10 cards ranked
Best credit card to use at Alaska Airlines.
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Alaska Airlines is the West Coast's dominant carrier and runs the Mileage Plan program, prized for its generous partner award chart and a unique stopover-on-one-way rule. Alaska tickets code as airfare on every card we track. Alaska's co-branded Visa offers a Companion Fare each year that's often the single biggest reason cardholders keep it, plus a free checked bag. General travel cards usually win on cash-equivalent earn, but the Companion Fare can outweigh that for a once-a-year long-haul booking.
- #1American Express5x points on airlinesBooked directly with airlines or through Amex Travel, up to $500,000 per calendar year6.0%5x points
- #25.0%4x points
- #3Citi Custom Cashif it’s your top categoryCiti5% on travel if it's your top eligible spend category that cycle (up to $500/month, then 1%)Automatically on your top eligible spend category each billing cycle5%
- #4American Express Business Goldif it’s your top categoryAmerican Express4x points on airlines if it's your top eligible spend category that cycle (up to $150,000/year, then 1%)Automatically on your top 2 spending categories each billing cycle from 6 eligible (airfare, U.S. advertising, U.S. gas, U.S. restaurants, U.S. computer/cloud, transit) — combined cap4.8%4x points
- #5U.S. Bank4x points on travelAlso gas stations and EV charging, up to $1,000/quarter4.0%4x points
- #64.0%4x points
- #74.0%2x points
- #83.6%3x points
- #93.6%3x points
- #10American Express3x points on airlinesFlights booked directly with airlines3.6%3x points
