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"WalletHub" featured Lubin School of Business Professor Andrew Coggins insights in "Best Airline Credit Cards"
The best airline credit cards have initial bonuses worth $200 to $500+ in airfare. They also give at least 2 miles per $1 spent on flights and charge annual fees as low as $0. But not all credit cards with miles are the same. On the one hand, there are airline credit cards with miles for a specific airline. There are also credit cards with miles for any airline – or any travel expense, for that matter.
You can find both types of airline credit cards below. To help you land the right miles credit card for your particular needs, WalletHub’s editors compared more than 1,000 credit card offers based on how many miles they’d allow different types of travelers to earn, as well as how much those miles would be worth when redeemed for airfare, with annual fees taken into account. Below, you can see the best miles cards that emerged from this comparison in first class.
10 Best Airline Credit Cards of 2019
*Lufthansa Credit Card - Best Airline Credit Card Overall
*Gold Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card from American Express - Best Delta Credit Card
*Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Elite™ Mastercard® - Best American Airlines Credit Card
*Southwest Rapid Rewards® Priority Credit Card - Best Southwest Airlines Credit Card
*United MileagePlus Explorer Credit Card - Best United Airlines Credit Card
*Alaska Airlines Credit Card - Best Alaska Airlines Credit Card
*JetBlue Card - Best Airline Credit Card with No Annual Fee
*JetBlue Business Credit Card - Best Airline Credit Card for Business
*Bank of America® Premium Rewards® credit card - Best Rewards Card for Any Airline
*LATAM Secured Credit Card - Best Airline Credit Card for Bad Credit
The type of credit card miles you should target depends on how often you travel, whether or not you usually fly with the same airline, and how comfortable you are booking airfare through an airline rather than a travel-comparison website. Credit cards with miles for a specific airline generally give you the most miles when you purchase flights directly from that airline. Similarly, how much emphasis you place on secondary benefits such as free baggage and airport lounge access depends on how much you’d actually use those perks.
Your credit standing will play a role, too. Most of the best credit cards with miles require good credit or excellent credit for approval. You can check your credit score for free on WalletHub to get a sense of your chances. Continue reading below to learn more about the best airline miles credit cards and the best travel miles credit cards available right now.
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