120K Chase points vs 160K Amex points. Which is better? | Ep148 | 4-30-22
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Frequent Miler
4.9 • 638 Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2022
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Would you rather earn 120K Chase Ultimate Rewards points or 160K Amex Membership Rewards points? It turns out that the answer may not be as simple as you think.
00:48 Giant Mailbag: Newcomer to the show books round the world with ANA.
2:45 What crazy thing . . . did Nick do this week?
https://frequentmiler.com/cashing-out-why-nick-is-dumping-a-chunk-of-points-today/
10:38 Mattress Running the Numbers: Nordic Choice 2-month pass
https://frequentmiler.com/nordic-choice-hotels-offering-all-you-can-stay-deal-this-summer/
18:32 Main Event: 120K Chase points vs 160K Amex points. Which is better?
53:29 Host Roast
54:44 Question of the Week: Is it worth playing the AA Loyalty Game to move on from Gold to Platinum?
Music credit: Annie Yoder
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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. |
| 0:10.8 | Let's get into the giant mailbag. |
| 0:13.5 | What crazy thing did City this week? |
| 0:17.5 | It's time for mattress running the numbers. |
| 0:19.8 | Ready for the main event? The main event. |
| 0:21.6 | Frequent Miler on the air starts now. |
| 0:23.6 | Today's main event, 120,000 chase points versus 160,000 Amex points. |
| 0:34.6 | Which is better? |
| 0:35.6 | Hmm. It sounds kind of obvious if you just look at the big numbers, right? |
| 0:42.2 | Maybe it's not. |
| 0:43.8 | It's not as obvious as it sounds. |
| 0:46.0 | And we'll talk about why this question came up and we'll talk about the answer. |
| 0:50.3 | We'll decide an answer. |
| 0:52.6 | It may not be the same answer, but we'll decide an answer. Right. Right. We probably won't have the same answer. We'll see. Okay. First, of course, we have the giant mail bag. And today's giant mail comes from John R-C-L-T via Apple Podcasts Reviews. |
| 1:10.2 | So, you know, I haven't seen this one because I'm not an Apple person, so I have no |
| 1:13.3 | idea what this is about to be. |
| 1:14.5 | Right. |
| 1:14.6 | We know Nick has not seen this one. |
| 1:16.1 | He always likes these from the Apple podcast reviews. |
| 1:19.1 | John says, new to the show, new to your show and really like the information you guys |
| 1:23.4 | provide. |
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