Unless you are putting 100k plus yearly on the card it just doesn't pay off.

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Jul 23, 2016
7:20:31pm

Jeffe Contributor

You can purchase airfare cheaper through other airlines. I swapped my Sky miles card out for a cash back card.

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Jeffe

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I just got a statement showing that I have accumulated 19,000 sky miles from my

DB Cooper

7/23/16 6:51pm

well, if you would stop jumping out of planes

SUAVO

7/23/16 6:53pm

Also hard to get sky miles when you are using cash for everything.

cougaman

7/23/16 7:06pm

Typically need 25k for the cheapest of free flights domestic

Thrill

7/23/16 7:00pm

That's why southwest miles are great

cheezedawg

7/23/16 7:57pm

Since you only need a partial flight - not a full one - it should work for you

Zenoch

7/23/16 7:02pm

American has 12,000 mile routes all the time

mosterlow

7/23/16 7:07pm

I have Delta card. Booked 4 roundtrip flights to Newport. 11,000 miles each.

truecoug1

7/23/16 7:20pm

Unless you are putting 100k plus yearly on the card it just doesn't pay off.

Jeffe

7/23/16 7:20pm

I fly a lot for work. They let me enter my Skymiles number each time.

truecoug1

7/23/16 7:21pm

That probably makes it worth it.

Jeffe

7/23/16 7:29pm

In the frequent flier community they're aptly named sky pesos

coug16

7/23/16 7:33pm

I am flying to Russia in a month on Skymiles

Turd Ferguson

7/23/16 8:56pm

Plus with Delta you get a free companion pass anywhere in lower 48 states.

truecoug1

7/23/16 8:59pm

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