RunningBum
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Flying on AA this week, they came through the cabin with an offer for a Mastercard thru Barclay Bank. $95 annual fee, but after you make one purchase (and I think pay on it), you get 50,000 miles to your account. Seems like an awfully good deal if you fly at all on AA. There are a few other benefits, like early boarding and one free bag if you book a flight using the card, and one mile per $ spent, 2 miles if it's for travel on AA.
Anyone know of any drawbacks to this card? I almost certainly wouldn't use it as a regular card. I'd use it once quickly to get the miles, then for any AA travel I'd book, and probably cancel after a year. I don't even know the interest rate, but it doesn't matter since I always pay the balance.
The only caution I see for an infrequent flyer like myself is to make sure you keep the miles from expiring, but I already have 25K that I've been able to keep active and will continue to do so.
Anyone know of any drawbacks to this card? I almost certainly wouldn't use it as a regular card. I'd use it once quickly to get the miles, then for any AA travel I'd book, and probably cancel after a year. I don't even know the interest rate, but it doesn't matter since I always pay the balance.
The only caution I see for an infrequent flyer like myself is to make sure you keep the miles from expiring, but I already have 25K that I've been able to keep active and will continue to do so.