Airline Credit Cards: Know the Perks, the Points and the Pitfalls

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 14 July 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Airline-branded credit cards typically offer numerous travel benefits like points and miles. WSJ travel reporter Jacob Passy tells host J.R. Whalen why some travelers might find it’s not worth it financially to sign up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	As a city national client, you get a dedicated team of banking professionals working alongside
0:06.5	you.
0:07.5	From a relationship manager who works with you on everyday business needs to a business
0:11.4	banker who drives your goals into the future, come in to meet your team at City National
0:16.3	Bank.
0:17.3	See what personal can do for you at CNB.com.
0:27.5	Here's your money briefing for Friday, July 14.
0:30.1	I'm JR Wellen for the Wall Street Journal.
0:35.3	People often sign up for airline credit cards to get the travel perks, but behind all
0:39.3	the flashy promotions, there's some homework for consumers to do to make sure the numbers
0:43.9	work out in their favor.
0:45.4	A lot of folks accumulated a glut of points or miles depending on the program during the
0:51.4	pandemic.
0:52.4	Now obviously during the past couple years we've seen a travel boom and for that reason
0:56.8	alone airlines have opted to devalue how far a point or mile goes in many cases so that
1:03.8	they are not losing revenue.
1:05.6	We'll talk to Wall Street Journal, travel reporter Jacob Passy.
1:09.3	That's after the break.
1:22.3	As a city national client you get a dedicated team of banking professionals working alongside
1:27.0	you.
1:28.0	From a relationship manager who works with you on everyday business needs to a business
1:32.0	banker who drives your goals into the future, come in to meet your team at City National
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