Best Airline Rewards Cards

ihs76
Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:40:03 +0000

We have had Delta/AmEx platinum ($135, I think) forever and love it for the following reasons. These may not be applicable to you.


annual free companion ticket: you do have to pay taxes (about $40-50) and seats are limited but it’s nice that I can take a family member along on business trips for free.
tickets are pretty flexible and you can do last minute tickets (although more points) for much less dollar equivalent than you would pay if buying.
If you charge up a fair amount, you get bonus miles (10K for $25K spent) with Medallion miles. They add up.
With some travel and the bonus Medallion miles, I’ve gotten Gold status last couple of years. Get free first class upgrade with some regularity and also get double bonus miles when I fly. So a trip to Europe ends up with almost 20K miles earned. Adding double miles for the ticket, get almost enough for a RT ticket in the US.


DS is a Jr across the country. All his travel home has been free using miles. Lot of times we couldn’t buy Xmas tickets home until he knew his final schedule and by that point, the tickets were very expensive. Even 50K miles for a ticket home were a bargain in those situations.