Credit Cards with frequent flyer

[italkcash]

Personally, I think that having Credit Cards with frequent flyer is a great benefit I think, especially if you travel a lot and if you have the needs to move quickly.

On top of that with Star Alliance you get extra points that can be redeemed for free travels with the family or such. Or maybe some free upgrades on long flights.

So what airline should someone join to obtain a good credit card with a good rate as well as getting some good bonus points on top of it all for travels. Also, how many of you have airlines membership cards and which airline and program? What are the benefits and levels of your card and can you combine it with some credit card options?

[id62000]

This is advantageous if you're a frequent flyer, or rather flay around at least twice a week.

So, here's what someone told me:


If you only fly once or twice a year, your best bet is to get a credit card linked to a frequent flyer program.

Some credit card companies are linked with particular airlines, while others have their own frequent flyer programs where you accumulate points for every dollar spent on your card, which you can then use to "pay" for your flight on any airline. Other times, the credit card company may offer a choice of transferring your points to a particular airline partner or using points in their own schemes.

It would usually be a requirement that to transfer points from your credit card company to a particular airline that you join that airlines frquent flyer program. Sometimes, but NOT always, these are free to join. It can depend on residency / tax laws of your home country. Airline frquent flyer programs that operate domestically are typically free to join, but SOME international programs are free to foreign travellers but cost a joining fee for citizens of the airlines home country due to tax laws.

I usually make 1 international trip a year (return) and 2 or 3 domestic return trips, so I hardly consider myself a frequent flyer, however, I use my credit card for just about ALL of my purchases, from petrol to the phone bill to a chocolate bar. Then. every month my credit card company transfers the points earned to my frequent flyer membership with Qantas. It is amazing how quickly it adds up. A word of caution though, you have to be EXTREMELY disciplined and pay off the credit card bill every month though. I know that can be difficult, but I find it works for me.

I have found the Qantas frequent flyer program good value. Between my points earned through my credit card, and the points earned by flying I have earned enough points to get a return trip from Australia to Europe and Australia to Singapore in about 2 years. Also, they have heaps of partners, such as hotels , car renatl companies, phone companies etc that are linked to them when you purchase products from those companies as well. The choices, obviuosly will be dictated to you by what is available where you live, and the airlines available to you on your chosen routes.

[kereta06]

I use credit card link with air asia airline . It easy because air asia give priority for card holder if we book from the internet

[alec11]

Originally Posted by kereta06

I use credit card link with air asia airline . It easy because air asia give priority for card holder if we book from the internet

yes, that 's happen to me too.
i always use CC to pay air asia.
and sometime, paying with CC can give you discount if they have promotions.
like CC from UOB bank in my country. they give 2 tickets for free if we pay 1 tickets with their CC, so we get 3 tickets.
that's a big deal.

[indieover]

you don't really need a credit card with frequent flyer logo. airlines have this frequent flyer promo. even though you don't use a credit card in paying your tickets, they will credit your flights and will turn it into points so that when you have enough points you can exchange that into free air miles. but sometimes you have to enroll your self online on their frequent flyer program. and that will automatically get you credited to earn points for your flights.

[zapper]

Originally Posted by indieover

you don't really need a credit card with frequent flyer logo. airlines have this frequent flyer promo. even though you don't use a credit card in paying your tickets, they will credit your flights and will turn it into points so that when you have enough points you can exchange that into free air miles. but sometimes you have to enroll your self online on their frequent flyer program. and that will automatically get you credited to earn points for your flights.

Well, that`s basically a kind of business strategy, that lets the airline industry make up some losses. So, if you start accumulating points/credits, you gradually tend to put it to use. And to put it to use, you would need more points, and hence you would keep flying on and on. But, nevertheless, it`s a great advantage for business personell.

[Ricardo]

My wife and I use credit cards that give AirMiles. So far, we've only redeemed them for a digital camera a few years ago, but we have our balance up pretty high again now and we'll probably be looking at a TV or something like that.

I'm glad that we aren't limited to just airline tickets with the program.

[Ms_Margaret]

With airline miles, the goal is to book a trip or getaway at a discount. Whether it’s an airline-specific card or a generic air-miles card, the reward is the same: free miles to get the cardholder to where he or she wants to go. With such cards, the miles work like points, with each mile adding to how far one can travel.

There are two types of airline credit cards: airline-specific card, in which one earns miles for use on one airline only, and broad or generic air-miles cards, where earned miles can be used on any airline.

Airline-specific credit cards tend to have higher interest rates, as well as a membership fee, but they also work with other frequent-flier accounts and reward bonus miles from the start. With generic cards, flexibility is key as the airline miles can be used on most any airline, but the catch is that the offer is likely subject to blackout dates and minimum points before use