Is there a new sheriff in town? Is now the time to stop applying? | Frequent Miler on the Air
Frequent Miler on the Air
Frequent Miler
4.9 • 640 Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2020
⏱️ 72 minutes
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This week Greg and Nick discuss:
-Citi's latest crazy move. --Do recent developments on the credit card scene signal us to stop applying? -Greg places to travel in the USA --Our favorites from StayCay week 1 -And more!
Timestamps: 00:28 Reader feedback: Should the "pod" have its own post?
4:35 A new segment: What crazy thing has Citi done this week?
6:40 Emirates sweet spots
11:24 American Airlines: The most customer-unfriendly airline? A new round of shut downs and increased bag fees.
15:40 Is here a new sheriff in town? Is he patrolling other programs?
17:54 Amex clawbacks unfair given COVID-19
21:25 Chase is tightening the belt. Will other issuers? Should we stop applying for Chase cards? What about other issuers?
31:10 Travel: What are the resorts that most excited Greg from his series this week?
47:42 StayCay Week 1 wrap up
1:02:17 Question of the week: Should one cancel a Virgin Atlantic award and transfer points to Hilton out of fear that Virgin Atlantic will shut down?
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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. |
| 0:11.7 | Welcome to Frequent Myler on the air. |
| 0:14.8 | Today we're going to talk about whether or not American Airlines has completely lost it. |
| 0:21.7 | They might have. |
| 0:23.0 | It's quite possible. |
| 0:24.5 | Yes. |
| 0:25.2 | And we have got a number of other juicy topics too, but instead of asking you how |
| 0:32.6 | you're doing today, I know you're doing fine. |
| 0:34.3 | I'm fine. |
| 0:34.8 | We're going to hop right into reader feedback time. |
| 0:37.6 | All right. Let's do it. Let's go. This one, I know you're doing fine. I'm fine. We're going to hop right into reader feedback time. All right, let's do it. |
| 0:38.5 | Let's go. |
| 0:39.6 | This one, I know you saw this already. |
| 0:41.5 | This one's from Larry. |
| 0:42.9 | Okay. |
| 0:43.9 | Larry said, I noticed this week you combined the post about the pod. |
| 0:49.8 | And remember, pod is the cool way of saying podcast. |
| 0:53.8 | Right. |
| 0:54.1 | Little did I know. |
| 0:55.0 | Recently learned. |
| 0:56.2 | Yeah. |
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