Airline Credit Cards SUCK | Stanford & Berkeley Students Discuss Travel | Credit Card BS Ep. 8

📱Free Award Travel Discord Group:   / discord   💳Our Favorite Credit Cards: https://beacons.ai/creditcardbs (Referral Links) (Using our links greatly helps support the podcast!) There are a lot of credit cards on the market, some good and some awful. Today we are going to disucuss why in our view airline credit cards often provide little benefit compared to their hotel credit card counter parts. Most airline credit cards charge a $95-$500 annual fee but provide benefits that are tough to use unless you either fly a large amount on the specific airline or spend a ton of money. For most people, hotel credit cards make much more sense to focus on given that their benefits can save you money even after just 1 or 2 nights in a hotel. 00:00 Intro 00:52 Airline cards are a trap 03:26 Airline cards aren't "keepers" 05:23 Free checked bag worth it? 07:47 Airline cards offer poor return on spend 08:26 Transferrable points are better 12:33 Hard to get outsized value with miles for domestic travel 16:55 Airline cards with lounge access 20:06 When it makes sense to get airline cards 20:19 Getting airline cards for the bonus 21:24 Getting airline cards to earn status 23:47 Airline Keeper Card: Southwest Priority 27:25 Airline Keeper Card: Southwest Performance Business 30:33 Airline Keeper Card: United Quest 32:52 Shaun's Strategy for Domestic Flights 34:17 Sherwin's Strategy for Domestic Flights 37:02 Airline cards don't come with the best travel protections 39:48 Outro