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<li>'''A few Amex cards provide free access to Boingo Wi-Fi hotspots'''. You can connect to over a million hotspots around the world, without having to pay the normal monthly, daily, or hourly fees. This is a great way to get Wi-Fi access at many airports, hotels, and other public places. This benefit is available with the Amex-issued Marriott Bonvoy cards. It has been a benefit of the Amex Platinum card, but cardholders of the personal version can no longer sign up, and their coverage will end at the end of the year. [http://www.boingo.com/retail/ Boingo website].</li> | <li>'''A few Amex cards provide free access to Boingo Wi-Fi hotspots'''. You can connect to over a million hotspots around the world, without having to pay the normal monthly, daily, or hourly fees. This is a great way to get Wi-Fi access at many airports, hotels, and other public places. This benefit is available with the Amex-issued Marriott Bonvoy cards. It has been a benefit of the Amex Platinum card, but cardholders of the personal version can no longer sign up, and their coverage will end at the end of the year. [http://www.boingo.com/retail/ Boingo website].</li> | ||
| − | <li>'''Free Gogo inflight wireless passes'''. Gogo provides Wi-Fi services on many airplanes, including most flights on Alaska, American | + | <li>'''Free Gogo inflight wireless passes'''. Gogo provides Wi-Fi services on many airplanes, including most flights on Delta and Alaska, and some flights on American and United. A few credit cards will give you free passes every year. [//www.gogoair.com/for-travelers Gogo website].</li> |
Your passes are added to a GoGo account. Since you can't use more than one pass from the same account on the same flight, if you want family members or other travelling companions to be able to access your passes, set up different accounts for different cards. | Your passes are added to a GoGo account. Since you can't use more than one pass from the same account on the same flight, if you want family members or other travelling companions to be able to access your passes, set up different accounts for different cards. | ||
Revision as of 17:59, 11 October 2019
Several credit cards provide free access to inflight WiFi and/or global hotspot networks.
- A few Amex cards provide free access to Boingo Wi-Fi hotspots. You can connect to over a million hotspots around the world, without having to pay the normal monthly, daily, or hourly fees. This is a great way to get Wi-Fi access at many airports, hotels, and other public places. This benefit is available with the Amex-issued Marriott Bonvoy cards. It has been a benefit of the Amex Platinum card, but cardholders of the personal version can no longer sign up, and their coverage will end at the end of the year. Boingo website.
- Free Gogo inflight wireless passes. Gogo provides Wi-Fi services on many airplanes, including most flights on Delta and Alaska, and some flights on American and United. A few credit cards will give you free passes every year. Gogo website.
- Get higher speed Wi-Fi with some hotel credit cards. All members of the hotel's loyalty program usually get free Wi-Fi during their stays. But, with the automatic elite status that you can get with some hotel credit cards, you can get free access to a higher-speed Wi-Fi option, when you stay at that hotel.
Your passes are added to a GoGo account. Since you can't use more than one pass from the same account on the same flight, if you want family members or other travelling companions to be able to access your passes, set up different accounts for different cards.
For many of these cards, your GoGo passes won't expire until one year after you add them to your account. So, you can extend their expiration by waiting until shortly before you need to use them, or activate them just before the end of the year.
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The U.S. Bank FlexPerks Visa Signature Card comes with 12 Gogo passes, and only costs $49/year (waived first year). | |
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The U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve Card comes with 12 GoGo passes, along with great reward rates on digital wallet purchases and a number of other benefits. It has a $400 annual fee, but an automatic $325 travel credit brings the effective annual fee to $75. | |
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The American Express Business Platinum Card offers 10 passes, but this card has a high annual fee. Nevertheless, many people choose to get it anyway, for its collection of great benefits. Authorized cardholders get their own set of passes (along with other benefits), but it costs $300 per year to add them to the account. Which Premium Reward Card is Right for You? | |
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The City National Bank Visa Infinite Card includes 12 passes, but also has a high annual fee, and is difficult to get. Separate sets of passes are available for authorized card holders (who can be added without any additional cost). | |
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The UBS Infinite Card includes 12 passes. Unfortunately, its $495 annual fee is offset by a hard to use airline incidental credit, and your credit card account generally can't be managed online. | |
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The Discover It Miles card gives you a $30 credit towards inflight wireless, every year, which is applied automatically when you use the card to pay for access. |
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