Credit Card Collectibles | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep352 | 4-3-26
Frequent Miler on the Air
Frequent Miler
4.9 • 640 Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2026
⏱️ 99 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we'll talk about how United credit cards make United miles more valuable, how Southwest discount codes make Southwest points more valuable, and we'll take you on a ride through a classic card show discussing credit card "collectibles".
Giant Mailbag
(01:34) - Justin: I was annoyed to discover I couldn't change the frequent flyer number on my upcoming award booking from my Atmos number to my AAdvantage number, which would have made me and my girlfriend eligible for Oneworld Emerald perks...
Learn more about Alaska not allowing frequent flyer number changes on award tickets here
Card News
(05:33) - United cards now unlock better earnings on paid flights, 10%/15% discount on award flights, and more Polaris business class saver awards
Read more about recent United changes here
(10:46) - Amex card offers
Learn more about The Business Platinum Card® from American Express here
Learn more about the American Express® Business Gold Card here
(16:18) - Amazon Business Amex moving to US Bank
(17:59) - Southwest cardholder discount codes
Read more about Southwest discount codes here
Mattress Running the Numbers
(20:28) - Hyatt/Under Canvas cardholder promo
Awards, Points, and More
(27:32) - National Car Rental’s One Two Free Promo Returns
Learn more about National Car Rental's One Two Free promo here: https://frequentmiler.com/national-car-rentals-one-two-free-promo-returns/
(29:27) - Transfer bonuses
Learn more about transfer bonuses here: https://frequentmiler.com/current-point-transfer-bonuses/
Main Event: Credit Card Collectibles
(35:00) - Citi® AAdvantage® Globe has us predicting the next credit card collectibles
(35:44) - Find our Coffee Break Ep35 here: https://frequentmiler.com/predicting-the-next-credit-card-collectibles-coffee-break-ep35-12-3-24-podcast/
(36:56) - Citi collectibles
(53:36) - Chase collectibles
(59:54) - Bank Of America
(1:01:25) - Capital One
(1:06:15) - US Bank
(1:14:46) - Almost collectibles
Question of the Week
(1:28:42) - Do you have suggestions for how to preemptively link loyalty accounts to Chase, Capital One, or Amex without needing to transfer points?
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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder
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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. On today's episode, we'll talk about how United Credit Cards make United Miles |
| 0:15.6 | more valuable. We'll talk about how Southwest credit card discount codes make Southwest points more valuable. |
| 0:23.7 | And we'll take you on a ride through our classic card show. |
| 0:28.0 | Frequent Miller on the air starts now. |
| 0:31.8 | Today's main event, credit card collectibles. |
| 0:36.6 | Credit card collectibles are credit cards that you can no longer get new, but if you happen to |
| 0:43.3 | have them from when they were available, they have some powers, they have some capabilities, |
| 0:49.6 | they have some benefits that make them worth keeping, potentially forever, but it's a collectible |
| 0:58.4 | because other people can't get it. |
| 1:01.2 | You're the lucky one who has it because it's been around. |
| 1:03.7 | So we're going to talk about a bunch of credit card collectibles that Nick and I have today. |
| 1:09.4 | We're going to talk about ones we don't have, but wish we did. And we're going to talk about some that might become collectibles in the near future. So if you have the opportunity, you might want to pick up one of those cards. Yeah, and unlike other collectibles, you can't buy, sell, or trade these. So you need to get in while the getting's good, so to speak, and hang on to it if you want it. But we'll talk more about that later on. If you'd like to jump ahead to that or come back to something later on, don't forget, you can always find the timestamps in the show notes. Just expand the description box in order to find those clickable timestamps. Wherever you're watching or listening, don't forget to like this. Leave us a review. Let us know what you thought of the episode. Leave us a comment. |
| 1:44.2 | We love to hear from you. |
| 1:45.6 | All right. |
| 1:45.9 | Let's drag out this week's giant mail back. |
| 1:47.5 | All right. |
| 1:48.1 | Today's giant mail comes from Justin. |
| 1:50.4 | Justin writes, I was annoyed to discover I couldn't change the frequent flyer number on my upcoming award bookings from my Atmos number to my advantage number, which would have made me and my girlfriend |
| 2:03.0 | eligible for one world emerald perks, namely the free selection of premium seats on both flights. |
| 2:10.4 | I found Nick's article on the subject when troubleshooting. I was thinking it was a technical |
| 2:14.7 | issue, but his post had information about how Alaska |
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