{"id":6154,"date":"2015-01-22T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/?p=6154"},"modified":"2015-02-02T21:36:51","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T04:36:51","slug":"think-best-airline-credit-card-agree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/?p=6154","title":{"rendered":"I Think This is the BEST Airline Credit Card……Do You Agree?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes choosing the best of anything can be difficult. \u00a0When people often ask about my favorite place I’ve ever visited, or my favorite trip, and I avoid the question by explaining that I have a favorite beach, waterfall, culinary trip, or something else.\u00a0Other times choosing the best is easy. \u00a0When someone asks my which Airline credit card is the BEST, I can answer with confidence it is the Citi Platinum Select AAdvantage<\/a>. \u00a0This card is a beautiful thing, check out why I feel this way.<\/p>\n

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Best Airline Credit Card Benefits<\/h1>\n

This card comes with a few incredible benefits that I love. \u00a0Let me know what you think of these bennies.<\/p>\n

$95 Annual fee is waived the first year<\/h2>\n

Yes. \u00a0Paying annual fees is a bummer, and waters down the value of the card. \u00a0Plus these guys usually will waive the annual fee when you call up at the end of the year.<\/p>\n

50,000 Bonus AAdvantage miles<\/h2>\n

Check out their award chart.<\/a>\u00a0 You’ll quickly see that their program has some sweet spots when traveling to Central America or to Europe in the offseason. \u00a0These awards are much lower than their competitors. This is one of the many reasons that makes this card the BEST airine award credit card.<\/p>\n

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American Airlines Award Availability<\/h2>\n

If you’ve ever tried booking an award ticket with US Airways, or Delta, you already know that points can be dang near worthless. \u00a0Not the case here with American. \u00a0American has some of the best availability to use the miles, which means that you actually get to use the miles. Sweet!<\/p>\n

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Free checked bags<\/h2>\n

Checking bags these days can get expensive! \u00a0Seriously they want $50 for a round trip bag, yuck! \u00a0This card offers a free checked bag for up to four total people on your itinerary. \u00a0This should be enough for most families, even if they have more people. You should just carry-on a few smaller bags to make up the difference.<\/p>\n

10% of Your Redeemed Miles Come Back to You<\/h2>\n

I had read about this benefit, but hadn’t even paid attention to how it actually works until last week. \u00a0It was the reason that inspired me to write this post! \u00a0I recently booked a trip to Europe for the wife and I, which is going to be awesome! \u00a0The normal guy booking my exact same trip would have paid 80,000 miles for booking this trip, but not me!<\/p>\n

I used the 80,000 miles to book the trip, but having this card allowed 8000 miles to back into my account, only really costing me 72,000 miles. \u00a0Sweet! \u00a0They say this benefit may take up to two months, but it happened almost instantaneously for me. \u00a0When booking a big trip it really is worth making sure this card is still in your arsenal.<\/p>\n

Citi AA Reduced Mileage Awards<\/a><\/h2>\n

This benefit is another way to stretch the 50,000 miles, and it’s easy peazzy lemon squeezie to book. \u00a0First you check out what destinations are on the list.<\/a>\u00a0Then you choose one of these places that you’ve always wanted to visit Jackson Hole for some fresh powder skiing. \u00a0Find the location:<\/p>\n

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Then you cruise to the AA website to find the SAAver Award for the dates that work, pray for tons of powder to fall from Heaven, then call the AAdvantage Award desk to book the flight. \u00a0You might even get a customer service rep who helps you find the dates.<\/p>\n

This can save you 7,500 AAdvantage miles round trip! \u00a0That drops your price from 25,000 miles to 17,500 for a roundtrip ticket within the USA. \u00a0You can’t even get that with Southwest most times!<\/p>\n

They even have some warm weather destinations for those who are sick of the cold.<\/p>\n

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You can get this bonus every 18 months<\/h2>\n

Per the terms and conditions:<\/p>\n

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I haven’t tried lately, but this hasn’t been a big deal in the past with an opened account. They’ve usually allowed me to get this bonus again and again. Hopefully they don’t clamp down on this anytime soon. Make sure you have the card open when you need to book the trip so you can get the 10% of your miles back in your pocket again.<\/p>\n

Do you think this is the BEST Airline Award Credit Card?<\/h2>\n

What are your thoughts? \u00a0Do you agree that this is the best airline award credit card? What features do you like about this card most? \u00a0If you have another card that you like more, what do you like about that airline card?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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