Miles and More, the frequent flyer program of 12 European airlines, including Lufthansa, Austrian, Swiss and others, has partnered with Barclays to launch a new credit card for US consumers. The new card comes in a couple of different versions: The Premier Miles & More World MasterCard and the Miles & More World MasterCard. Each card has a number of attractive features, including the following:
|
Premier Miles & More World MasterCard |
Miles & More World MasterCard |
| Welcome Bonus |
20,000 miles after first purchase |
15,000 miles after first purchase |
| Balance Transfer Bonus |
1 mile for each $1 of BT during the first 60 days up to 15,000 miles |
1 mile for each $1 of BT during the first 60 days up to 10,000 miles |
| Partner Bonus |
2 miles on ticket purchases with Miles & More integrated airline partners** |
N/A |
| Annual Fee |
$79** |
$59** |
In addition, both cards have the following benefits:
- Earn 1 mile per dollar on all purchases**
- Annual Companion Ticket**
- No mileage expiration**
- Annual fee waived for Senator and HON Circle Members**
- Reduced rate foreign-exchange fee (1%)
Both cards also come with an intro balance transfer rate of 0% for 6 months. The associated BT fee is 3% with a min of $5 and a max of $50. This means that those with elite status can potentially earn 35,000 bonus miles with a 0% balance transfer of $15,000, without paying an annual fee.
For more information, see www.barclaycardus.com/milesandmore/.
It appears I jumped the gun and made a post yesterday (which I have since removed) about a new Priceline Visa deal which offered up to $100 as a signup bonus: 5,000 points after your first purchase and another 5,000 points after spending $1,000 within 90 days of opening your account. This, in theory, represented an improvement over what has been offered in the past. What somehow slipped past me, however, was the fact that this new offer earns 5 points per dollar spent on Priceline.com purchases, but only 1 point per dollar spent on everything else.
