southwest vs united mileage plus?

[Anonymous]

I'm looking for my second airline credit card. I have the us airways and people say it's good to use it to travel domestically. Should my next card be a chase southwest or united milesage plus if I plan to use it both domestically and internationally? Which has large fuel surcharges?

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I'm looking for my second airline credit card. I have the us airways and people say it's good to use it to travel domestically. Should my next card be a chase southwest or united milesage plus if I plan to use it both domestically and internationally? Which has large fuel surcharges?

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Don't get Southwest. There are changes coming to their miles program that is going to make them more difficult to use. I'm not a big fan of airline specific cards, with US Airways (for the bonus miles) and United (for the club passes) being the only two I recommend.

Instead of an airline specific card, have you thought about Chase Sapphire Preferred? If you aren't interested in that one, I say go for Capital One Venture or United,.

[bigbang91]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I'm looking for my second airline credit card. I have the us airways and people say it's good to use it to travel domestically. Should my next card be a chase southwest or united milesage plus if I plan to use it both domestically and internationally? Which has large fuel surcharges?

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You should app for citi aa platinum, together with ur Usairways miles which soon be converted to aa miles, you will have 100k points to spend. Another  sugesstion is Chase BA, good redemption value for short haul domestic, aa/us airways  flights within US and to asia, within Australia, just not good to Europe due to high fuel surcharge. 

[Anonymous]

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@bigbang91 wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:

I'm looking for my second airline credit card. I have the us airways and people say it's good to use it to travel domestically. Should my next card be a chase southwest or united milesage plus if I plan to use it both domestically and internationally? Which has large fuel surcharges?

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You should app for citi aa platinum, together with ur Usairways miles which soon be converted to aa miles, you will have 100k points to spend. Another  sugesstion is Chase BA, good redemption value for short haul domestic, aa/us airways  flights within US and to asia, within Australia, just not good to Europe due to high fuel surcharge. 

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I actually disagree on getting the Citi AA card. Its features are going to be exactly the same as the soon to be converted AA Aviator cards.

[visorboy1974]

If it's between Southwest and United, go with United.  Southwest flies an extremely limited Int'l route to Mexico/Caribbean while United has a pretty extensive Int'l routing.

[bigblue7722]

I would not get either card at the moment. Wait for a better sign up bonus. The US air card is the best deal out there. You just missed the southwest bonus. The united bonus was in aug of last year, my guess is that it will happen around the same time this year. 

[visorboy1974]

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@bigblue7722 wrote:

I would not get either card at the moment. Wait for a better sign up bonus. The US air card is the best deal out there. You just missed the southwest bonus. The united bonus was in aug of last year, my guess is that it will happen around the same time this year. 

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If there's a local Chase branch for the OP, they can apply at the branch and ask for the 50K offer.  Chase will honor it.  

[bigbang91]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@bigbang91 wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:

I'm looking for my second airline credit card. I have the us airways and people say it's good to use it to travel domestically. Should my next card be a chase southwest or united milesage plus if I plan to use it both domestically and internationally? Which has large fuel surcharges?

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You should app for citi aa platinum, together with ur Usairways miles which soon be converted to aa miles, you will have 100k points to spend. Another  sugesstion is Chase BA, good redemption value for short haul domestic, aa/us airways  flights within US and to asia, within Australia, just not good to Europe due to high fuel surcharge. 

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I actually disagree on getting the Citi AA card. Its features are going to be exactly the same as the soon to be converted AA Aviator cards.

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I know,i advise OP apply for the points,AF fee waive for 1st year anw?He can convert it to another no AF card when the AF hit.

[Open123]

Currently, neither.  

Unless you can find links to the 50K offers, neither is worth applying for with only a 25k or 30K bonus.  Presently, you're better off with US Air 50K + Citi AA 50K to combine 100K when the two programs merge in Q2.

Good luck!

[Anonymous]

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@Open123 wrote:

Currently, neither.  

Unless you can find links to the 50K offers, neither is worth applying for with only a 25k or 30K bonus.  Presently, you're better off with US Air 50K + Citi AA 50K to combine 100K when the two programs merge in Q2.

Good luck!

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The 50K offer for United is pretty easy to find.  I'm pretty sure as long as you are a United Mileage member, 1) you'll get bombarded with mailers for the 50K and 2) it's available online after you sign into your account.  The recommendation for the Citi and Barclays cards is a good one.  Unique opportunity to get 100K miles for very little spend.