Travel Credit Cards FAQS

Philippine Airlines credit card is not available for US residents. Before applying for any airline credit card you should think if you fly this airline often or not. If not, it may be difficult to earn enough miles or points to get a free ticket. It is better to consider general travel rewards credit cards. Travel rewards cards come with sign-up bonuses and with a rewards program. They allow earning miles or points on travel and everyday purchases. Moreover, if you do not fly often, you can still easily earn miles for a reward airline ticket by simply shopping at your favorite places.

Blue Sky from American Express is available in Canada only. There is no credit card offered in the U.S. If you need a travel credit card to earn miles, consider applying for a general travel rewards credit card. Many of such cards do not have an annual fee or the fee is waived for the first year. All in all, travel rewards cards come with sign-up bonuses and with a rewards program. They allow earning miles or points on travel and everyday purchases. Moreover, if you do not fly often, you can still easily earn miles for a reward airline ticket by simply shopping at your favorite places.

A good alternative to any airline co-branded credit card is a travel rewards credit card issued by a major bank. Such card will let you earn miles or points on Flybe flights and on all other purchases as well.

You can find different credit cards offered by cruise lines. If you prefer particular cruises, you may choose one of them. Otherwise, we do not recommend you to apply for such cards as they generally not worth it - they come with high fees and allows to earn good rewards only on cruise purchases. Consider applying for general rewards credit card. Such cards will allow you to earn miles and redeem them with any cruise.

You are right, Iberia Plus Visa Signature® credit card offers good rewards on British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus, OpenSkies and LEVEL. This means, you should fly a lot to get closer to your award flight. But don't forget that this credit card also comes with generous sign-up bonus. If you want to earn more miles or points on everyday purchases, it is better to consider a general travel rewards credit card. They offer good rewards across all shopping categories allowing you to save maximum whenever you shop.

You are right. The interest rate of Aviator credit card is 20.49% to 29.99% (Variable)⁹³. Instead, you can apply for any travel rewards credit card that has 0% introductory period.

The Miles and More credit card really offers a pretty sign-up bonus of 50,000 miles. However, in order to get it you need to get it you need to jump through a lot of hoops. Specifically, your first 20,000 award miles are give to you after your first purchase and 30,000 more miles are awarded after you spend $5,000 in purchass within 90 days of account opening and provided that you paid the annual fee of $89. Mind that Lufthansa makes you spend the enormous $5,000 during your first 90 days. That's unprecedented and plain difficult to achieve. And you have to pay the annual fee on top of that. Most regular travel cards won't require such efforts, and in order to get your sign-up bonus...