Credit Card Mix

In our quest to find the best airline credit cards we have spotted three main characteristics for identifying and picking great deals. Reward credit cards (and that is exactly what airline credit cards are) have to be rewarding and come for free. So first of all we are looking for credit cards with no annual fee.

After defining the first criteria, our review of airline credit cards has narrowed down to the following 4 choices:

1. Miles by Discover®

2. Blue Sky from American Express®

3. Citi® Bronze AAdvantage® MasterCard®

4. Capital One® No Hassle Miles (SM) Rewards

More Airlines, More Options

If you always use one company for your air travel needs, you may want to look into a specific card branded by some bank, specifically for that airline carrier. Otherwise it would be better for you to have a card, rewards of which can be used with multiple airlines. At this point our review excludes the Bronze AAdvantage Master Card by Citi from the above list, leaving it to exclusive American Airline customers. Everybody else, follow us further!

Bonuses and Additional Benefits

With such a great number of competing credit card companies we have become to expect additional benefits and bonuses that give credit card issuers an edge over their competition and us more reasons to apply for their cards.

We would like to point it out that none of these cards have black-out dates or restrictions for point redemption. The following list shows unique features for each card:

- Capital One No Hassle Miles gives you 25% more in points, turning each dollar you spend with their card into 1.25 points.

- Blue Sky from AmEx has no point caps or expiration dates. Points also can be redeemed for savings or used for any hotel, any cruise or any car rental.

- Miles Card from Discover 12,000 Bonus Miles* at sign up and 1,000 Bonus Miles* every month you make a purchase the first year. Double Miles!