Best Credit Cards for Airlines

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Cards

Points
11x Fee: $695
United Airlines

Applies to eligible United flights: 6x on the Primary Cardmember's fare as a MileagePlus member plus 5x from the card. All other eligible United purchases earn 5x. Mileage earning differs for Basic Economy tickets.

Points
10x Fee: $350
United Airlines

Applies to eligible United flights: 6x on the Primary Cardmember's fare as a MileagePlus member plus 4x from the card. All other eligible United purchases earn 4x. Mileage earning differs for Basic Economy tickets.

Points
9x Fee: $150
United Airlines

Applies to eligible United flights: 6x on the Primary Cardmember's fare as a MileagePlus member plus 3x from the card. All other eligible United purchases earn 3x. Mileage earning differs for Basic Economy tickets.

Points
8x Fee: $150
United Airlines

Applies to eligible United flights: 6x on the Primary Cardmember's fare as a MileagePlus member plus 2x from the card. All other eligible United purchases earn 2x. Mileage earning differs for Basic Economy tickets.

Points
8x Fee: $695
United Airlines

Applies to eligible United flights: 6x on the Primary Cardmember's fare as a MileagePlus member plus 2x from the card. All other eligible United purchases earn 2x. Mileage earning differs for Basic Economy tickets.

Points
8x Fee: $795
Chase Travel

Earn 8x points on flights booked through Chase Travel, including The Edit.

Points
8x Fee: $795
Chase Travel

Earn 8x points on flights booked through Chase Travel, including The Edit.

Hilton Honors Aspire American Express
Points
7x Fee: $550

Earn 7x points on airfare on scheduled flights charged directly with passenger airlines or AmexTravel.com. Charter flights and private jet flights are excluded.

JetBlue Plus Barclays
Points
6x Fee: $99
JetBlue

Earn 6X TrueBlue points per dollar on all eligible JetBlue purchases

Points
6x Fee: $595
Citi Travel

Earn 6 points per $1 spent on air travel booked through cititravel.com

Points
5x Fee: $0
Chase Travel

Earn 5% cash back on flights booked through Chase Travel.

Points
5x Fee: $0
United Airlines

Applies to eligible United flights: 3x on the Primary Cardmember's fare as a MileagePlus member plus 2x from the card. After spending $10,000 in a calendar year, the member-fare portion rises to 6x (8x total). All other eligible United purchases earn 2x. Mileage earning differs for Basic Economy tickets.

Cash+ U.S. Bank
Cash back
5% Fee: $0
U.S. Bank Travel Center

5% cash back on prepaid air bookings through U.S. Bank Travel Center

Robinhood Gold Coastal Community Bank
Points
5x Fee: $0
Robinhood Travel

5x points when booking flights through Robinhood Travel portal. Points redeem at $0.01 each for cash deposit to Robinhood brokerage account.

Venture X Capital One
Points
5x Fee: $395
Capital One Travel

Earn 5x miles on flights booked through Capital One Travel

Venture X Business Capital One
Points
5x Fee: $395
Capital One Travel

Earn 5x miles on flights booked through Capital One Travel

Altitude Reserve U.S. Bank
Points
5x Fee: $400
U.S. Bank Travel Center

Effective December 15, 2025

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