the Hawaiian Airlines ® World Elite MasterCard ® for purchases
directly from Hawaiian Airlines and
earn 2
miles per $ 1.
If you want to treat yourself to a first - class travel experience,
earn and redeem your
miles or points
directly through the company's own loyalty program using its co-branded credit card.
Earn 1
mile for every $ 1 you spend on purchases, and 2
miles for every dollar you spend on tickets purchased
directly from United.
Additionally, American Airlines also has co-branded credit cards provided by Barclays and Citi, which can help you
earn American AAdvantage
miles directly.
You can also
earn United MileagePlus
miles directly through any of the co-branded United cards provided by Chase.
Additionally, Bank of America provides the cobranded Alaska Airlines credit card, which allows you to
earn Alaska Mileage Plan
miles directly.
Earn 3
miles for every $ 1 spent
directly on Alaska Airlines and Virgin America and 1
mile for every $ 1 spent on all other purchases
Earn Delta
miles with the Delta Gold SkyMiles Business Credit Card from American Express card or book
directly through Korean airlines using points transferred to Korean from your Chase Sapphire Preferred Ultimate Rewards account.
As for spending, you'll
earn 3x
miles on purchases made
directly with Alaska Airlines and Virgin America and
earn 1x
miles for all other purchases.
You will
earn 2x
miles per dollar on purchases made
directly with Delta Air Lines, then 1x
miles for all other purchases.
Business owners can
earn two
miles per dollar spent on purchase made
directly with American Airlines, at gas stations, and at other select business categories.
Earn 2
miles for every dollar spent on eligible purchases made
directly with Delta.
You'll
earn 2
miles per dollar spent on eligible purchases made
directly with Delta and 1
mile for every eligible dollar spent on other purchases.
Earn 2
miles per dollar spent on purchases made
directly with Delta.
The card
earns one
mile per dollar spent on all purchases, and there's no
earning bonus on purchases made
directly with AA.
Card members
earn double
miles by spending
directly with Korean Air, but every dollar spent on everyday purchases
earns one
mile.
Card accounts
earn 3
miles for every dollar spent
directly with Alaska Airlines and Virgin America — usually through the Alaska Airlines website — and 1
mile per dollar spent on all other purchases.
If you want a co-branded card that
earns airline
miles directly, U.S. Bank provides a co-branded card that
earns Korean SkyPass
miles while American Express provides several personal and small business credit cards that
earn Delta SkyMiles.
By
earning 2
miles per dollar you spend on eligible purchases made
directly with Delta (for airline tickets, etc.), or 1
mile for every eligible dollar you spend elsewhere, your Delta airline
miles rewards can add up significantly.
Earn 2
miles per $ 1 spent on purchases made
directly with Delta and 1 point per $ 1 for your other purchases.
With Starwood's generous 25 % transfer bonus, you can often
earn more
miles by using the SPG credit card and transferring the points to your favorite airline than you would by using an airline co-branded credit card that
earns 1x point per dollar and gives you points
directly to your airline's mileage program.
Earn 2 award
miles per $ 1 spent on ticket purchases
directly from
Miles & More integrated airline partners and 1 award
mile per $ 1 on all other purchases.
When
earning miles on the card, they will deposit
directly into your SkyMiles account to be used for awards flights once you have
earned enough.
Recall that these
miles are
earned directly with Delta SkyMiles and will accumulate into your SkyMiles account.
If your main focus is on AAdvantage program
miles, you should use credit cards that
earn them
directly or those that
earn Starwood Preferred Guest points.