This post is to update my review of the United MileagePlus Quest card. This card exists are part of the series of comparisons of the major US airlines’ credit cards. This card is United Airlines’ upper-middle card, offering enhanced perks without the annual fee of a Club card. This card competes with the Delta PlatinumContinue reading “United MileagePlus Quest Card (2025 update!)”
Category Archives: Chase
Chase Sapphire Reserve: 2025 updates!
It’s officially time to revisit the Chase Sapphire Reserve. June 2025 brought with it a huge update to this card, and a massive increase in the annual fee from $550 to $795. There’s a strong and continuing trend of credit card issuers to increase annual fees while offering more credits to offset those fees. NoContinue reading “Chase Sapphire Reserve: 2025 updates!”
The United Gateway Card (Outdated 2024 version)
Next in the series of comparisons of the major US airlines’ credit cards comes the United Gateway Card. This card sits at the lower end of United’s credit card line-up, offering minimal perks but no annual fee. This card competes with the Delta Blue Card and the American MileUp Card. I imagine this card primarilyContinue reading “The United Gateway Card (Outdated 2024 version)”
United MileagePlus Explorer Card (outdated 2024 edition)
In this post, I’m going to give everyone an updated look at the United MileagePlus Explorer card. This card sits as a middle card, offering entry-level perks without a high annual fee. This card competes with the Delta Gold Card, the American Aviator Red Card, and the American AAdvantage Platinum Card. Historically, I’ve seen byContinue reading “United MileagePlus Explorer Card (outdated 2024 edition)”
United MileagePlus Quest Card (2024 outdated edition)
Next in the series of comparisons of the major US airlines’ credit cards comes the United MileagePlus Quest card. This card sits as an upper-middle card, offering enhanced perks without the annual fee of a Club card. This card competes with the Delta Platinum Card and the discontinued American Aviator Silver Card. This card hasContinue reading “United MileagePlus Quest Card (2024 outdated edition)”
United MileagePlus Club Infinite Card (outdated 2024 version)
Following up on the series of comparisons of the major US airlines’ credit cards, we’re jumping to the final airline’s top-tier card: The MileagePlus Club Card. This card competes with the Delta Reserve Card and the American Executive Card. Starting in 2025, this card will offer the best earnings for United status based on credit cardContinue reading “United MileagePlus Club Infinite Card (outdated 2024 version)”
Airline Credit Cards Updated Comparison: mid annual-fee versions (2024 edition)
The next step up from the entry-level cards is the mid-tier cards. These cards have fees that range from $199 to $350. Amex just revamped the Delta Platinum Card and raised its fee to $350, which is noticeably higher than the competitors’ cards. The main competitors card is United’s Quest card from Chase ($250). AmericanContinue reading “Airline Credit Cards Updated Comparison: mid annual-fee versions (2024 edition)”
Airline Credit Cards Updated Comparison: low annual-fee versions
Now that we’ve gone through the free airline cards again, it’s time for the mid-level cards, those with an annual fee of around $100. Like last time, I’m going to ignore one American Airlines card, which is the Aviator Blue card. This card has a reduced $49 annual fee, and so doesn’t quite match theseContinue reading “Airline Credit Cards Updated Comparison: low annual-fee versions”
Airline Credit Cards Updated Comparison: free versions
It’s been a while since I did a credit card post, so I decided to go through and update the rankings for the US legacy carriers’ cards. I did the club card edition when American completely revamped its club card, and in that update, I also changed how the scoring system worked, so I’m goingContinue reading “Airline Credit Cards Updated Comparison: free versions”
Airline co-branded cards: top-tier club cards: updated!
This post is an update on a post from a year ago covering top-tier airline credit cards. All three airlines have changed how these cards earn status qualification metrics since that post in 2022, but specifically, Citi/American has thoroughly updated its AAdvantage Executive card, so I wanted to redo this comparison before doing deep divesContinue reading “Airline co-branded cards: top-tier club cards: updated!”
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