Are Bag Fees Clouding Your Summer Travel Plans?

$$ Bag fees clouding your summer? Know which credit cards will save you money on travel Economy 1st 2nd Airline $$ Network Name Annual Fee Rapid Rewards Premier $0 $0 CHASEO SOUTHWEST.COM $99 Airlines that offer first bag free. JetBlue TrueBlue jetBlue AMERICAN EXPRESS $0 $35 JetBlue Card $40 Delta SkyMiles AMERICAN DXPRESS Platinum Gold $150 $95* $450 ADELTA $25 $35 Credit cards Reserve that waive bag fee Continental OnePass $95* $395 Plus Continental Airlines Waive 2nd bag fee $25 $35 CHASEO Presidential Plus United Mileage Plus** Visa Signature Select Visa Club Visa $60" $95 $375 Credit cards UNITED $25 $35 CHASEO that do not waive bag fee AAdvantage Select / Visa Signature Gold /Visa $85* $50* $85* $50* A'A cíti $25 $35 Select / Amex Amex 3 barclaycard Virgin Elevate Visa Signature $25 $25 $0 3 barclaycard Frontier EarlyReturns Frontier MasterCard FRONTIER $20 $20 $0 or $59 USAir Dividend Miles $89 $49 Premier WORLD MasterCard E U-S AIRWAYS 3 barclaycard $25 $35 WORLD MasterCard *Fee in second year. $0 for the first year. **Waived bag fee after 7/19 merge with OnePass Join the Elite and save even more money By gaining elite status on your favorite airline, you can avoid paying baggage fees, occasionally get upgraded to business class, and relax in luxury at airport lounges. LEGEND Elite Qualifying Mile (EQM): Miles flown that count toward Flyers earn one point per segment and one mile per mile flown for each Segment (Sgt): Any leg of a flight. For example, a one-way flight counts as one segment, and roundtrip counts as two. Most airlines allow segments as an alternative to EQM/MQMS. Mileage bonus: Most airlines credit you for additional miles if you have elite status, or if you purchase higher- fare seats. A 50% bonus means that a 1,000 mile one-way flight would earn you 1,500 miles or 1.5 segments. elite status, and only some cards award airline listed below. EQM for puchases. USING YOUR CREDIT CARD HELPS GET ELITE STATUS WITH THESE AIRLINES... Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Presidential Plus: • $395 annual fee • 1,000 EQMS for every $5,000 you spend • Additional 25% mileage bonus on flights once you've reached elite status ental Airlines Silver Platinum Status Gold Qualification 25k (miles) 50k 75k Star Alliance 30 pts. 60 pts. 90 pts. W be merged with United after 12/31/11 Mileage bonus 25% 100% 100% Lounges Mileage Plus Select**: • $95 annual fee •1 EQM per $1 spent at United.com up to 5,000 per year Premier Executive UNITED Status Premier 1k Star Alliance Qualification 25k 50k 75k 30 pts. 60 pts. 90 pts. Mileage bonus 25% 100% 100% Lounges **Will be phased out by the MileagePlus Explorer AA ADELTA ... BUT NOT WITH THESE E US AIRWAYS nerdwallet