Learning to Love LifeMiles | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep257 | 5-31-24

Frequent Miler on the Air

Frequent Miler

Aviation, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Leisure

4.9 • 640 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2024

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

Nick has loved LifeMiles for a long time but Greg has traditionally been less convinced. Recent changes make Greg curious to hear more about Nick's long-time love of LifeMiles. Can Nick convince Greg to become a fan?

(01:33) - On Ep 255: Strategizing Hilton cards, credits, and free nights, Greg’s podcasted plan left people with questions about family language for Hilton cards (Mailbag)

Find episode 255 here.

(05:12) - Hilton cards with new welcome bonuses (Mattress Running the Numbers)

Learn more about the Hilton fee free card here.

And learn about the Hilton Surpass card here.

(12:27) - Southwest now on Google Flights (Award Talk)

(16:09) - Finnair Avios now combinable (Award Talk)

(18:20) - AA NOT eliminating mile & loyalty point earnings through OTAs (Award Talk)

(19:22) - Cardless Avianca LifeMiles Cards (Card Talk)

Read more about the Avianca LifeMiles American Express® Card Here.

(28:33) - Easy miles to get

(31:51) - LifeMiles+ subscriptions

(49:30) - Using LifeMiles, standard pricing

(53:43) - Hidden sweet-spots

(59:30) - Mixed cabin pricing

Read Greg's post "Aviance Miles - First Class for Less" here.

(1:04:47) - How to search for complicated awards

(1:11:14) - How to search for awards (less complicated)

(1:22:10) - Downsides...

(1:25:32) - Pop Quiz for Greg about quadruple dip opportunities for a Hilton Curio Collection hotel

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0:00.0	This is a Voyescape podcast.
0:04.0	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.
0:13.6	What crazy thing did?
0:15.9	City this week.
0:17.5	It's time for mattress running the numbers.
0:19.9	Ready for the main event?
0:21.1	The main event.
0:22.3	Frequent Miler on the air starts now.
0:26.9	Today's main event, learning to love Life Miles.
0:31.1	Nick has long been a Life Miles lover, but I've been kind of lukewarm all this time.
0:38.3	But some things have changed recently.
0:40.3	So during today's main event, Nick is going to have an opportunity to convince me to love Life Miles.
0:46.3	And now if you're wondering, like, why should you care?
0:49.3	It's because Life Miles are really easy to get.
0:52.3	You could get them by transferring from transfer roll points. You
0:54.8	could get them when points are on sale really cheaply and other ways that we'll talk about in today's
0:59.7	main event. Welcome to the dark side, Craig. Come on, step over here into the loving life miles section.
1:07.3	I'm looking forward to this because I've like Greg said, I've long loved Life Miles. So I look
1:11.5	forward to convincing Greg because Life Malice has become easier to love as of late. We'll talk about
1:17.3	that, like you said later, but don't forget that the show notes are always where you'll find
1:21.3	the timestamps. So if you want to jump around and jump ahead to a specific segment or come back to
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