Credit Tips: Best Credit Card To Get Travel Rewards

Posted On: November 1, 2005

Author: tsdunbar
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:21 pm
Post subject: Best Credit Card To Get Travel Rewards

I am wondering what thoughts there are on the best way to gain travel rewards, since there are a variety of air mile and reward cards. It’s too confusing to me! All we really want to do is to get free travel. What do you think?

Author: Board Monitor
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 9:45 am
Post subject: Best Credit Card To Get Travel Rewards

Thanks for your post & welcome to the board! It really depends a lot on your personal preferences. Have you looked here:

http://www.cardratings.com/cardrepfr.html
Also, out of curiosity, how did you learn about our site?
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Author: tsdunbar
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:48 pm
Post subject: Best Credit Card To Get Travel Rewards

I found the site through an internet search. It looks very helpful, but I need a more in-depth response from people who have opinions on how to pick the best credit card related to my goals. Thanks for writing.

Author: Polonius
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 3:22 pm
Post subject: Best Credit Card To Get Travel Rewards

Here’s a bit of surprising, possibly controversial advice: don’t concentrate on travel rewards cards. Quite frankly, they’re not a good deal for most people for a variety of reasons. Concentrate on the cash rebate cards instead if you pay off your balance monthly. Read the discussion here:

http://www.techuncovered.com/credit-cards-air-miles.html_________________

Author: Eugene
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:14 am
Post subject: Best Credit Card To Get Travel Rewards

Agree totally. When I did my own math with one of the best air miles cards available, it did not win the comparison against a simple 1% card under my circumstances (very moderate and inexpensive travel). Because better cash back cards are available than just plain 1% cards, air miles cards REALLY lose for me. The author of the page you mention also does not mention annual fees that air miles cards normally come with. They are a BIG hurdle to overcome compared to alternatives.

Great link, by the way, Polonius. The guy nails it right on the head. I read a few other sections of his site – very interesting and educational. Thanks!

Author: Board Monitor
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 9:13 am
Post subject: Best Credit Card To Get Travel Rewards

I have always favored cash back cards over airline mile cards for similar reasons. I wrote an article last year about this subject:

http://www.cardratings.com/airlinecardscomparedtocashbackcards.html

tsdunbar- what exactly are you goals?

By the way, you can read consumer reviews of travel reward cards here:

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