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Get the Miles & More® World Elite Mastercard® only if you fly Lufthansa from the U.S. at least once a year and can use its companion ticket, which covers a second traveler’s airfare on Lufthansa’s own flights. Otherwise, pick a card whose points transfer to several airlines, since Miles & More award tickets carry steep fuel surcharges.
Open the JetBlue Business Card if you fly JetBlue for work and check bags, since the free first bag for you and up to three companions can repay its $99 fee on one trip. If most company spending falls outside JetBlue, restaurants, and office supply stores, a 2% cash back business card earns more.
Open the JetBlue Card if you fly JetBlue occasionally with only a carry-on, since it charges no annual fee and its TrueBlue points never expire. If you check bags, choose the JetBlue Plus Card, whose free first bag saves $45 or more each way on domestic flights you buy with it and covers its $99 fee within two round trips.
Open the U.S. Bank Altitude® Connect Visa Signature® Card if you spend heavily on travel and gas. It pays 4 points per dollar on travel and on your first $1,000 of gas each quarter, and it adds four free airport lounge visits a year and a credit toward faster security screening, all with no annual fee.
Get the Bank of America® Premium Rewards® Elite Credit Card only if you’ll use its $450 a year in airline and lifestyle credits and you keep $100,000 or more with the bank and Merrill. That balance earns you at least 50% more points through the bank’s BofA Rewards program, and the credits cover all but $100 of the $550 fee.
Get the Discover it® Miles if you want a travel card that charges neither an annual fee nor a foreign transaction fee. Its first-year match doubles every mile, so everyday spending that year earns the equivalent of 3% back. If you want to move rewards to airline and hotel programs, pick a card with transfer partners.
Get the Business Advantage Travel Rewards World Mastercard® Credit Card if you travel for work and your business keeps $50,000 or more with Bank of America. Once you enroll in the bank’s Preferred Rewards for Business program, you’ll earn at least 2.25 points per $1, worth more toward travel and dining than a 2% cash back card pays.
Get The Business Platinum Card® from American Express if you fly for work often enough to use its lounges. Flights booked on AmexTravel.com earn 5 points per dollar, and 35% of the points you spend there on your chosen airline come back. Add up the business credits you’d use before applying, since the $895 fee is due either way.
Get the American Express Platinum Card® only if you fly often enough to use its airport lounges and already pay for most of what its credits cover. Most of those credits come in monthly, quarterly, or twice-yearly amounts that don’t roll over, so if collecting them means changing how you spend, a lower-fee travel card leaves you ahead.
Get the Capital One Venture Business card if your business spends steadily and you’ll redeem its miles for travel, where the 2 miles you earn per dollar are worth 2 cents. Cashed out, the miles are worth half as much, so if you’d rather have cash, a flat-rate cash back card serves you better.
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