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Frequent Miler on the Air

Earn miles without flying. Frequent Miler is all about getting the most out of the loyalty game. You can easily earn hundreds of thousands of points and miles without traveling, then learn how to use those points towards luxury travel. In this podcast, Frequent Miler founder Greg, and senior author Nick debate current topics in the points & miles world.

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14:56

Citi tires of throupling. Will AA & Citi go...

Frequent Miler on the Air ·

2024/09/26

There are two issuers of American Airline's credit cards - Citi and Barclays. But recent reports suggest American Airlines may be considering an exclusive arrangement with Citi as their only credit card issuer. (00:10) - Citi is in talks with American Airlines to become the sole issuer of American Airlines credit cards. Read more about the Citi / American Airlines news here. And read the original source article here. (01:33) - Why might this be bad news? Read more about the best American Airlines

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15:06

Citi's transfer bonus to Leading Hotels of the World...

Frequent Miler on the Air ·

2024/09/24

Leading Hotels of the World is a hotel loyalty program with loose affiliation to 400 luxury hotels around the world. You may recognize the name from Greg's recent post about the best points-bookable hotels in the world here. (00:07) - What is Leading Hotels of the World Read Greg's recent post about the best points-bookable hotels in the world here. (01:35) - Citi standard Transfer to Leading Hotels of the World (02:35) - Leading Hotels of the World Details (and "Leader's Club" points) (04:05) -

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01:31:30

Winning the Alaska x Hawaiian Airlines Merger |...

Frequent Miler on the Air ·

2024/09/20

Alaska has announced that their merger with Hawaiian Airlines is complete! So what are the details, and what does this mean for us? We'll discuss this in today's episode. (01:36) - What's with the stupid virus pop-up on our website? (03:40) - Greg's update on the Pacific Northwest Points Travel Festival and some of the folks he met (09:04) - Read about 10-year old Walker's first place win at the USA Mullet Championship here! (11:57) - Learn more about the next Points Travel Festival here. (12:50) -

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05:25

Chase Ink Business Unlimited | Card Talk Ep6 | 9-19-24

Frequent Miler on the Air ·

2024/09/19

Learn about what makes the Chase Ink Business Unlimited card a popular business card, and learn how to apply. (00:10) - Learn more about the Chase Ink Business Unlimited card here. (00:24) - Quick facts about the Chase Ink Business Unlimited card (00:43) - Chase Ink Business Unlimited earning rate: 1.5X on all purchases (01:17) - Sometimes you can earn more on specific categories: Currently you can earn 5X on Lyft through March 2025 for example (01:38) - Who can sign up for a business card like

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18:41

Debate: 30% Amex to Hilton Transfer Bonus. Should we...

Frequent Miler on the Air ·

2024/09/17

There's a 30% transfer bonus through September 30th from American Express to Hilton. This means during the transfer bonus, 1,000 points would. become 2,600 Hilton points. Is this a good transfer bonus? Greg and Nick debate that point in today's Coffee Break. (00:26) - Quick facts about the transfer bonus... (01:28) - Past bonuses (02:10) - Nick says "No" to the 30% Hilton bonus (07:55) - Greg says "Yes" to the 30% Hilton transfer bonus (12:23) - But what about the "joy of free"? Read our post about

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01:32:19

Chase points: 10 Best and 5 Worst uses of Ultimate...

Frequent Miler on the Air ·

2024/09/13

Now that you've amassed a huge stash of Ultimate Rewards points after listening to Episode 271, how what? Today, we talk about the top 10 best (and bottom 5 worst) uses of Chase Ultimate Rewards points. 00:00 Intro 01:10 Announcements 01:12 New "How to" series on Youtube 02:54 Using buying groups to increase spend 04:10 Giant Mailbag: Online grocery is more broadly useful than you think 07:43 Card News 07:45 Increased offers on the Wyndham cards

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01:00:16

How to handle gift card fraud | Ask Us Anything Ep69...

