Just looking at this...I have the 1.5% cash back card. It is $0 annual fee. Yours is 2% but a $59 fee. I didn't realize there were two.
You need to spend $11800 to make up that fee difference. Not really bad at all. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Craig Schmaderer <[email protected] > wrote: > 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 <402-372-1975> | Fax: 402-372-1058 <402-372-1058>* > > *Direct: 402-372-1052 <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]> 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]> > wrote: > > Why not just save 1.5% and use the savings? > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > On May 19, 2015 10:21 AM, "Lewis Bergman" <[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]> 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? > > > > > >
