Is Qatar's promo ethical? Is Hilton watching? | Ep 46
Frequent Miler on the Air
Frequent Miler
4.9 • 638 Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2020
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Greg and Nick discuss:
-Qatar Airways's amazing flexible ticket promo. What's exciting, what's not, and is it ethical to game it? See related post here: https://frequentmiler.boardingarea.com/qatar-airwayss-amazing-promo/
-Hilton's watchful eye: Did the claw back Greg's points in response to his post, or is it coincidence? Readers weigh in, we respond. See related post here: https://frequentmiler.boardingarea.com/hilton-finally-claws-back-my-points-are-they-watching-me/
-Transferable points report card: Did Greg rate Capital One too low? See related post here: https://frequentmiler.boardingarea.com/transferable-points-programs-compared/
All that and particularly interesting reader feedback and question time this week. Timestamps and links to related content:
4:03 Reader feedback about wanting to use affiliate links Related content: https://frequentmiler.boardingarea.com/how-frequent-miler-the-business-will-survive-covid-19/ 9:46 Qatar's crazy promotion: How it works and what parts of it are actually notable (and which aren't) Read more: https://frequentmiler.boardingarea.com/qatar-airwayss-amazing-promo/ 17:38 Are there ethical implications to taking advantage of the Qatar deal? 27:56 Is Hilton watching Greg? Readers have voted - do they think Greg's clawback was a coincidence or connection? What do we think? Read more: https://frequentmiler.boardingarea.com/hilton-finally-claws-back-my-points-are-they-watching-me/ 41:02 Transferable points report card: Is Capital One as bad as Greg rated them? Nick argues for better grades. Read more: https://frequentmiler.boardingarea.com/transferable-points-programs-compared/ 1:04:29 Question of the week: Are the banks keeping tabs on whose links we use? Will they hold it against you if you apply through a particular blogger or referral?
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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. Welcome to frequent Myler on the air. How's it going? It's going great. It's a beautiful |
| 0:16.7 | sunshiney day. So things are looking up. Parts of New York State are reopening, so including where I |
| 0:23.3 | live. So slowly, you know, in phases, but phase one. So it's a seeming like a bright summer, |
| 0:30.6 | you know, spring summer kind of a day here. How about how about you? How are things going for you? |
| 0:34.6 | Good. So I'm thinking that if we come back and listen to these or watch these a year or two from now, |
| 0:40.3 | it's going to sound really weird to talk about. |
| 0:43.6 | No, everybody's going to remember this. |
| 0:45.4 | No question. |
| 0:46.2 | But it's still going to sound odd, isn't it? |
| 0:48.7 | But what kind of things are opening up? |
| 0:51.2 | You know, it's construction and manufacturing and nothing particularly exciting. It's just exciting for, well, I say not particularly exciting. It's very exciting if you work in an industry that's reopening, I imagine, to be able to go back to work. So exciting for folks who are in those businesses. Exciting for the rest of us just in the sense that it feels like we're a little bit closer. The region I live in had all seven |
| 1:10.9 | of the metrics that they're laying out for reopening in New York. So, you know, that feels good. |
| 1:15.6 | It feels like, you know, we don't have more cases here. We seem to have the capacity. So, |
| 1:19.2 | so that much is good and good news today. Very similar here in Michigan. The numbers have been |
| 1:24.1 | trending downward for quite a while now. It's looking really good. |
| 1:28.7 | And they're talking about letting up to 10 people gather by the end of the month. So it's weird to |
| 1:35.6 | think that that's exciting. That's exciting, but the small win, small victories. |
| 1:41.5 | Yeah. Seems. Yeah, the things we get excited about now. I was excited to find yeast and flour this week so I can make those bagels you made last week. Right. Did you find bread flour or? You know, my sister-in-law did and I was able to get a hold of it yesterday. So yeah. Yeah. So I couldn't find it, but she did. So and she's been shopping for Instacart, so she goes to more stores than I ever see. |
| 2:05.8 | So people to pick it up from them. |
| 2:07.5 | So the bagel recipe I used to make the bagels for this, for the show I did for Frigemiler, it was very specific. |
| 2:15.1 | You have to use bread flour, but I couldn't find any. |
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