Skiing usually makes for an expensive family vacation, and some of the biggest purchases are lift tickets and lessons.
Although $35-plus daily lift tickets still exist at some smaller mountains, you can expect to spend anywhere from $100 to upward of $200 per day on lift tickets at some of the most prominent mountain resorts in the U.S. One alternative to the hefty per-day costs is a multi-mountain season pass, such as the Epic or Ikon passes, which cost $600 to $1300-plus per adult per season.
Need ski school? That runs more than $200 per day at major resorts, and private lessons are several times that amount.
Those are (very) painful numbers for most of us to swallow. The silver lining is that you can earn many points on these big-ticket winter vacations with your rewards credit cards.
So, which card is the best one for your ski trip?
Bonus categories for lift tickets and lessons
The purchases may code differently depending on how and where you buy your lift tickets and lessons. Unfortunately, you won’t know how these purchases will code until the charges are posted. But to help you make an educated guess, here are some ski purchase examples from TPG staffers and readers:
Coded as entertainment
- Epic Pass
- Mountain Collective season pass
- Liftopia lift tickets
- Breckenridge lift tickets and ski school
- Keystone lift tickets, ski school and tubing
- Heavenly ski school
- Deer Valley lessons and tickets
- Crotched Mountain lift ticket
- Telluride lift ticket
- Vail lift ticket
Coded as travel
- Whitefish Mountain advance-purchase lift tickets
- Tremblant lift tickets and rentals
- Copper Mountain season pass and day lift ticket
See what we mean by the absence of consistent purchase codes? This is harder than deciding between the Simba and Poppyfields runs at Vail.
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Overall best credit card for ski charges
Since ski lift tickets and lessons tend to code either as travel or entertainment, your safest bet is to use a card that offers a flat rewards rate. For example, the Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card awards 2 miles per dollar on all purchases.
It’s also a pretty good card for all other purchases since you’ll always earn 2 miles per dollar plus, Capital One Venture miles are transferable to Capital One’s 15-plus transfer partners.
According to TPG’s February 2025 valuation of Capital One miles at 1.85 cents each, you’re getting a solid return of 3.7% across every purchase you make with this card.
Or, you may decide to opt for your Chase Sapphire Reserve®; your ski charges may post as travel or even dining (depending on what/where you buy) and earn you 3 points per dollar spent. In this case, you could be looking at a return of 6.15% since Ultimate Rewards points are worth 2.05 cents each.
But if your ski expenses don’t charge in those categories and instead code as entertainment, you’ll earn just 1 point per dollar for every dollar spent. This happened to Summer Hull, a TPG senior director of content, with a pricey Vail ticket charged to her Sapphire Reserve.
Cards that offer bonus points on entertainment
If you know your ski charges will code as entertainment, the Capital One Savor Cash Rewards Credit Card, and the U.S. Bank Cash+® Visa Signature® Card offer bonus points on entertainment. Here is how the three cards compare:
| Card | Sign-up bonus | Rewards rates | Annual fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital One Savor Cash Rewards Credit Card | Earn a one-time $200 cash bonus after spending $500 on purchases within the first three months from account opening. |
|
$0 |
| U.S. Bank Cash+ Visa Signature Card | Earn $200 after spending $1,000 in the first 90 days of account opening. |
|
$0 |
The information for the U.S. Bank Cash+ Visa Signature Card has been collected independently by The Points Guy. The card details on this page have not been reviewed or provided by the card issuer.
Cards that offer bonus points on on-mountain meals and dining
When you spend the day skiing or boarding, you will get very hungry. Sadly, on-mountain meals often come at a pretty steep markup. But again, the small upside of higher prices is more points.
Although our results are not 100% consistent, most on-mountain dining usually codes as dining/food and drink. We have occasionally seen on-mountain meals code as general merchandise instead of dining, but for the most part, I’d use the card in your wallet that is best for dining.
This may be the American Express® Gold Card, which offers 4 points per dollar spent at restaurants (on up to $50,000 in purchases per calendar year, then 1 point per dollar after that) or the Chase Sapphire Reserve or Bilt Mastercard® (see rates and fees), with these last two each offering 3 points per dollar spent on dining. Note that Bilt cardholders must use the card five times each statement period to earn points (see rewards and benefits).
Related: The best credit cards for dining
Cards that offer bonus points on travel
If you know for sure a ski charge will post as travel (and that’s likely with bundled lodging and lift ticket packages), below are the best cards to use for that expense. Another idea to encourage your ski expenses to code as travel is to purchase your lift tickets or passes via Undercover Tourist. It doesn’t have all ski resorts available, but purchases on that site typically code as a travel charge. (We often use it for Disney, too.)
| Card | Category bonus: Travel | TPG’s February 2025 valuation | Return (based on TPG’s February 2025 valuations) | Annual fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Sapphire Reserve | 3 points per dollar | 2.05 cents | 6.15 % | $550 |
| Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card | 2 points per dollar | 2.05 cents | 4.1% | $95 |
| Bilt Mastercard | 2 points per dollar (or 4 points per dollar spent on travel purchases the first of every month, up to 1,000 bonus points per month). Cardholders must use the card 5 times each statement period to earn points (see rewards and benefits). | 2.05 cents | 4.1% (or 8.2% on the first of the month) | $0 |
| Bank of America® Premium Rewards® credit card | 2 points per dollar | 1 cent | 2 cents (up to 3.5 cents with the Bank of America Premium Rewards® program) | $95 |
Other cards that offer bonus points for everyday spending
If you aren’t sure how a ski expense will code, using a card that is strong on everyday spending isn’t the worst plan.
| Card | Category bonus: All other purchases | TPG’s February 2025 valuation | Return (based on TPG’s February 2025 valuations) | Annual fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Blue Business® Plus Credit Card from American Express | 2 points per dollar on the first $50,000 in purchases each calendar year, then 1 point per dollar after that | 2 cents | 4% | $0 (see rates and fees) |
| Bank of America Premium Rewards credit card | 1.5 points per dollar | 1 cent | 1.5% (up to 2.25% with the Bank of America Premium Rewards® program) | $95 |
| Chase Freedom Unlimited® | 1.5% cash back | 2.05 cents (if you also have a premium Ultimate Rewards card) | 3.07 cents (with a premium Ultimate Rewards card) | $0 |
Additionally, the Bilt Mastercard — a strong credit card for your travel and dining purchases — offers 2 points per dollar spent on all purchases made on the first of the month (except rent), up to 1,000 bonus points per month. This means if you time your lift ticket purchase to the first of the month, you could ultimately earn 2 points for each dollar you spend on this purchase. With Bilt Points worth 2.05 cents per point, this will give you a 4.1% return.
Related: Guide to earning points on rent, transfer bonuses, dining and more
Bottom line
We found that the Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card is the overall best credit card for ski trips, thanks to its bonus miles on all charges. However, if you make your ski trip purchase on the first of the month, then the Bilt Mastercard is also a strong contender.
Although most of our ski-related charges are coded as entertainment, your results may vary based on where you ski and where you purchase your lift tickets, ski school, etc. Plus, any necessary flights and lodging required for your ski trip will likely code as travel, so you can maximize your spending power by using a card that earns elevated reward rates in this category.
For rates and fees for the Blue Business Plus card, click here.
See Bilt Mastercard rates and fees here.
See Bilt Mastercard rewards and benefits here.
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