Credit earn you redeemable miles ( miles can be used to redeem for award flights), however the miles does not qualify for million mile status such as life time gold or platinum. Flights earn you both redeemable miles (do qualify for million mile status) and elite status qualifying miles which can get you platinum or gold status which allows upgrades, priority boarding, lounge access etc.
举一个例子:
如果我是Ameirican Airlines的member,就是我有AAdvantage® Number(这个是免费,任何人都可以注册的)。然后我通过AA网站买了机票后,可以通过这个AAdvantage® Number获得miles。
同时,如果我用travel credit card 去买机票的话,我也可以通过credit card 获得miles。
那么我可以得到两份miles么?
我买一张机票,我是能获得两份miles?
You;ll earn credit cardmiles and flying miles which are computed differently.
现在绝大多数航空公司的1mile值不到2分,低于2%,不如citi double cash.