10 frequent flyer-ish things we're thankful for | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep283 | 11-29-24
Frequent Miler on the Air
Frequent Miler
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🗓️ 30 November 2024
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we're chatting about the 10 "Frequent Flyer-ish" things we're thankful for!
(01:01) - A reader shares all the ways their recent trip was impacted by Frequent Miler tips!
(02:58) - It in the hands of SAS now!
(05:50) - Wyndham Biz drops Caesar's match
Read about changes to casino status-matching for free cruises here.
(09:38) - Avianca LifeMiles Elite Card: Up to 120K miles
Read more about this card bonus here.
(12:10) - Bonvoy Brilliant cardholder “Luxury Experience Rate” at participating properties
Read more about this new Luxury Experience Rate here.
(16:09) - Citi Double Cash & Custom Cash: 24-month extended warranty
Read moe about the Citi Double Cash & Custom Cash 24-month extended warranty here.
(17:11) - U.S. Bank Smartly Credit Card: Up to 4% cashback
Read more about the US Bank Smartly card here.
(22:03) - C1 Shopping targeted deals
(26:46) - Bilt - earn points when buying a home & using an eXp Realty agent
(29:41) - Huge welcome bonuses continue
(31:37) - Awesome category bonuses continue
(33:01) - The Amex points parade marches on
(34:48) - Paying taxes great way to meet min spend
(36:13) - PayPal waives credit card fees when doing good
Listen to our Coffee Beak Episode about Kiva loans here.
PayPal Giving Fund Fundraiser Hub.
(39:25) - Transferable points programs keep expanding
(43:42) - Award chart sweetspots live on
Find AA's excellent partner award chart here.
(50:06) - Free changes and cancelations continue for US airlines (except for basic economy types of fares)
(52:09) - Status matches create opportunities
(55:00) - Airlines continue to make business and first class more aspirational
(58:22) - Loyalty partnerships create sweet opportunities
(1:03:41) - See our how-to video for Rooms.aero here.
(1:06:26) - When you get a new card, what's the checklist of tasks you do to keep it all organized?
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Voyescape podcast. |
| 0:03.9 | You can find all of our travel podcasts from around the world at voyescape.com. |
| 0:10.7 | Let's get into the giant mailbag. |
| 0:13.5 | What crazy thing did? |
| 0:15.9 | City this week. |
| 0:17.4 | It's time for mattress running the numbers. |
| 0:19.8 | Ready for the main event? |
| 0:21.0 | The main event. |
| 0:22.3 | Frequent Miller on the air starts now. |
| 0:26.9 | Today's main event, 10 frequent fly-ish things we're thankful for. |
| 0:32.9 | Since it's Thanksgiving weekend, we figured we would look at the state of the frequent |
| 0:38.0 | miler world and look at, instead of, you know, paying attention to doom and gloom stuff, |
| 0:43.7 | let's look at the things that are great about this hobby and what, you know, in particular, |
| 0:48.6 | what are the 10 things we're most thankful for? There you go. It's good to give thanks, right? |
| 0:52.9 | To give thanks and appreciation for the good things. And there are a lot of good things in this game. And we'll get to a whole bunch of those. Don't forget if you want to jump ahead to something or you want to go back to something later on, you can always find the timestamps in the show notes. And wherever you're watching or listening to this, don't forget to like it. Give us a thumbs up. Leave us some feedback. We always appreciate hearing from you. |
| 1:11.4 | All right. Let's drag out this week's giant mail back. This week's giant mail comes from Rick. |
| 1:16.0 | Rick says, this is a heartfelt thank you from a longstanding fan for consistently providing both |
| 1:22.2 | the inspiration and the practical know-how for international travel. Case in point, the 50th anniversary around the world trip that my wife and I just completed. |
| 1:33.1 | Among your many contributions were the following. |
| 1:35.4 | It was primarily made up of three Aeroplane Awards with 5,000-point stopovers. |
| 1:41.4 | The real backbone of the trip was finding far out Singapore business |
| 1:45.3 | availability on Aero Plan, Newark to Singapore and Singapore to Melbourne, courtesy of |
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