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To avoid such issues in the future, consider having a regular credit card with travel rewards instead of an airline credit card.

Not exact matches

Instead of the Gold Delta SkyMiles» first checked bag free, you get a $ 200 airline fee credit to cover up to $ 200 a year in baggage fees and more at one selected qualifying airline.

That's because more and more credit cards are offering flexible, transferable points that can be converted to miles with a variety of airlines instead of just one carrier.

If you plan to sign up for a single credit card and put the bulk of your expenditures on this card, an airline - specific travel card may not give you the best return on your investment — you might want to sign up for a generic travel credit card instead.

If you have the United Airlines Mileage Credit Card but fly Delta, you will only earn 1 points instead of 2 points by flying United.

Instead of having one card to pay for your airline tickets, another to pay for your hotel stays, and a third card that earns cash back everywhere, Barclaycard gives you the option to put all your purchases on the Barclaycard Arrival Plus ® World Elite Mastercard ®, and you can redeem your miles for a travel statement credit toward an eligible travel purchase.

Instead of using an airline mile program, with the Capital One ® Venture ® Rewards Credit Card you just pay for travel with your card, then use your Venture ® miles to get it reimbursed on your statement.

And notably, this card gives double the frequent flyer miles on purchases at restaurants and gas stations, making it an easier choice to use as an everyday credit card, instead of one you use only occasionally for its airline benefits.

However, instead of a $ 300 airline fee credit, the Citi Prestige Card only has a $ 250 credit.

Some credit cards have a designated area on their website where you can shop instead of shopping directly at the store or airline website.

If you tend to fly United Airlines, take a look at the Chase Sapphire Preferred credit card instead, which allows you to transfer points (in the form of Chase Ultimate Rewards) to United miles.

If you tend to fly American Airlines, take a look at the Starwood Preferred Guest credit card instead, which allows you to transfer points (in the form of Starpoints) to AA miles.

«Instead of hitting your usual online retailers, go to the points portals of airlines or credit cards first.

When paying for a ticket on an alliance member you can often credit your miles to another member airline, keeping your miles in one program, instead of ending up with lots of small mileage amounts spread across mileage programs.

Instead of earning 100 % of mileage flown, United Airlines operated flights will now earn the following when credited to Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer.

Instead of a statement credit automatically generating against a valid charge as the Amex Platinum and Citi Prestige do, you have to call up Chase every time you have an airline fee charge and ask for a credit (and sometimes even argue about the validity of the fee).

How it works: Same as rewards network but instead of airline miles, cashback is rewarded in the form of a monthly statement credit.

If you tend to fly American Airlines, take a look at the Starwood Preferred Guest credit card instead, which allows you to transfer points (in the form of Starpoints) to AA miles.

If you tend to fly United Airlines, take a look at the Chase Sapphire Preferred credit card instead, which allows you to transfer points (in the form of Chase Ultimate Rewards) to United miles.

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Just to find out later that you could have saved a quarter of those hard - earned miles if you would have just transferred those points to an airline program instead of booking directly through a credit card booking portal like Chase Sapphire Preferred's Ultimate Rewards.

For example, you get an annual airline fee credit but it's worth $ 100 instead of $ 200.

Plus, instead of a $ 200 airline fee credit, you only get a $ 100 airline fee credit with the Gold Premier Rewards.

Joanna and I flew with Air Tahiti Nui from Los Angeles to Tahiti as part of our Bora Bora trip and, although our Business Class tickets with the airline entitled us to entry to the Los Angeles International Lounge (in the Tom Bradley Terminal), we chose to use my Priority Pass membership (courtesy of my Citi Prestige credit card) to visit the Korean Air Lounge instead.

Some cards simply provide you with points that act as a travel credit instead of giving you miles and points that will be used with an airline or hotel program.

Instead of being a day of high expectations and even higher prices, you can put together a romantic getaway built for two using almost nothing but the miles and points you already have on your reward credit cards and in your airline and hotel accounts.

Another feature of airline alliances is that when you fly, you can credit your miles to a partner airline instead.

But, if you want, you can instead credit that flight to a different airline (as long as it's a partner of United).

These points are what's called «cash - back» cards, where instead of earning airline miles or hotel points, you earn a percentage of your spending back, which you can then apply as statement credits