How Many Credit Card Airline Miles to Get a Free Ticket?

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Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 3:17 pm
Post subject: How Many Credit Card Airline Miles to Get a Free Ticket?

Sue
Date: 5/11/2000 3:14 pm CDT

how many miles do you have to earn before you can apply them to airline tickets? does a certain number of miles equal to a certain dollar amount in air travel?

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Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 3:17 pm
Post subject: How Many Credit Card Airline Miles to Get a Free Ticket?

Board Monitor
Date: 5/11/2000 3:58 pm CDT

Sue,

Great question! The answer to your question is that the amount of points required for a roundtrip ticket in the contiguous US varies...but is generally around 25,000. You usually earn one point for every dollar spent...so you are looking at $25,000 in credit card purchases for a free ticket. Some cards require less points for a free ticket.

For example, NextCard only requires 20,000
points for an American Airlines ticket. The MilesOne card (milesone.com) only requires 18,000 if you travel witing a certain zone.

While you usually earn one point per dollar spent, a few cards have different plans. For ex., the
Airmiles Plus card issued by First Union offer 1.2 points per dollar spent for a $75 annual fee (see link on our "Reward Cards Report").

For a list of other cards offering airmiles, including a rating of these cards, please see our "Reward Card Report".

Hope this helps!

Regards,
Jackie Hughes
Board Monitor
CardRatings.org

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