Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport is a ****ing zoo-jam packed

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by GloryDayz

I do the United Quest (Chase) card and I've been wondering about going the Capital One route and not being tied to an airline. I've be interested in hearing how it works for you in terms of gaining points, status, lounges, and ease of booking. I DON'T think United has been really awesome, but once you have status it's hard to give up, but between Capital One and, perhaps, moving over to Delta, I'm starting to see how challenging the process will be.

C1 is great for lounge access...if you frequently travel through one of the airports where they have their own. Priority Pass lounges sound nice in principle, and they do have SOME value, but with every major travel card giving Priority Pass access, those lounges are often crowded and rarely anything too exciting.

There's not a ton to get excited about in terms of status. It does comes with Hertz President's Circle status, but I personally haven't found that to be very valuable.

I do like the flexibility of the card, though. It's effectively a $0 annual fee card assuming you're willing to book travel through their portal to get the $300 credit back.

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by DaFace

C1 is great for lounge access...if you frequently travel through one of the airports where they have their own. Priority Pass lounges sound nice in principle, and they do have SOME value, but with every major travel card giving Priority Pass access, those lounges are often crowded and rarely anything too exciting.

There's not a ton to get excited about in terms of status. It does comes with Hertz President's Circle status, but I personally haven't found that to be very valuable.

I do like the flexibility of the card, though. It's effectively a $0 annual fee card assuming you're willing to book travel through their portal to get the $300 credit back.

Yeah, I looked at their lounges and they just don't seem to have too many so you're left having to either not use lounges, or use the lounge of the airline you flying, with its cost of entry. That said, I have traveled a lot in the last year, but I expect that to slow down in the coming year so keeping status with United is going to be difficult.

Thanks..