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Q. I have been thinking of getting an airline credit card in order to earn miles, especially the bonus sign up miles, which are typically 20,000 or 25,000. Which credit card is best for this?
A. Right now, the absolute best offer is from British Airways’ Chase Visa. They’re offering 100,000 bonus miles (that’s not a typo), 50,000 upon your first purchase with the card, and another 50,000 if you spend $2,000 or more in the first three months. You also get 1.25 miles rather than the usual one for each dollar charged to the card, and if you spend $30,000 in a single calendar year you get a companion voucher good for any class of service. The annual fee is $75. Plus, should you usually only travel domestically, you can spend those miles on BA’s partner American Airlines or other partner airlines. Those 100,000 miles are good for two flights to Europe, assuming seats are available when you wish to travel, or for upgrades. You can apply for the card by visiting http://www.mychasecreditcards.com/britishairways/hp_postpin
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This really seems to be a great deal until you try to use the miles on BA, where you will discover very high fees required to fly in addition to the miles-a big issue when you want to redeem the companion ticket and that MUST be on BA, On a business class ticket to India, AA would charge $56 and miles/pp while BA charges over $2000?pp in fees. What a deal??? Most of this is in fuel surcharge, but also all flights go through London which adds more. I sure can't find these large additional charges on AA. Any ideas on getting around these rules? At least warn those people like me who "wasted" year in charging enough on the card to get this companion ticket only to find it is limited in value compared to others because of the extra charges.
by nesteddoc on Monday, January 17, 2011
What is the best credit card to give bonus miles.
by Ann on Friday, March 05, 2010
I tried the link to british airways credit card, however I could not find the offer for the 100,000 miles. Has it changed since you wrote the article? It just came out in our Sunday paper edition today
by justwondering on Sunday, December 20, 2009
keep in mind that BA charges fuel surcharges and taxes on "free" flights from north america to europe that may approch 40% of the actual cost of a paid for flight
by jerry on Wednesday, November 25, 2009
We went to Flexpoints with US Bank, as you earn miles, but can use them on any airline.
by wd on Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Other than the above, whichever airline provides the most service where you live. EXAMPLE: American and Southwest have the most flights to/from Dallas, Texas. United and Delta/Northwest have few flights and very few nonstop flights to anywhere, without changing flights somewhere.
by longhorns on Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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