Debit Cards?

Micki

Level 2 Member
Hi everyone,

I am rather new to the game, less than a year. Forgive me if this question is in the wrong area.
I was wondering if anyone knew of any miles earning debit cards that are still around.
 

Matt

Administrator
Staff member
Hi Micki,

Welcome- if you aren't sure if it is in the right place then I need to work harder on organizing the forum :) You can post wherever feels 'close enough' and then I can always move the post or merge it with a similar one if that seems the best course of action.

To answer your question, there were two main debit cards for miles earning:

UFB Direct earns 1 (American Airlines) mile for every $2 spent
SunTrust earns 1 (Delta) mile for every $1 spent - though that card may no longer be available based on the thread title

Threads on both here for further discussion

http://saverocity.com/forum/threads/ufb-direct-airline-rewards-checking.250/
http://saverocity.com/forum/threads/suntrust-delta-skymiles-debit-card-no-longer-available.106/page-11#post-8280

Give them a quick read and let us know what questions you have in those threads.

There is also a Bank of Hawaii card, but it has a limit of 2500 miles per month, still could be an option to earn Hawaiian miles:

https://www.boh.com/personal/banking-products/debit-cards/bankoh-hawaiian-airlines-visa-check-card.asp
 

Micki

Level 2 Member
Thanks for your quick reply Matt! Looks like SunTrust is done (Damn) so I guess its UFB for me.
 

Matt

Administrator
Staff member
Thanks for your quick reply Matt! Looks like SunTrust is done (Damn) so I guess its UFB for me.
Always worth checking even when things say they are done. Sometimes people make mistakes when posting, sometimes they didn't make a mistake but different reps say different things on the bank side, and sometimes (I hope not here) people just deliberately lie about things no longer being available in order to keep them for themselves... the latter I haven't seen here yet, but it happens in our 'space' quite a lot.
 

Micki

Level 2 Member
Always worth checking even when things say they are done. Sometimes people make mistakes when posting, sometimes they didn't make a mistake but different reps say different things on the bank side, and sometimes (I hope not here) people just deliberately lie about things no longer being available in order to keep them for themselves... the latter I haven't seen here yet, but it happens in our 'space' quite a lot.
Wow, eye opener!
 
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