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Best Airline Points Credit Card to Mexico

Discussion in 'Travel' started by TRev, Jan 12, 2020.

  1. Jan 12, 2020 at 6:11 PM
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    Looking to get a an airline points credit card.

    Planning a trip to Mexico next year with my wife.

    Looking to get a credit card to earn airline points.

    Any recommendations?


    Every other trip I've gotten package deals or went with a group (someone else planned).
    Planning this trip myself.

    Going to pay my mortgage with the card. Then pay it off when i get paid.

    Thanks!
     
    TRev, Jan 12, 2020
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  2. Jan 12, 2020 at 6:13 PM
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    I have my AMEX Delta Skymiles cars I use for everything. It does help that I travel for work most weeks on Delta though.

    actually just landed in Chicago from Atlanta for the week
     
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  3. Jan 12, 2020 at 6:17 PM
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    You get decent points with them ? Thanks

    I fly occasionally for work, I never had an airline I "stuck" with though.
     
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  4. Jan 12, 2020 at 6:21 PM
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    I get great points with them.
    I use it for anything and everything.

    plus you get a companion ticket every year at no charge
     
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  5. Jan 20, 2020 at 7:42 PM
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    Any other Airline rewards / card suggestions ?
     
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  6. Jan 20, 2020 at 7:45 PM
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  7. Jan 21, 2020 at 6:26 AM
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    Alaska miles on a Visa card. They fly to Cabo a ton so I’ve done that many times.
     
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  8. Jan 21, 2020 at 8:17 AM
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    Honestly, the most universal travel points will come from Chase Ultimate Rewards. The best one used to be the Chase Sapphire Reserve card, but the Annual Fee just went up to $550 and I don't think it's worth it. This comes with Global Entry Waiver, $300 travel credit, PP Lounges, etc.

    I have the Chase Sapphire Preferred card and got the Sign Up Bonus already ($95 annual fee). I have around 74K points which is worth about $950 through their portal and I can book with any airline. I can also transfer points to certain airlines.
    The sapphire cards give you a bonus on point redemptions (1.25x for the preferred, 1.5x for reserve).
    I plan on signing up for one of the Chase Ink cards in the future for another sign up bonus as well. You can really start getting a lot of points this way.

    I will be flying to Hawaii at the beginning of summer for FREE because of this.

    Here's a referral link if you want to use it (I get a bonus if you do):
    Earn 100,000 bonus points with Chase Sapphire Preferred.
    https://www.referyourchasecard.com/6b/YLY9AQNC44


    I can answer more questions about the chase program if you're interested. They do have rules about how many cards and how frequent you can get them.
     
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  9. Feb 5, 2020 at 8:22 PM
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    Is there an annual fee with Delta's card ?
     
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  10. Feb 5, 2020 at 8:24 PM
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    Depends on what card. I have the reserve card which is 500 bucks a year. But I travel enough that I can make use of the lounges and upgrades that comes with that price
     
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  12. Jul 9, 2021 at 10:33 PM
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    Update on the thread. Got the card, bonus points and bought the trip.....

    Trip is on hold about 7 months after this thread. My wife got pregnant again.

    Planning the trip sometime next year when she's done breast feeding.
     
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  13. Jul 10, 2021 at 6:37 AM
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    I had a trip to hawaii planned in March 2020, but we all know what happened then. Chase gave me a full refund once the airline altered the itinerary.
     
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    American card gets you 1st bag free
     
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    +1 for Alaska. I've used my companion fare to Mexico many times. Plus, miles accumulate fairly quickly. I live in Seattle, so there are tons of flights out of here to pretty much everywhere. Not sure where you are so Alaska might not be as popular.
     
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