Best way to earn miles with Air Canada and American Airlines
Nov 20th, 2007, 02:19 PM
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Best way to earn miles with Air Canada and American Airlines
I understand there are many different types of credit cards or ways to earn miles with Air Canada and American Airlines.
Anybody able to suggest a credit card or ways to earn miles without having to pay an annual credit card fee? Or without needing spend a particular minimum per month?
Anybody able to suggest a credit card or ways to earn miles without having to pay an annual credit card fee? Or without needing spend a particular minimum per month?
Nov 20th, 2007, 02:30 PM
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Nov 21st, 2007, 06:14 AM
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At present, it looks like you can get an AA card without fee for the first year.
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Nov 21st, 2007, 11:17 AM
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Sign up your exisiting credit cards with AAdvantage Dining: http://aa.rewardsnetwork.com/index.jsp
If you dine several times a year, you get a minumum of 10 miles per dollar spent. Right now, I am receiving two bonuses, for a total of 20 miles for each dollar spent at participating restaurants.
Keith
If you dine several times a year, you get a minumum of 10 miles per dollar spent. Right now, I am receiving two bonuses, for a total of 20 miles for each dollar spent at participating restaurants.
Keith
Nov 21st, 2007, 11:26 AM
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And I just sent a floral arrangement to our hosts for Thanksgiving for tomorrow, and also one to a client beginning her new round of chemo on Monday. I did these through the AA code for FTD and got over 1000 miles each for the $49.95 gifts.
Do you do Netflix? AA offers something like 2500 miles for signing up -- even on their smallest plan.
Their Citibank card offers a HUGE bonus for first purchase -- and as said, I believe it's usually fee-free the first year and you can always cancel after that if you want.
Do you do Netflix? AA offers something like 2500 miles for signing up -- even on their smallest plan.
Their Citibank card offers a HUGE bonus for first purchase -- and as said, I believe it's usually fee-free the first year and you can always cancel after that if you want.
Nov 21st, 2007, 10:18 PM
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Most of the miles we've accumulated for next year's 4 frequent flier tickets to Europe were due to credit card offers - 15,000 to 20,000 miles each. AND, it did not hurt my FICO at all. Most importantly, I don't carry balances.
Nov 22nd, 2007, 06:52 AM
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Thanks everybody. I will definitely try the AAdvantage Dining option and I have been thinking of joining netflix. It may be worthwhile for those miles.
The Citicard credit card link sounds great too.
Do people typically just join the credit card for the mile specials offered and once you get them cancel the credit card? It seems like they have such great offers that it would be very tempting.
The Citicard credit card link sounds great too.
Do people typically just join the credit card for the mile specials offered and once you get them cancel the credit card? It seems like they have such great offers that it would be very tempting.
Nov 23rd, 2007, 07:38 AM
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<How do you learn of the credit card offers?>
I go to the internet sites of all the US airlines. They all offer their own CC. I sign up for all the free ones, and the paying ones if there is a reasonable chance I will fly their airline.
I go to the internet sites of all the US airlines. They all offer their own CC. I sign up for all the free ones, and the paying ones if there is a reasonable chance I will fly their airline.
Nov 24th, 2007, 02:12 PM
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Regarding miles from credit cards, I personally do not like all the ones that you can't combine with other miles. What I like most about the Citibank AAdvantage credit card is that you get miles directly into your AA account. If I got miles from American Express or Capital One, I'd have to use those miles alone (and it takes a whole lot more of them) to claim an award using just those miles. I've often mentioned I usually claim a $7000 or so business class ticket to Europe with two stopovers for 90,000 miles with AA -- that can combine the miles I've earned flying as well as the credit card miles and all others. But the way I understand it, to get that ticket with Capital One mileage, I'd have to spend about $700,000 on the card to get that same ticket. That isn't going to happen in MY lifetime!
Nov 24th, 2007, 02:26 PM
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I've also signed up for AA's eshopping. For any purchase you make to the stores listed (and there are a ton of name-brand stores--Target, Macys, Aeropostale, Eddie Bauer, etc. etc.) you earn bonus miles.
Just the other day I purchased a wedding gift from Macys and earned 4x miles.
Great for holiday shopping, too!
Just the other day I purchased a wedding gift from Macys and earned 4x miles.
Great for holiday shopping, too!
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