Travel Credit Cards FAQS

For a co-branded airline credit card, the Icelandair MasterCard has a poor rewards program, indeed. The Icelandair credit card that comes without an annual fee will allow you to earn one point per dollar on Icelandair purchases and only 0.5 points everywhere else. Things are a bit better with the Icelandair credit card that charges an annual fee: Icelandair purchases earn 2 points per dollar and all other purchases earn one point per dollar. If you look at regular credit cards with miles rewards, you will see that most of the cards offer a better rewards program and can compete with many airlines credit cards. Even cash back rewards credit cards can offer you better conditions when you earn...

Even though AirTran Airways credit card is not offered any more, a good alternative to it could be a travel rewards credit card issued by a major bank. Such card will let you earn miles or points on AirTran flights and on all other flights as well. Furthermore, all your everyday purchases made at your favorite stores will also bring you miles or point rewards. Miles never expire and can be redeemed with any airline of your choice with no blackout dates.

Yes, Air China PhoenixMiles mileage is valid for 36 months. If you want to keep earned miles from expiring, you should redeem them for Air China and its partners flights. If you want a credit card with rewards that do not expire, consider applying for a general travel rewards credit card.

You will receive 15,000 bonus points after you pay your annual fee or use your card for purchases. This amount of points is not so big and it doesn't guarantee that you will be able to book an award ticket, because the required amount of points depends on the destination you choose, class of the flight, and the ticket prices. You may try to find an award chart on the airline's website to see how many points you will need for a flight. If you want to earn points or miles for your travel, you should choose from travel rewards credit cards. Such cards are more flexible as they allow to earn rewards on all purchases.

The U.S. residents can't get Aegean branded credit card - Aegean Bonus Visa credit card. The only way to earn rewards on Aegean Air is to get general card. You may like a travel rewards credit card which will earn you miles rewards. Such card will allow you to earn rewards with all airlines. All earned miles can be redeemed with any airline of your choice.

You can apply for any miles rewards credit card to earn miles and redeem them with Icelandair or any other airline. You may even want to apply for the Icelandair credit card but in this case you will have to fly with this airline a lot to get a reward ticket. Having a regular credit card with rewards, you may not even fly but still earn miles on all your purchases.

United Explorer Card has a $95 annual fee, which is waived for the first year. Such annual fee is pretty standard for airline co-branded credit cards. Annual fee implies access to travel perks and benefits like free first checked bag, statement credit for Global Entry or TSA PreCheck and other travel benefits. If you fly United often, these perks may cover annual fee. If you don't fall into this category, it is better to choose a no annual fee travel rewards credit card. Such a card will allow you to earn miles and redeem them with any airline.