Sentences with phrase «only airline portals»

This includes not only airline portals but also cash - back ones (like Ebates) and credit card - specific ones (like Ultimate Rewards).

Not exact matches

Instead of earning points that you can use at only one airline or hotel, you can earn points that can be used to book through an award portal with no blackout dates, or you can transfer the points to a partner airline or hotel to book award reservations directly.

The best use for FlexPoints is redemption of airline tickets, but only when used through US Bank's Orbitz portal.

Unlike most of the airline and hotel shopping portals which only require that you be a member of the rewards program, you have to be a Chase credit cardholder to shop for points on its mall.

With a meaty sign - up bonus, solid reward rate of 2x points per dollar on travel and dining, and flexibility in redemption through the Ultimate Rewards portal, the Chase Sapphire Preferred has established itself as one of the best credit card options not only for airline ticket purchases but all things travel.

Instead of earning points that you can use at only one airline or hotel, you can earn points that can be used to book through an award portal with no blackout dates, or you can transfer the points to a partner airline or hotel to book award reservations directly.

With regards to the miles, I usually do not purchase my airline tickets through the Ultimate Rewards portal right now as I find I get a better value doing the 1:1 transfer to United and getting a domestic Super Saver ticket which usually requires I burn only 25000 miles.

Yes, you can get some deals by shopping online via the airline's portal and you can probably increase the miles you're currently amassing by keeping up with your airline's promotional deals — but only if you have the flexibility to travel on their specified terms.

Generally, the only time it makes sense to book flights through the travel portal is when there are cheap cash tickets available, which allows you to book with fewer points than by transferring to an airline partner.

When booking flights, the travel portal is really only good for booking economy flights, but even then you may be better off transferring to an airline.

Not only can you use Ultimate Rewards points to book travel through Chase's own travel portal, but you can also transfer them to 9 airline partners and 4 hotel partners.

Some people think that you can only earn miles by flying, using a branded credit card, or shopping through the airlines online portal.

From Oct. 6, 2016, American Express Platinum cardmembers (personal only — it appears not the business version) will earn 5x Membership Rewards points on airfare booked via airlines or the Amex Travel portal.

The Chase Sapphire Reserve is the great card because their portal not only is what they show you you can get credit for, but if you call them if there's a certain flight like Frontier or Spirit, all of these airlines that are really, really cheap and you don't tend to see them on portals, if you call them, they'll honor the price and they'll give it to you in the points equivalent.

The only reasons to use Expedia Rewards in my opinion are if (1) you go through a cash back portal to earn even more or (2) you book and redeem for flights since these still earn airline miles.

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That said, the drawbacks with this card is that it is only available to current US Bank customers and, when it comes to redeeming rewards, Altitude cardholders can't transfer rewards to airlines or hotel partners and are required to use the bank's rewards portal.

You can not only earn airline miles with flying, shopping or credit cards, but whenever you book a hotel through a miles - earning portal like Rocketmiles, PointsHound or Kaligo.

You're still purchasing the exact same items directly from the merchant, but because you started at the airline shopping portal, you'll earn additional points and miles at a set rate, generally only on the subtotal of your purchase (excluding taxes and shipping fees).

Not only would I get 50 $ back on my statement, I would also get the bonus points for shopping through the airline portal.

Not only can you redeem them as statement credits for any travel purchase, but you get a 25 percent bonus when you redeem them for travel through Chase's Ultimate Rewards portal, and you can transfer them to an array of airline partners at a rate of 1:1.

For example, if you earned Barclaycard Arrival miles through the RewardsBoost portal when American Express gift cards were still available there, you might have been earning up to 6.6 % cash back — if and only if you were redeeming your Arrival miles for paid hotel rooms or airline reservations.

United Airlines, for example, has the right to exclude certain flights, fares or programs from earning miles in its MileagePlus program, so tickets booked through Chase's portal may not always qualify or may only earn partial points.