An Airline credit card is simply a credit card that works in conjunction with an airline miles program. These
cards are very handy to have. If you sign up for an airline mileage program, you'll usually receive information about offers for airline credit cards that work with your particular mileage program. Every major airline has an airline credit card associated with it that you can obtain to help you rack up miles.
Airline credit cards basically work by giving you a certain amount of miles from purchases you make with the card. A lot of credit cards offer small bonuses to encourage you to use them, such as cash back or points to use with certain stores, and airline credit cards are just like these except the reward is miles. If you get enough miles you can cash in on a free ticket, so its not such a bad bonus at all. It’s better than nothing, at least!
While you never really get a lot of miles using an airline credit card with any one-time purchase, they do tend to add up and before you know it you’re well on your way to a free ticket. Most of the miles I get come from taking actual flights, but when I buy my tickets using an airline credit card it I get added free more miles.
If you do any amount of air travel on a regular basis, it’s definitely worth looking into getting an airline credit card. I take around three flights a year, and combined with all my purchases on my airline credit card I wind up with a free ticket about once a year.
Which airline credit card you get is of course up to you, and should coincide with whatever airline you think you’d use the most often. Personally, I like the airline credit cards that work with the American Airlines AAdvantage program. American Airlines is a good all around airline, and while it isn’t my favorite in terms of service it has flights to and from just about every I’d need to go.
Whatever bank you use probably has airline credit cards available for you to sign up for from them. They’re also advertised all over the web, so its easy to find a way to sign up for one. The important thing here is to make sure it’s an airline that has flights going to areas that you’ll want to go.