Double rewards
points on airline and hotel purchases for the first 12 months from account opening
To many people, trying to redeem travel rewards is reminiscent of a middle - school math problem: If Bob is leaving from Point A on Sunday on Airline 1, and it costs 12,000 miles, and he needs to get to Point B on Wednesday for 5,000
points on Airline 2, what time should the first plane leave?
The rewards structure is pretty standard with double
points on airline affiliated purchases and single points otherwise.
You can redeem
your points on any airline with no blackout dates and those points are worth 25 percent more when redeemed through the ThankYou ® Travel Center.
You can use Arrival
points on any airline, no blackout dates, as well as select hotels and cruises.
You also get double
points on airline tickets, at car rental agencies, and at restaurants.
Your credit card will net you five points per dollar on eligible stays at any Marriott International property, two
points on airline tickets, and one point on everything else you buy.
If you do not select bonus categories, the bonus categories will default to 3 times the standard
points on Airline travel and 2 times the standard points on dining and hotels.
It offers 10x points for Hilton stays, 5x
points on airline and car rental purchases, and 3x points on everything else.
Earn 10,000 Bonus Points after the first purchase, double rewards
points on airline and hotel purchases for the first year and 10,000 anniversary points each year.
For instance, cards that offer Chase Ultimate Reward points, American Express Membership Reward points and Capital One miles all allow you to book flights using
their points on any airline, typically at a rate of 1 percent (so a $ 150 ticket would cost 15,000 miles, in most cases, though the rate of return on Chase points is slightly better, depending on the card you have).
Velocity are offering double or triple
points on airline partners, Etihad.
Well for the first one, you'd have the advantage of using your favorite credit card to earn
points on your airline!
Earn 10x points on Hilton hotel stays, 5x
points on airline and car rental purchases, and 3x points on other purchases with the card.
Compare that to the Marriott card, which offers 5X points at participating properties and 2X
points on airline tickets purchased through the airline, at car rental agencies and at restaurants.
The Amex PRG is the better option if you want to earn bonus
points on airline purchases and everyday spending like gas, groceries, and restaurants for a lower annual fee.
Because it's a business card, you also get 2x
points on airline tickets (purchased through the airline), car rentals, restaurants, and office supply stores.
That is an important point of departure from other similar cards like the American Express Premier Rewards Gold, which offers 3x points but just on airfare rather than several travel categories, for example, or the Citi Hilton HHonors Reserve, which offers 5x
points on airline and car rental purchases and 10x points on Hilton hotel purchases, but not other travel merchants.
Rewards: Earn 5x points at Ritz - Carlton Rewards, Marriott Rewards and SPG hotels, 2x
points on airline tickets purchased directly from the carrier, car rentals and at restaurants and one point per dollar spent elsewhere.
Double rewards
points on airline and hotel purchases for the first 12 months from account opening
You get 5 times the membership rewards when you book travel via amextravel.com, plus 50 % more points on large business purchases and 35 % more
points on airline purchases.
The card provides its users with 3x
points on airline and hotel purchases, 2x points on dining out and entertainment, and 1x point on all other spending.
You will earn 3x reward
points on airlines and hotels (including travel agencies), 2x points on dining and entertainment, and 1x points for all other purchases.
It earns 3x
points on airlines and hotels and 2x points in dining and entertainment.
That will soon go down to 1.33 cents per
point on all airlines.
-- You'll earn 5 Marriott points per dollar spent at Marriott properties plus 2
points on airlines, car rentals, and restaurants.
Not exact matches
The
point is that if the
airline does finally cancel the flight, you don't have to worry about having a place to stay that night — or to fight everyone else
on the flight for a room.
While observers may disagree as to whether Air Canada's sad condition is terminal or just chronic,
on one
point there is unanimity: the
airline needs to undergo a substantial transformation of its business model to return to full health.
Membership Rewards
points can be transferred
on a 1:1 basis to leading
airlines including Delta, Emirates, Etihad, British Airways Avios (American and Alaska)
The decision riled Republican lawmakers in Delta's home state of Georgia to the
point that the state senate
on Thursday approved a tax bill that did not include an expected tax break for
airlines.
The card earns a whopping 5x
points on airfare purchased directly through the
airline, as well as flights and hotels reserved through AmEx Travel.
The dispute
on United Flight 1462 from Newark, New Jersey to Denver escalated to the
point where the
airline decided to divert to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, according to Transportation Security Administration spokesman Ross Feinstein.
«You have to read the fine print
on some reward programs,» adds Steve Abrams, senior vice president of Purchase, New York - based MasterCard Corporate Payment Solutions,
pointing out that many free
airline ticket offers come with prohibitive blackout periods.
Depending
on the
airline and airport, you may have access to curbside bag check, or special lines or drop
points for already - ticketed passengers who just need to hand over their bag.
The company is now allowing cardholders to earn five Membership Reward
points for every dollar spent
on airlines.
As Henry Harteveldt, a senior analyst at Hudson Crossing,
points out, «The
airline succeeds because it places such great emphasis
on internal communications and creating and sustaining a positive work environment.»
Some specifically
point to pressure that's being placed by the
airline on getting passengers boarded as quickly as possible.
In the past decade there has been no lack of best - customer clubs,
point programs, new twists
on airline frequent - flier plans, and contests with spectacular prizes.
As Plueger
points out,
airlines are looking almost exclusively for efficiency and turning a profit
on their airplanes and the industry has a long memory of the Concorde.
The US version of the card has no foreign transaction fees and earns 5x
points on flights booked directly with the
airline and prepaid hotels booked through Amex Travel,
on top of a welcome offer of 60,000
points when you spend $ 5,000 in the first three months.
This newcomer to the
points - and - miles world offers double miles
on all purchases, and offers a few different ways to redeem those miles, including — like Chase and Amex — transferring them to a few
airline frequent flyer programs.
On April, 25, Alaska
Airlines and Virgin America will complete the merger of their operations at which
point the Virgin America brand will be retired.
(Update: as a commenter helpfully
pointed out
on Facebook, the regional
airline Porter Air is also
on the list at No. 48, just one spot below WestJet.
No longer able to rely simply
on price as a
point of difference, Expedia and rival Booking Holdings, which owns Priceline, are fighting back by offering events and activities beyond hotel and
airline reservations and spending lavishly to market directly to consumers.
Fly the 787 - 10 without paying cash If you want to fly
on this 787 - 10 or any of Singapore
Airlines's luxurious planes and not pay cash, you can transfer Ultimate Rewards & Membership Rewards
points to Singapore Krisflyer at a 1:1 ratio.
I've used Ultimate Rewards
points earned from my Chase Sapphire Preferred ® Card towards premium cabin flights
on Lufthansa (many times), Thai Air, and Singapore
Airlines.
Earn 5X
points on flights booked directly with
airlines or Amex Travel and 1x
on other eligible purchases.
The Starwood Preferred Guest ® American Express Luxury Card allows you to earn 6
points on Starwood and Marriott direct purchases, a 3
points per dollar at U.S. restaurants and flights booked directly with
airlines, and 2
points per dollar for all other purchases.
With the Starwood Preferred Guest ® American Express Luxury Card, cardholders can earn 6
points per dollar spent at Starwood and Marriott, 3
points per dollar spent at U.S. restaurants and flights (when booked directly through the
airline), and 2
points per dollar spent
on all other purchases.
You'll be spending the money
on the things that earn the most
points — dining and travel — and you can also enjoy that 1:1
point transfer with all your favorite
airline and hotel loyalty programs, which, for those of us who are really into our loyalty programs, can be a big deal.