Frequent Miler on the Air ·

2024/09/12

This time Tim was on vacation, but the rest of the Frequent Miler crew got together on YouTube for another Ask Us Anything, Live. (On the first Wednesday of every month, we host a live YouTube to answer your points and miles questions in real time!) (00:30) - How did TeamLabs "Borderless" compare with "Planets"? Read more about our TeamLabs experience here. (04:57) - What are your thoughts on new U.S. bank smartly credit card? (07:08) - Hi team! If I downgrade my Ritz card to get the Amex

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20:01

Podcast: Pete Buttigieg's war on airline loyalty...

Frequent Miler on the Air ·

2024/09/10

It seems like we report a new loyalty program devaluation each week. Awards cost more, fees go up, etc.. But the U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg wants that to stop, sending letters to America's 4 largest airlines demanding information about loyalty program devaluations. In this Coffee Break episode, we'll discuss what this might all mean! (00:26) - U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg wants that to stop. Read more about this airline rewards probe here. (01:11) - Let's hear the

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01:16:20

How to amass Chase Ultimate Rewards | Frequent Miler...

Frequent Miler on the Air ·

2024/09/06

We love Chase Ultimate Rewards primarily because of the ability to transfer to partners (and we specifically love the ability to transfer to Hyatt.) Chase Ultimate Rewards is actually one of the best ways to get Hyatt points, in fact. We'll talk more about amassing Chase Ultimate Rewards (and why you would want to) in this episode of Frequent Miler on the Air. (01:18) - A reader experiences an issue with a price on his Etihad award that was not as advertised... (08:43) - Read more about the Chase

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10:51

World of Hyatt Business Credit Card | Card Talk Ep5 |...

Frequent Miler on the Air ·

2024/09/05

You can read more about the World of Hyatt Business card here or listen to this episode of Card Talk to hear a quick but useful summary on the World of Hyatt Business card. (00:15) - World of Hyatt Business Card Earning rate and card fee (00:56) - World of Hyatt Business Card Perks (02:03) - What does the "elite qualifying night credit" perk mean? (02:36) - Hyatt Leverage membership (05:01) - Do we like this card and who is this card good for? (10:15) - Find podcast Ep270 "Hyatt Elite Milestone

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18:32

JetBlue's Excellent Status Match | Coffee Break Ep24...

Frequent Miler on the Air ·

2024/09/03

JetBlue is out with an opportunity to earn status for 3 months by matching from Delta, United, American Airlines, or Alaska elite status. Don't worry if you don't have status in any of those yet - in this episode we'll also talk about how to get some of these statuses quickly and easily to do this match. (00:00) - Read more about JetBlue's status match here. (01:23) - Match to Mosaic 1 or 2 for 3 months. What is Mosaic 1 or 2? (03:57) - Details about the challenge (04:23) - "Tiles" may be earned

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01:13:37

Hyatt Elite Milestone spending vs Mattress running |...

Frequent Miler on the Air ·

2024/08/30

Hyatt's elite program can be really valuable - for instance when you reach certain milestones you can get valuable perks, and there's multiple ways of reaching those milestones. In this episode, Greg and Nick debate the best way of getting there. (01:21) - Multiple readers (coincidentally named both forms of "John") chime in with feedback from recent podcast episodes... (01:42) - Find podcast Ep269 Alaska/Hawaiian Airlines Wedding Planning here. (04:21) - Find podcast Ep262 How to get great

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15:33

Chase Ink Business Preferred | Card Talk Ep4 | 8-29-24

Frequent Miler on the Air ·

2024/08/29

Chase Ultimate Rewards points are a valuable transferable points currency, and the Chase Ink Business Preferred card is a great card for earning this valuable currency. In this episode, we discuss what makes this a great card, and if it's a good card to keep year after year. (00:30) - Learn more about the Chase Ink Business Preferred card here. (00:34) - The Chase Ink Business Preferred card earns Ultimate Rewards points (00:48) - Usually has great welcome bonus (01:30) - Earning rate: 3X travel,

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18:32

Which hotel program is most rewarding for paid stays?...

