Amex nails it on benefit refresh | FM on the Air | Ep 45 (May 1 2020)
Frequent Miler on the Air
Frequent Miler
4.9 • 638 Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2020
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Chase & Citi surprise, but Amex delights in their benefit refresh. Hear Greg & Nick talk about:
-Cards newly offering bonuses on groceries -Overhaul of Amex card benefits. Did Amex take the Platinum cards from zero to hero? -Which card wins: in several battles throughout the episode, we talk which card to use and why -Do the changes make any cards must-haves now?
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Timestamps: 00:27 Reader feedback. Pop quiz. 5:37 What crazy thing did Citi do this week? 8:46 Chase now bonusing groceries 14:07 3x CSP or 6x Marriott? 17:30 Is it worth buying GCs online to earn grocery bonus? 21:22 Is this all Chase is going to do? 23:31 Amex enhancements card-by-card 24:14 Consumer Platinum refresh 27:22 Is it worth sacrificing cell phone insurance to get the Platinum wireless service credit? 30:44 Business Platinum refresh 38:10 Greg says Personal over Business. Nick disagrees. 41:00 Hilton refresh 48:05 12x hilton vs 5x Chase vs 3x Chase 50:31 12x Hilton vs 4x Amex 51:26 Amex Green card refresh 54:42 Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant refresh 1:00:36 Delta consumer cards: Bum deal 1:03:12 A retraction from Nick 1:06:17 Revisiting Greg's bold satement 1:11:10 Question of the week: Which ultra-premium cards are now must-apply? Which is #1? #2?
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Voyescape podcast. You can find all of our travel podcasts from around the world at |
| 0:07.1 | voyescape.com. |
| 0:12.0 | Welcome to Freak and Myler on there. Today, American Express basically rocked our world with |
| 0:19.0 | all kinds of crazy announcements. |
| 0:26.6 | So we're going to dive into those, talk about what's great, what's just okay, and what's meh. |
| 0:27.4 | But first, of course, we have reader feedback time. |
| 0:32.5 | And we're going to do something. |
| 0:35.8 | That was my drum roll. |
| 0:35.9 | That was a good drum roll. |
| 0:36.7 | Very good, Nick. |
| 0:38.3 | Thank you. We're going to do it again. We're going to something. That was my drum roll. That was a good drum roll. Thank you. We're gonna do it again. |
| 0:39.3 | We're gonna do a little different type of reader feedback time. |
| 0:44.3 | Okay. |
| 0:45.3 | So today I'm going to kind of quiz you. |
| 0:49.3 | All right. |
| 0:50.3 | So yeah. |
| 0:51.3 | So you know our stay K to far away challenge where we put out, I've heard of it. |
| 0:55.8 | Put out all those videos and we do different themed ones. |
| 0:59.8 | We're doing, there's a cooking challenge, there's a life hack, travel hack challenge, |
| 1:05.1 | imitation travel and improv travel. |
| 1:07.5 | True. |
| 1:08.5 | And I'm naming these all for you as a reminder because you're now going to be |
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