Finding impossible awards | Ep151 | 5-21-22
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Frequent Miler
4.9 • 638 Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2022
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
00:45 Giant Mailbag: Double Feature
9:29 Mattress running the numbers double feature. First up: IHG status match
16:20 A Sunbaskets stack https://frequentmiler.com/sunbasket-mypoints-simply-miles-citi-stack-80-profit-1000-aadvantage-miles-and-8-meals/
21:30 Main Event: Finding impossible awards
22:09 Step 1: Know your availability windows
30:25 Delta One to Europe
45:46 SeatSpy to hunt out availability
https://frequentmiler.com/lie-flat-to-hawaii-how-to-use-seatspy-to-find-saver-awards/
50:35 JetBlue Mint Class to London
https://milenomics.com/2022/02/booking-jetblue-mint-with-emirates-miles/
54:22 ANA first class
1:00:53 Singapore Airlines premium cabins
1:04:55 Question of the Week: Am I more likely to get rid of the Amex pop-up with a different device or by thawing my credit?
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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, finding impossible awards. |
| 0:27.6 | Wait, but it's impossible. |
| 0:30.6 | It's impossible, but we can sometimes do it and we we're going to, we're going to tell you how to |
| 0:37.5 | find those impossible flight awards. We're going to be talking about how to get those first class, |
| 0:41.9 | business class seats that seem so elusive, but they're at least, they are possible to get. |
| 0:47.6 | Right. We'll make the impossible possible. And we're going to tell you some, some tricks, |
| 0:51.8 | how to do that. So that brings us to the giant mailbag where we have a double feature today. |
| 1:00.0 | Double feature. |
| 1:01.0 | Double feature. |
| 1:01.9 | Today we have both someone named Nick, who I think you're familiar with, Nick. |
| 1:07.1 | I do know the guy pretty well. |
| 1:09.3 | And someone named Jeff. |
| 1:11.4 | And so let me talk about Jeff's first and then we'll dig into Nix. |
| 1:17.5 | So, um, Jeff, let me say first that you know how call center reps are always right about |
| 1:23.8 | whatever they assert over the phone? |
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