That's a good plan if you have something in mind you want to get. I don't like the cabels card (I do have one) because you're limited to just cabelas. I like the cash back for the ability to use it anywhere.

Here is another example why I like the AA Visa card, and the mileage plan that comes with it.

I'm using probably the most expensive AA route as an example: Seattle to Adak (other flight origin cities to Adak really aren't much more expensive than flights originating out of Seattle).

I'm looking at fares about a month out; say you want to do a caribou hunt.

Full round trip fare is $1,424.


Full round trip using miles is 25,000 miles.


It gets even better though. Let's say you've used up all your miles but you want to take advantage of the mileage tickets. You can go into your mileage account and buy miles for $27.50 per thousand miles. So 25K times $27.50 is $687.50. That is half price of booking the regular fare. It gets even better, every couple of months you will get an email offering a sale on miles giving you 40% more miles when you buy at the $27.50 per 1000 miles.

So if you play it smart you can get a $1,400 ticket for about $500 or so.

I have figured out how to game this system, anyone can do it, it's actually pretty easy. This is how I can afford to travel back and forth between Alaska and Seattle 6-8 times a year.

I forgot to mention; but I also have an AA Vusa Business card, so I get two $99 companion tickets per year.

Cabela’s cards are Master cards like any other MC it’s good about anyplace not just at a Cabela’s.