Airline Credit Card Rewards Calculators

Use the credit card airline miles calculator to find out which cards will earn you the most airline rewards based on the spend amounts you enter. Results will consist of top-rated credit cards from our partners that are great for airline redemptions.

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Calculator Options

Personal Or Business?

Are you looking for personal (consumer) credit card or business credit cards? You can also include both in the results.

What Type of Rewards Do You Want To Earn?

This calculator can output the best credit cards for a general rewards type or compile a list of the best credit cards for earning rewards with a specific loyalty program.

Frequent Flyer Programs

Select the frequent flyer program that you want to earn rewards for. Results will include all co-branded credit cards offered by the selected airline and all credit cards partners that allow you to transfer rewards to the selected airline.

Hotel Loyalty Programs

Select the hotel loyalty program that you want to earn rewards for. Results will include all co-branded credit cards offered by the selected hotel program and all credit cards partners that allow you to transfer rewards to the selected hotel program.

Credit Card Rewards Programs

Select the credit card rewards program that you want to earn rewards for. Results will include all credit cards offered by the selected program and any other credit cards offered by partners that allow you to earn rewards with the selected program.

Other Loyalty Programs

Select the program that you want to earn rewards for. Results will include all credit cards offered by the selected program and all credit cards partners that allow you to transfer rewards to the selected program.

Include Intro Bonuses?

If set to yes, intro bonuses will be included for a card's calculation ONLY IF you have met the monthly spend criteria based on what's entered into the tool.

Do note that we do not have intro bonuses for all credit cards and we cannot calculate intro bonuses for some cards due to the complexity of some spend requirements.

Enter Your Monthly & Yearly Spend Amounts

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Options

Resets all fields in the Category Spending section for all columns. Also clears all saved spend values that carry from calculator to calculator.

Deletes all categories in the Category Spending section so you can start fresh.

Add Categories

Search for categories and click 'Add Category' to add it to the calculator. If you want to be more specific, you can specify domestic or international spend.

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About Spend Region: Some credit cards feature categories that only earn rewards when spending in a certain region. Changing this category to Domestic or International spend will calculate such for those cards, otherwise it's assumed by Default.

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Results

These estimates are to help guide you towards making the best decision when it comes to picking up a rewards credit card. They should be used for illustrative purposes only.

FAQs

What are the benefits of an airline credit card?

An airline credit card allows you to earn miles on everyday purchases. They also typically grant benefits that can save you lots of money such as free checked bags or make travel more enjoyable such as airport lounge access.

Are airline miles or hotel rewards points better?

Both are great options. Which one is best depends on whether you're looking for free flights or free nights. You can get the best of both worlds using flexible travel rewards programs.

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