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[Ultra Grump]

What do the airline legs have to do with your credit card? I'm missing something here.

Is it that you have (for example) an AA visa card, and the company happens to send you on AA on these cross-country airline legs, so you're counting those in your total? If so, that's misleading, since you'd get those miles regardless. I get miles on just about every airline there is, but those aren't counted in my calculations because I'll be getting those anyway.

I suppose if you were based, for example, in ATL, it'd be to your benefit to use a DAL Visa card, because chances are you'll be flying DAL and can maximize miles on one particular airline. I guess that's something else to consider when looking at which card to use. But for me, the company has sent me out on NWA, AA, DAL, Alaska, Southwest, UA and several others, I'm sure. Too many airlines flying out of my gateway. So having a particular airline's card wouldn't benefit me as much as the company card.

 

[av8orboy]

Double Dip... 16 hilton stays = 1 SWA ticket.

 

[Ultra Grump]

skip it....

Actually, it was a serious question. If I'm missing something, I'd like to know.

 

[be-400xpdriver]

]Man, what are you charging to the company?[/B] I never see that high of monthly expenditure on the road. Mostly hotels, and that doesn't come close.

Wade did say in company recurrent that one guy had bought a jet ski.

 

[MasterOfYaw]

Credit Card Points

Ultra Grump,
If you use the company card, it is used to purchase your airline tickets. Really adds up over the course of the year.

 

[Ultra Grump]

Ultra Grump,
If you use the company card, it is used to purchase your airline tickets. Really adds up over the course of the year.

Yeah, that's why I use it. I am curious how one gets 8000 points/miles in NetJets expenses per month on a personal card. If that's really possible, I'll be switching back.

 

[Diesel]

Some months I've ranged from 15,000+ points to 2,000 points. The lower it was probably because i wasn't working. I copied and pasted my statement then figured it gave a little too much info about me.

Average month is about 10,000 points. Figure 2000 points a month are the wife's.

 

[Ultra Grump]

Some months I've ranged from 15,000+ points to 2,000 points. The lower it was probably because i wasn't working. I copied and pasted my statement then figured it gave a little too much info about me.

Average month is about 10,000 points. Figure 2000 points a month are the wife's.

Thanks Diesel, but you're talking about Hhonors points, are you not? To convert those 10,000 Hhonors points to miles, you'd get 1,000 miles. Not worth it to me. Good deal if you're going for free hotel rooms, though.

 

[Diesel]

ahhh i didn't realize we were talking money vs. hotel points.

For me getting 200k of hotel points are worth it for me because it gives my wife and i the freedom to travel around europe at the expense of hilton.

Getting over there is cheap on the airlines. Spending a month in europe during the summer is not.

 

[AirBear8]

Some months I've ranged from 15,000+ points to 2,000 points. The lower it was probably because i wasn't working. I copied and pasted my statement then figured it gave a little too much info about me.

Average month is about 10,000 points. Figure 2000 points a month are the wife's.

I average over 2.0% cash back on my ALPA Mastercard. I have my latest statement in front of me. $3776.78 in new charges (big car repair bill, usually it's less than $3K). My cash back was $58.94 + $32.85 Bonus Earnings. Total for this billing period is $91.79 which works out to 2.4% cash back. Would you be better off taking the $200+/month (assuming 10K/month charges)?

AirBear

 

[Diesel]

No i wouldn't take the money.

Usually when i go over to europe the hotel is on average 200 or more a night. That would only give me 12 nights at the most basic european hotels.

I usually spend at least a month in hotels over in europe a year on vacation and hanging with family.

For my situation it works out the best to get as many points as possible with hilton.

But i think the difference is you are looking at 10k a month in charges. I get 10,000 honors points on about 3,500.00 a month.

 

[IH8UserNames]

Alright which card has it?

Well I'll be starting soon with NJ, so all this advice has been educational. I plan on traveling twice a year on Delta...international. As for hotels, I would like to have the opportunity to spend a week or so per year at some exotic resort. What type of rewards program should I sign up for? What kind of travel rewards would the company CC give me? Thanks for the advice.

 

[AirBear8]

For 2 International flights you're going to need lots of miles. It'll be close on hotels if you don't use the Hilton Amex card but you really need all the miles you can get. I'd use the company Credit Card since they put your airline tickets on it. You'll get 40k points/miles per year with no problem that can be used on Delta or any other airline. When you join the Hilton HHonors program select 500 miles on Delta per stay as your option AFTER you're out of training. This is because 30 days in the CMH Embassy Suites counts as 1 stay. Use the double points option while in training then change to 500 airline miles before IOE starts. FYI, I've gotten around 20,000 miles on US Airways in 6 months just from the 500 miles per stay at a Hilton (100 miles at Hampton Inns). I also have my Holiday Inn/Crown Plaza rewards program putting miles into US Airways rather than free rooms. The amount varies depending on what you paid for the room.

Between the Company Card, actual miles on Delta (11,000 for me in 6 months and I'm CLT based) and the hotel miles you should get enough for what you want to do. Hilton points will be close, you might wind up having to buy a few nights but's that's better than paying for an International ticket. Another way to get Delta miles is get their Visa/MC Credit Card and put all your personal charges on that. Also, keep in mind any flying on NorthWest can be added to your Delta FF program. I did that a couple of months ago and got 1000 miles. Didn't even know I could do that until my Captain told me. The NWA ticket agent changed it for me. I almost never fly NWA so those would have been wasted miles.

AirBear

Well I'll be starting soon with NJ, so all this advice has been educational. I plan on traveling twice a year on Delta...international. As for hotels, I would like to have the opportunity to spend a week or so per year at some exotic resort. What type of rewards program should I sign up for? What kind of travel rewards would the company CC give me? Thanks for the advice.

 

[jtf]

Does the 40,000 points/ dollars on the company card count per year as a max or does it go up and down (with 40,000 as the max at any one time) when you are redeaming miles for free airline tickets? I've heard both and don't know what to believe. Also- can you only put your company airline tickets on your company card and not on the Honors card or can you put your company travel tickets onto any card you want?

 

[Guitar Guy]

Also- can you only put your company airline tickets on your company card and not on the Honors card or can you put your company travel tickets onto any card you want?

The company books and pays for airline tickets on their own account, so you won't pay on your own card. I suppose it's possible that someone could have to purchase a last-minute ticket on their own card, but I've not experienced that.

 

[widespreadpanic]

Ok, I am a little confused. In the application it says to get a credit card or you can use a company card. From the posts on this thread it seems that some people use both. Is that the case or what?

WP

 

[Diesel]

some people use their personal card.... me included... i can float the nut for month

some people use the company cc.

It's a whole different game now that both are direct deposited.

 

[Nixon]

What expenses are paid with the company card (or out of pocket, and reimbursed)?

 

[Diesel]

all. As long as you have a receipt.

 

[Nixon]

So, when you stay at a hotel, is that direct-billed to the company, or do you pay with a credit card?