I have spent years on this, and do to the fact I fly out of a small airport, I use different airlines all the time. The best I have found is to use a Capital One Venture Card with 2% travel points on all purchases. This allows me to fly on any airline at any time no blackouts and use it for hotel and car rental, when I get back and its on my statement I can apply the points to my travel purchases. So if you spend $100,000 on it, you can spend $2000 on travel. I use this card for everything I can, as always if you don’t pay it off every month than you probably shouldn’t be worried about miles anyways, you have other issues. We use the Capital Spark Card for the business and get 2% cash back on all purchases. I think we made about $6000 last year on that. Than when I fly Southwest, I still get my southwest points, when they build up enough, I can fly free once in a great while with the southwest points, plus I got 2% on the earlier tickets using the credit card. I believe this is the best option if you only fly a couple of times a year. All the research that I have done, seems to be that if you fly monthly with a certain airline, you can get better results, if not, this is by far the best way I have found. I’m open to any suggestions. YMMV
Craig R. Schmaderer CEO | Skywave Wireless, Inc. Ph: 402-372-1975 | Fax: 402-372-1058 Direct: 402-372-1052 From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jon Langeler Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 10:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Airline Miles You get less for cash back. But if you don't want to travel then that's better anyway Sent from my iPhone On May 19, 2015, at 10:35 AM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: That's what I was thinking... can you actually get anymore out of airline miles than if you just use a card that gives you decent cash back? On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 9:24 AM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Why not just save 1.5% and use the savings? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340<tel:937-552-2340> Direct: 937-552-2343<tel:937-552-2343> 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On May 19, 2015 10:21 AM, "Lewis Bergman" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Not much. I think I have 75000 miles roughly. I think that would buy me one flight anywhere in the CONUS. Or for maybe 45000 I could upgrade an UPGRADE ELIGIBLE ticket to first class. On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 8:36 AM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I have never played the miles game but I want to learn. What kind of miles are transferrable between air carriers? What does a “mile” actually equate to in dollars saved? I presume some credit cards are better for this?
