The award calendar is useful for finding
awards on a specific airline because it shows the cheapest price on every day of the month that has availability.
If you travel a
lot on a specific airline or stay at a specific hotel for work, pick a card for that airline or hotel to get the maximum benefit.
To search for one or more
flights on a specific airline, enter that airline's code multiple times for each flight, or use the plus symbol to specify no exact number.
But if you often fly on one carrier, or if you're planning a big
trip on a specific airline, then it might make sense to get one of these cards.
The CitiBusiness PremierPass card offers mileage rewards that can be used on any airline while cards such as the American Airlines AAdvantage business card offer business travel
rewards on specific airlines.
While both cards will give you the ability to redeem miles for flights, you will lose a lot of flexibility because you will only be able to
redeem on the specific airlines and their partners.
Also called airline miles or travel points, frequent flyer miles are earned by participating in loyalty programs offered by airlines or credit card companies (which may or may not limit participants to earning
points on a specific airline).
Rewards cards come in a lot of shapes and sizes: There are branded cards that accrue
miles on specific airlines, like the Delta Skymiles card and the Citi AAdvantage card.
But it can't collect them if the airline doesn't have a surcharge to begin with, and
on some specific airlines it may choose not to.
And, then there are the cards that allow you to earn frequent flier miles
on a specific airline.