Best Credit Card for Airline Miles

[SpanishFry]

Hello,

I'm going to be travelling a lot more for personal trips. I'm looking to cancel one of my credit cards and go to a card that accumulates airline miles. What is the best card for this.

Also, considering I'm looking at at least $200/night for hotels on all of these trips, would a Starwood hotel type card be more beneficial?

Thanks

 

[BoomerD]

We're SPG gold members, so their AMEX makes sense to us. We accumulate points (that can be converted to miles) rather quickly. Depending on the airline, you can get anywhere from 1:1 to 65:1 (that's 65 points per mile...NOT a good deal) You can also use the starpoints for hotel stays in almost any Starwood property in the world.

http://www201.americanexpress....05/b/3/0/0/0/n&from=57

http://www.smartertravel.com/t...ld-hotel.html?id=14763

http://www.google.com/search?s...q=starwood+credit+card

 

[LS21]

i think cash cards are better. the very most basic cash card will give you 1%, so 25,000p = 250$... pretty much good for round trip anywhere in US
25,000 miles will get you a round trip, but its locked to specific airline, and u have black out dates and taxes and redemption fee to deal with.

starwood card was good, because their points transfer to airline miles anywhere (but continental ha sreduced 2:1 ratio) but their benefits have been reduced in general