But if you're going to keep the card for two years or more you have the potential to
earn more miles over the long term.
Not exact matches
Tip: Rewards
earned through a travel card are usually worth
more (you can stretch out how much the
miles are worth if you book through the credit card or transfer them
over to a loyalty program) than pure cash.
On the other hand, the rewards
earned through the Capital One Spark Select Credit Card act basically as a 2 % rebate on all purchases — most will find cash a lot
more useful
over just air
miles.
Automatically
earn EarlyReturns ®
miles every day when you park, shop or dine at
more than 170 airports throughout North America as well as when you purchase from
over 25,000 local businesses nationwide.
At the most basic calculation of $ 0.01 per
mile, the points
earned on the Premier Rewards Gold Card from American Express are
over $ 200
more valuable.
If you make all of your purchases with the card up to $ 60,000 in a year, you will end up
earning over 40,000 bonus SkyMiles plus 60,000 or
more frequent flyer
miles from your spending (
more if with Delta).
If you're a United Premier member (meaning you've paid for and flown with United a lot
over the past year), you can
earn more miles.
However, the ability to
earn over 30,000 elite qualifying
miles and 100,000 redeemable award
miles (per person) through Alaska Mileage Plan made it seem
more reasonable and are worth, in my view, about $ 4,000 total.
Over the past two years, two major U.S. airlines, Delta and United, have revamped their frequent flyer mileage program to not only make it harder to
earn miles, but also... Read
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Further Reading: There are other avenues for
earning miles for dining like the Seated App which is described in
more detail in this post
over at Free - quent Flyer
A little
over a month ago I detailed a complex (and risky) strategy to
earn more miles here on the Blog.
If you make all of your purchases with the card up to $ 60,000 in a year, you will end up
earning over 40,000 bonus SkyMiles plus 60,000 or
more frequent flyer
miles from your spending (
more if with Delta).
At the most basic calculation of $ 0.01 per
mile, the points
earned on the Premier Rewards Gold Card from American Express are
over $ 200
more valuable.
While Starwood Preferred Guest points are very flexible and can be transferred to
over 30 different frequent flyer programs, the
miles and points you
earn with Delta and Hilton are much
more restricted.
Only with Hilton Honors ® can you
earn both Points &
Miles ® for stays at
more than 3,800 hotels worldwide and airline
miles with
over 50 airline partners.
Tip: Rewards
earned through a travel card are usually worth
more (you can stretch out how much the
miles are worth if you book through the credit card or transfer them
over to a loyalty program) than pure cash.
If you put a bit of thought into what you're doing before you hand
over your credit card for a purchase it's possible to
earn significantly
more miles & points than you may realise.
I mentioned a couple months ago that United was still running their promotion with Foursquare where you get 50
miles per airport check - in, limited to one per day.Well, here we are a couple months... [Read
more...] about I've
Earned Over 4,000
Miles on United Airlines via Foursquare
If, for example, you
earn 60,000
miles during the year, which is 10,000
more than you need for Gold but 15,000 less than the Platinum threshold, your 10,000
miles will roll
over for the next year.
Next, I'll go
over the difference between rewards credit cards that are meant for
earning you lots of
miles and points and cards meant to provide you with travel benefits that will make your travels much
more comfortable and convenient.
Every
mile or point counts and the couple 100
earned here and there from dining out or picking up your favorite pizza at the
more than 11k participating restaurants will add up
over time!
But, if you're planning to stay in a hotel brand outside of your typical hotel loyalty program,
earning airline
miles with a site like RocketMiles, with
over 20 airline partners, might be
more beneficial than leaving a small balance of hotel points in a hotel program you won't ever use.
On the other hand, the rewards
earned through the Capital One Spark Select Credit Card act basically as a 2 % rebate on all purchases — most will find cash a lot
more useful
over just air
miles.
Once your «match year» is
over with Discover it ®
Miles, you stand to
earn more with Chase Sapphire Preferred ® Card if you regularly spend on dining out and travel, but Discover it ®
Miles is likely a better bet if you find your spending is
more varied since you'll
earn 1.5
miles per $ 1 on all your purchases as opposed to just one
mile per $ 1 on most purchases with Chase Sapphire Preferred ® Card.
United is part of StarAlliance, the largest airline alliance in the world, allowing you to
earn and redeem
miles on a huge number of flights all
over the world,
more than any of their American competitors!