Chase steals the Joy of Free, extra sweetness with Etihad and more | Ep49
Frequent Miler on the Air
Frequent Miler
4.9 • 640 Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2020
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Greg & Nick discuss:
Reader feedback: You can't take my Joy of Free Ricardo's comment: https://frequentmiler.boardingarea.com/is-it-now-irrational-to-hold-ultimate-rewards-points-on-nicks-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-2263474
See also: https://frequentmiler.boardingarea.com/why-the-worst-rewards-are-the-best/
9:16 Baby in business class debate (feedback rekindles an old discussion) Greg's old post: https://frequentmiler.boardingarea.com/the-baby-in-business-class-debate/
Nick's response: https://frequentmiler.boardingarea.com/why-travel-with-a-baby/
11:02 What crazy thing did Citi do this week? Benefits added are too little, too late. See: https://frequentmiler.boardingarea.com/citi-joins-the-party-5x-prestige-online-3x-groceries-on-premier-starts-now/
18:05 Exciting opportunities in Aeroplan/Etihad partnership
See: https://frequentmiler.boardingarea.com/etihad-partners-with-air-canada-opportunities-abound/
https://frequentmiler.boardingarea.com/aeroplan-etihad-sweet-spot-first-class-to-australia/
36:13 How Chase introducing a customer-friendly use of points ironically takes away the Joy of Free
52:56 IHG 4th Night Free: Good enough to upgrade the old credit card or consider applying for a new one?
See: https://frequentmiler.boardingarea.com/ihg-sweet-spot-dynamic-pricing-4th-night-free/
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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. |
| 0:11.2 | Welcome to Freakimiler on the air. |
| 0:14.0 | Hey, Nick. |
| 0:14.4 | How's it going? |
| 0:15.3 | Going great. |
| 0:15.8 | How are you, Greg? |
| 0:16.7 | I'm doing well. |
| 0:18.0 | So you've been running for exercise, right? |
| 0:20.6 | You just went out for a run and just got back and just in time to do this. Just in time. Yeah, yeah, barely. It made me run just a little bit faster knowing that I had to be home for the podcast. And it's my excuse for not running that extra mile because I actually ran a little faster today than I have been. And I was like, oh man, I feel like I could keep going. But you know what? I got to get home for the podcast. So I, |
| 0:41.0 | there's a joke in there about you not going the extra mile, but I can't quite. |
| 0:47.3 | Get your finger on it there. Okay. Yeah, but trying to. You know, I ran a couple of |
| 0:53.4 | marathons years ago. And when I was young, I was a competitive runner. By the time I ran the marathons, I was definitely not. I hadn't run in like a decade or so. And then I haven't really run a step since a marathon in 2016. So it was time to start getting back in shape. My son is like running circles around me. I swear, he two and a half and I swear he could run a mile right now. And I think he wants to. And the other night after dinner, my watch is calculating distance. It was about a half a mile we did in the yard running around like non-stop. Wow. I'm sure that he can do. Yeah, a mile. He's got to know his blood. Yeah, so I figure I got to get in shape so I can keep up. There you go. So are you going to run marathons? Is that your goal? I mean, if I do, I sure hope I get a sponsorship from frequent miler. I'm sure that's in the works. Have you talked to our marketing and promotions department? |
| 1:45.2 | Yeah, I mean, I approved that already. |
| 1:47.0 | Oh, okay. |
| 1:48.5 | I hope you appreciated that. |
| 1:51.1 | Hope that was okay with the boss. |
| 1:53.2 | But the marketing department said yes. |
| 1:54.6 | Great. |
| 1:55.7 | We'll give you an extra heavy water bottle to carry the whole way. |
| 1:59.9 | Great crossover marketing. |
| 2:00.9 | 26 miles. |
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