Best Credit Card For United Miles

Get a list of the best credit cards for earning United Miles with United Airlines based on your monthly spend across different categories.

If you're looking to maximize your United Miles, you'll want to consider United's several credit cards and Chase's Ultimate Rewards credit cards which earns Ultimate Rewards Points that transfers to United at a 1:1 ratio.

There are many hotel rewards programs that also allow you to transfer your earned rewards to United which isn't the best for earning lots of miles, but can be useful if you need to top off your account and is typically the better option over buying United Miles.

Best Credit Card Calculator

This calculator will give you a list of the best credit cards for earning United Miles based on your monthly, yearly, or quarterly spend across different categories. Results will include credit cards that earn United Miles directly and credit cards that earn rewards that are transferable to your United MileagePlus account.

Credit Card Search Types

Best Cards By Estimated Return - Get a list of credit cards that gives you the best return. This is based on spend, currency value, annual credits, and annual fees.

Best Cards By Total Points - Get a list of credit cards that earns you the most points/miles based on spend. Currency value, annual credits, and annual fees are not factored into this search. Great for those who get waived fees (i.e. military).

After your results are displayed, I recommend clicking on a card's Rewards Calculator. This allows you to come up with a more accurate number by adjusting the cash value of perk, being able to calculate spend bonuses & other savings, add in sign up bonuses, toggle annual fees and authorized user fees, and much more. You'll also be able to compare the results side by side any credit card featured on the site!

Click on Rewards Calculator to compare credit cards side by side based on spend, benefits, and fees. You can also change any credit card to reflect transfer partner ratios (when applicable).
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Enter your spend per month, year, or quarter for the listed categories. You can click Add/Remove Categories to adjust the listed categories. You can hit Calculate to calculate the results of your spend against all cards in the database.

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You can input how much you value the currency per cent and the results will give you the estimate return based on spend, value, annual credits, and annual fees. This field has no effect on the Best Cards By Total Points search.
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The type of card such as co-branded airline cards, hotel cards, cruise line cards, and bank rewards cards. [Populates After Search]

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Toggle switch for displaying personal and business cards. Mixed/Combos are pairs of 2 or more cards that are featured on the site. They can consist of a mix of personal and business cards.

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The range of fees you're willing to pay to wield such cards.

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The percentage of fees you'll pay on the dollar (or local currency) when you use the card outside of it's region.
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Do note that results may take a few seconds to generate after doing a search. For more accurate results, I recommend using the Rewards Calculator. Some credit cards may appear in this list more than once if there's more than one path to transferring rewards. Credit cards with negative returns may also appear in this list, but be sure to consider the perks of the card before canceling it out as an option!
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Page Last Updated: 2020-04-03
Article By: Robert Flowers III
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