Those point totals aren't bad, and they don't even include elite status bonuses that are likely to apply for families who spend
a lot on airline tickets!
Not exact matches
If, however, you spend a
lot of money
on Alaska
Airlines tickets already, and can dine at the Mileage Plan locations, the Alaska
Airlines credit card will provide better net value.
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.
You will earn Miles & More status miles
on any paid
tickets on flights operated by Adria Airways, Air Dolomiti, Austrian
Airlines, Brussels
Airlines, Croatia
Airlines, Euro Wings, German Wings,
LOT Polish
Airlines, Luxair, Lufthansa, Lufthansa Private Jet, SWISS and Star Alliance partners.
The biggest pitfall I see travelers falling into surrounds the
airlines that charge «surcharges»
on their award
tickets — for a
lot of the
airlines the days of free award travel are long gone and this can catch out those who are new to collecting miles / points.
With Alaska and British
Airlines you get triple miles for airfare only, which means you'd have to spend a
lot on plane
tickets to earn a decent number of miles.
If you spend a
lot on rent, this can go a long way toward earning 2 - for - 1 award and cash
tickets on Southwest
Airlines.
First, the obvious winners are people who spend
lots of money
on airline tickets.
Depending
on how much cardholders spend
on travel, dining and other expenses throughout the year, that could give the Sapphire card a significant edge for the card's first 12 months — especially if you buy a
lot of
airline tickets.
Unless you don't mind paying hundreds of dollars for your «free»
ticket, avoid using ANA miles
on all European partner
airlines except
LOT and Turkish.
In the world of miles and points Southwest and other
airlines that require you to redeem miles based
on the price of the
ticket get a
lot of negative press.
Unless you fly UA (or any star alliance partners) a
lot to rack up
lot of miles
on cheap
tickets, Virgin America point redemption
on Singapore
airlines is actually quite reasonable.