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I was just accepted for a Capital One Ultra Visa
Earn 1 point or 1% cash back when spending $1.00 - $19,999.00
1.25 points or 1.25% cash back when spending $20,000.00 - $39,999.00
3 points or 3% cash back when spending $40,000.00 - $49,999.00
1.25 points or 1.25% cash back when spending anything over $50.000
No annual fee
No seat restrictions
Choose most airlines
Find your best fare
Earn fights for as low as 9,000 points
Now for the same spending I use to do to get a flight for my wife and my winter vacation we will get an additional $250.00 to spend (or take along the kid... not!)
This is better than MBNA's NEA card that use to give you flight in a zone for 10,000 points. Unless I am missing something, this is the best deal I have seen in a long time
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Do you have a link?
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I think it was discussed there already and determined to be not worth it (if it's miles you are after). Although the min of 9K pts for an award is low, it's almost impossible to get a ticket at the specific date / you want. Not nearly as flexible as if you were booking a regular award ticket.
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Unless you're planning a winter vacation in Minneapolis and you're departing from someplace as close as Detroit or Chicago, you won't have much luck getting a ticket under their price cap. Florida? Arizona? San Diego? San Juan? Fugghedaboutit.
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This is the Capital One, Go Miles, Ultra card
You can fly most airlines, anytime
No blackout dates
No seat restrictions
No advance purchase
No Saturday Night stay required
You can search and buy the tickets anywhere including off the web and last
minute deal (pay with your Capital one card they will credit your card
after your flight posts on your statement you have to call and ask them to
do this)
points can be redeemed for cash
spend only the points you need for the cheapest fare you can find
Any $100 ticket to anywhere 9,000 mile
$150 13,500
$200 18,000
$250 22,500
$300 27,000
$350 31,500
$400 36,000 etc.
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This is the Capital One, Go Miles, Ultra card
You can fly most airlines, anytime
No blackout dates
No seat restrictions
No advance purchase
No Saturday Night stay required
You can search and buy the tickets anywhere including off the web and last
minute deal (pay with your Capital one card they will credit your card
after your flight posts on your statement you have to call and ask them to
do this)
points can be redeemed for cash
spend only the points you need for the cheapest fare you can find
Any $100 ticket to anywhere 9,000 mile
$150 13,500
$200 18,000
$250 22,500
$300 27,000
$350 31,500
$400 36,000 etc.
Hi. Thanks for the info. I have been happy with First USA and now BankOne. I just got two tickets to Hawaii on United for January. BankOne uses a travel agency and you get to determine the air carrier, specific flights etc. The only limitation is that they will pay up to $600 for a Hawaii ticket. We found tickets for $622 so we just paid the extra $22 each. Best of all since this is a purchased ticket, we get the frequent flier miles...
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I didn't see anything about more than 1% cash back on the web site. Where did that information come from?
QL
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I didn't see anything about more than 1% cash back on the web site. Where did that information come from?
QL
with Bank One you get to choose your own rewards. Look up travel rewards
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Hi. Thanks for the info. I have been happy with First USA and now BankOne. I just got two tickets to Hawaii on United for January. BankOne uses a travel agency and you get to determine the air carrier, specific flights etc. The only limitation is that they will pay up to $600 for a Hawaii ticket. We found tickets for $622 so we just paid the extra $22 each. Best of all since this is a purchased ticket, we get the frequent flier miles...
How many points do you need (at I assume $1=1pt) to get a domestic ticket and what is the dollar cap?
I have orbitz card and with 20,000 points you get up to $400 ticket, but, if the ticket goes over $400 you can't use the points and pay the difference. That's the only thing I don't like about it.... I would rather pay for F then take the $400 as a discount to the F fare.