Travel Credit Cards

Travel reward credit cards give airline mile (or other travel-related) rewards to cardholders for making purchases with the card. Typically, a cardholder accumulates "points" based on the dollar amount of his/her purchases with the credit card over a period of time. Once a predetermined point level is reached, the cardholder can then redeem the points for airline travel (much like frequent flyer miles) or other travel-related rewards.

Each travel reward credit card is a bit different, so be sure to read the terms and conditions to find out how many airline miles (or reward points) you gain for every dollar in purchases, how many airline miles (or points) you need to accumulate before you qualify for a free airline ticket (or other rewards), whether or not airline miles (or points) expire in time (if not used in a specified amount of time), etc.

Many credit cards that give travel rewards come with an annual fee, so be sure to read the terms and conditions.