Frequent Miler on the Air ·

2024/08/27

We know occasionally you may have to actually pay for a hotel night (instead of using your points and free night certificates.) In this episode we'll dissect how to even go about deciphering how rewarding your paid stays are. (01:28) - How do we go about even calculating which hotel program is most rewarding on paid stays? Read more about which hotel loyalty programs are most valuable here. (03:17) - There are a few things our analysis did not consider... (03:59) - Which programs are most rewarding

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59:31

Alaska/Hawaiian Airlines Wedding Planning | Frequent...

Frequent Miler on the Air ·

2024/08/23

Late 2023, Alaska Airlines announced that it planned to acquire Hawaiian Airlines and just last week, the DOJ allowed the merger to move ahead. Today, we'll talk about how to prepare for this "wedding" between programs. (01:12) - The value of my Life miles just disappeared into Finn Air Listen to Ask Us Anything Ep69 here. Listen to Frequent Miler on the Air Ep268 "Best Uses for Virgin Points" here. (02:25) - Dell no longer selling many 3rd party items (headphones, etc) (03:59) - Amex Business

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14:26

Virgin Red Rewards Mastercard | Card Talk Ep3 | 8-22-24

Frequent Miler on the Air ·

2024/08/22

The Virgin Red Rewards Mastercard is a new card that's coming out soon to replace the old Bank of America Virgin Atlantic Flying Club credit card. In this episode, we'll discuss more about this upcoming credit card. (00:10) - The Virgin Red Rewards Mastercard replaces the old Virgin Atlantic Flying Club credit card Learn more about the Virgin Red Rewards Mastercard here. (02:10) - Earning rate: 3X Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Hotels and Virgin Voyages ✦ 2X dining, at grocery stores, on select streaming

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59:31

Amex Gold card - keep or cancel? | Ask Us Anything...

Frequent Miler on the Air ·

2024/08/20

In addition to our regular weekly podcast, we also host an Ask Us Anything Live on YouTube once a month where the Frequent Miler team answers listener questions about points, miles, rewards cards, and whatever else comes to mind. This episode originally aired on August 14, 2024. (10:19) - Does Cathay Pacific still do multi-cabin award pricing? I tried both as a one-way and multi-city routing and the price remains the same online and speaking to a rep on phone. (10:59) - How often can I upgrade -

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54:43

Best Uses for Virgin Points | Frequent Miler on the...

Frequent Miler on the Air ·

2024/08/16

You can use these points for cruises, hotels and some really compelling deals on flights, of course. In this episode, we'll discuss some of our favorite uses for Virgin Points. (01:28) - Tips for using AutoSlash for car rentals... (06:50) - The Amex Gold card's Dunkin' benefits can apparently be used at Baskin Robbins! Read more about the Amex Gold Card here. (09:58) - Qatar devaluation impacts using Qatar Avios to book American & Alaska (14:06) - Read more about award ticket change and

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19:45

Chris Hutchins' favorite life hacks | Coffee Break...

Frequent Miler on the Air ·

2024/08/13

Chris Hutchins is the host of a podcast called "All the Hacks" where he talks about not just travel hacks, but life hacks as well. In today's episode, he shares some of his favorite life hacks with us. (01:09) - You can find the episodes where Chris Hutchins interviewed Greg and Nick on All the Hacks here: https://frequentmiler.com/check-out-greg-and-nicks-podcast-guest-appearances-with-chris-hutchins/ And you can find all the episodes of All the Hacks here: https://www.chrishutchins.com/ (02:00)

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01:01:39

Tips for Better Family Travel | Frequent Miler on the...

Frequent Miler on the Air ·

2024/08/09

We get asked a lot about how to travel as a family...or how to make family travel better. In today's episode of Frequent Miler on the Air, we'll talk about tips for family travel. (01:11) - Everyone wants more family travel tips! See our Ask Us Anything episode 68, "How do you travel with young kids?" here. (03:31) - Free Spirit Travel More Mastercard Learn more about the Free Spirit Travel More Mastercard here. (12:46) - Don't forget that Qatar Avios can be used to book American Airlines flights,

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