Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Free Travel Miles from Your Credit Card

Credits cards are very convenience for everyday purchase usage. This makes lots of people in United States to get the services offered by credit cards, as it’s also offers more security, flexibility and manageability.

People don’t have to walk down the streets carrying lots of cash when they go to an appliances store to buy things that cost thousands of dollars. They just have to bring along their credit cards.

By proper management of credit cards finances, people can buy the necessary things they need now and pay off the balance in installment in the short term. But of course, there will be some interest charged in financing their purchases.

As the users of credit cards increase, credit cards companies now offers reward points in the form of air travel miles. When a card user makes regular purchases, an equivalent point in the form of air travel mile is awarded for every dollar spent. Awarding of points may vary depending on the items they buy, the special features of their credit cards.

The air travel mile points accumulated over credit use doesn’t necessarily equal to the actual miles require to make the travel. Usually depends on the destination, the card company offering the travel programs and the airline companies that the credit card companies are working with. People can obtain this information from the credit card company’s hotline numbers, their consumer websites or from their promotional brochures sent to their customers.

By opts to redeem the accumulated points into travel miles, a frequent traveler can benefit lot from the usage of his credit card. They can redeem their points for travel promotions of their card companies or use those air travel mile in a planned vacation in the future.

The credit card holders just need to monitor their accumulated points in order to determine how many more points they will need in order to get the vacation they’ve planned or even they can use the points as an additional help in purchasing tickets for sudden travel plans.