Airline Reward Cards

Rewards cards are credit cards that offer rewards for purchases you make. Those rewards often come in the form of cash back, discounts, points, or miles. Many cards let you redeem your rewards for a variety of purchases, including travel, merchandise, and gift cards.

The United MileagePlus program is the frequent flier program for United Airlines. You can earn MileagePlus loyalty miles in a lot of ways, such as flying on United Airlines or partner airlines, using a United Airlines credit card, or even eating at certain restaurants. You can redeem your miles for award flights, hotel stays, cruises, gift cards, and more.  

SkyMiles is the frequent flyer program for Delta Air Lines. SkyMiles members earn miles with each airline purchase and can then use those rewards for flights, seat upgrades, and more.

AAdvantage is the frequent-flyer program for American Airlines. Members earn AAdvantage miles for each dollar spent on airline purchases, and those miles can be used to book flights, other travel reservations, and more.

JetBlue’s TrueBlue frequent flyer program allows you to earn points towards flights and vacation packages. It offers some interesting features for an airline loyalty program, such as points-earning when your pets fly, and a points-pooling program that lets friends and family members share the points they’ve earned.

The Rapid Rewards program is Southwest Airlines’ frequent flyer program. Each time you fly or buy things from program partners, you’ll earn Rapid Rewards points that you can redeem for flights. Southwest Airlines is the second-largest airline in the United States, with more than 4,000 daily flights during peak times to 103 destinations in the United States and 10 neighboring countries.

Chase Ultimate Rewards is a point-based credit card rewards program that allows holders of certain Chase-branded credit cards to earn rewards on travel and everyday purchases. You can then transfer those points to airline partners such as United, JetBlue, and Southwest.

The Capital One Venture Rewards program offers rewards in the form of miles, but they’re not like frequent flyer miles that have the most value when you redeem them for award flights. Rather, you can use your Venture miles to cover just about any travel-related expense or redeem them for statement credits, gift cards, and other options.

The Citi ThankYou Rewards program is a general rewards program that offers points you can use for award flights, other travel, gift cards, cash back, statement credits, online shopping, and more. 

There are three main types of trip insurance credit cards offer: interruption, trip cancellation, and delay. Most cards that offer this perk offer two or even three of these options, and often each credit card has its own set of rules for these insurances. In order to get these insurance coverages, you’ll need to pay for the cost of the trip either with your card or with rewards points from your card.