Anyone have any positive and negative information on Southwest, United, US Airways etc....

You may want to try bankrate.com or lowermybills.com. They can give you better answers than I.

the continental one pass credit card. you will earn points for your milage for every two dollars that you spent.

I actually like United's program. I thought it was pretty easy to redeem the miles and I got a catalog of stuff that i can buy with my miles. Many airlines like United and American have saver awards where you dont need a lot to get a ticket. Also, if you get a United credit card and you use it sometimes (meaning you dont close it or just let it sit in your wallet) your miles never goes away. You will accumulate miles when you use the card and the miles that you have accumulated so far never expires. There is an annual fee of 60 dollars.

Overall, i think the United credit card is pretty good and I think its something you should consider (along with the miles card from Capitol One) Just stay away from any American Express miles cards. I've heard that it is impossible to redeem with them and American express isnt accepted in many places (unlike visa...which is thing on Capitol One and United)

credit cards are evil.

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I have the GM card where I earn dollars to purchase a new GM CAR I'm up to 2000 Dollars, but in recent years they started to expire OLD Earnings which pisses me off, if they didn't start doing that I might be up to 10,000 Dollars! So I guess they may look good in the beginning and remember the interest fees aren't very competitive, they are usually high

They're all essentially the same. The key is selecting an airline where you will actually be able to redeem the miles--- for example if you live in Dallas, you should get an AA card because AA really dominates the DFW airport and all the other airlines are a lot more limited in service from DFW. Charlotte is a big USAir hub, and Atlanta is a huge Delta hub--- if you live in Atlanta, it's really easy to get a Delta flight to pretty much anywhere but getting a USAir flight is a lot harder. So an equal number of USAir miles and Delta miles won't be "worth" the same priveleges if you live in Atlanta. The Delta miles will give you more choices.

Keep in mind that you're going to have to spend between $20k and $50k on that card before you can get a free flight--- most airlines give you a bonus of 10,000-20,000 miles on your first purchase and a mile per dollar after that, but you will need 50,000 miles for a free round-trip domestic ticket. You *may* find some round-trips on each airline for less but they are the exception and not the rule-- if you want to redeem with no blackout dates (you go on the day and time that you want to go instead of when the airline has a "freebie" seat) then you will need to spend the higher point value.

Also most of these credit cards have an annual fee of $50-125 depending on the credit card company, and a higher interest rate. If you are paying the card off in full every month, then it might be worth it but if you're not paying the card off, you're going to spend more on interest and fees than your free ticket is worth. Check the fine print, too-- many offer you "teaser" rates when you sign up but if you go over your credit limit or are even one day late on one payment, you'll see your 8.9% rate jump all the way up to 20.9% or more!

I'm very happy with my United card!!!

I can earn tons of miles in many different ways...hotels, cars, groceries...

But then again, it's only useful because I live by a United hub. Good luck with the search.