Airline miles are perhaps the best deal you can get for signing up for a credit card, just look at a ticket to Australia-they sell for about $1500 or so, yet with as little as 45,000 miles you have a free ticket there-putting a $700 value on a 20,000 mile bonus-not too shabby-and a heck of a lot better than a free t-shirt!
1. Delta-Amex:
Pros:
17,500 miles at signup. (20000 miles if you request a 2nd card.) No fee for 12 months.
Cons:
Bonus can only be earned once.(In other words, you can’t cancel the card and sign up again to get another 17,500 mile signup bonus)
Delta Amex Linky
2. United-Visa:
Pros:
20,000 miles at signup, no fee for 12 months. Bonus can be earned unlimited times.
Cons:
None noted.
United Visa Linky
3. American-MC:
Pros:
20,000 miles at signup, 7,500 miles off award tickets, no fee for 12 months. Bonus can be earned unlimited times.
Cons:
None noted.
Note:Although the American offer says it expired 12/31/05, if you go to apply, and read the terms and conditions it says the mileage bonus will be given until 06/30/06…
AA Mastercard Linky
4. American-Amex:
Pros:
12,500 miles at signup, 5,000 miles off award tickets, price protection plan, no fee for 12 months.
Cons:
Somewhat weaker bonus offers than the other cards.
Unknown:
What is the price protection exactly? Can the bonus be earned more than once?
AA Amex Linky
5. USAirways-MC:
Pros:
15,000 miles at signup, and lots of other very nice perks, including 10,000 miles towards Preferred status, 1.5 miles per dollar spent for the first year, Preferred check-in and boarding, One complimentary US Airways Club pass per year, Certificate redeemable for two $99 Companion tickets, No fee for 2 years!
Cons:
Bonus can only be earned once.
USAirways MC Linky
6. Continental-MC:
Pros:
15,000 miles at signup, 5% off any continental ticket
Cons:
$85 ANNUAL FEE-so only a great deal if you will use out the 5% discount over the course of the year.
Continental Airlines MC Linky
-And one more thing-please, please dont even bother with the Capital One card-it is just a scam and can’t even compare with any of these cards…
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Dan , what do you mean by ” bonus can be earned etc. ” ? what bonus and how do you get it ?
What i mean is that each card comes with a singup bonus of 15,000-20,000 miles.
If the bonus can only be earned once, like on the delta amex, that means you cant cancel the card and singup again for another bonus.
If the bonus can be earned again, like on the citi amercan airlines card, you can keep on signing up, getting the bonuses, and cencelling the card, etc.(I’ve done this 7 times now on the AA card!)
doesnt that hurt your credit score, all those cancelled credit ?
if you keap on canceling credit cards you hurt your credit score
talking from experince
please note that citi aa mastercard is still offering 25,000 miles for signup!
http://citi.bridgetrack.com/USC/06/multi/AA/plat/20_5kBM/4_8fn/default.htm?promoCode=Card%5FArt%5FFooter&app=UNSOL&sc=4XNHW8P6&m=7LFWZJPW8WW&langId=EN&siteId=CB&B=A&BTData=C02117E726E617F595D4E43B7A5A4A7A2999D9B83FEFEF2E3FACBCC1E20473&BT_TRF=336694&ProspectID=6BF731F4FE0D4353B3C7AEF256C806FF