Originally Posted by
Mike_D
Personally, I think so. There are some perks that easily pay for the $95 annual fee. Free checked bags on domestic flights, $100 discount on a ticket if you spend a certain amount in a year, and you get a certain amount of your spent miles back at the end of the year (not sure how much, as this is a new benefit). Plus, you get 40,000 miles just for signing up. That could be 2 tickets to MBJ, right there.
The benefits of the old US Airways MasterCard were slight better (before they switched to AA) and the annual fee was lower ($85). I miss getting the free pass to the Us Airways Club, and the $99 Companion Certificate. Although it was only good on domestic flights, the Companion Certificate would get me a $99 ticket to LAX for my wife, while I paid full price and racked up some miles for our next trip to MBJ!
Also, the AA MasterCard now has no foreign transaction fees. I almost never use a CC in Jamaica, but it's nice to have as a backup.
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