Luxury Perks for Free (After Rebate) | Ep166 | 9-3-22
Frequent Miler on the Air
Frequent Miler
4.9 • 640 Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2022
⏱️ 115 minutes
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Summary
Want ultra-luxury perks like lounge access and elite status at a bargain-basement price? This week, Greg and Nick discuss how to get the most bang for your buck by maximizing annual credits on your ultra-premium credit cards.
1:21 GIant Mailbag
5:47 3 Cards, 3 Continents, 3 Updates
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15:22 Awards we booked this week
19:45 What crazy thing....did Amex do this week? https://frequentmiler.com/12-transfer-bonuses-from-amex-membership-rewards/
30:00 Mattress Running the Numbers: Craftsy through SimplyMiles https://frequentmiler.com/stack-craftsy-offers-for-small-profit-4050-american-airlines-miles-loyalty-points/
37:34 Luxury Perks for Free (After Rebate)
38:46 Capital One Venture X card 46:50 Amex Platinum Card
1:24:22 Amex Business Platinum
1:38:55 Amex Hilton Aspire card
1:46:44 Question of the Week: Is it worth transferring speculatively (given the transfer bonuses available) if you know which programs you often use?
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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. |
| 0:10.7 | 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? |
| 0:21.0 | The main event. |
| 0:22.3 | Frequent Miler on the air starts now. |
| 0:26.7 | Today's main event, luxury perks for free after rebate. |
| 0:32.5 | Okay, so free after rebate. |
| 0:34.3 | So today we're going to talk about these credit cards. |
| 0:36.4 | There are a number of different ultra-premium cards out there that come with some terrific perks that are really nice, but the cards are really expensive. However, you can offset some of that expense by using some of the credits that those cards offer. And so today we'll talk about how to maximize that. |
| 0:52.4 | Yeah, exactly. In a number of cases, you can literally get more back in credits than you pay for the annual |
| 0:59.7 | fee. |
| 1:01.5 | And it's not always obvious how to do that. |
| 1:03.8 | And we're going to get into some of the tricks that we personally use to get the most |
| 1:08.0 | out of those credits so that we can justify having these, you know, |
| 1:12.4 | cards that we pay for year after year that cost $400, $500, $695. |
| 1:18.1 | You know, it sounds insane. |
| 1:19.5 | But when you're getting back, you know, in some cases, over $1,000 per year in credits, |
| 1:24.9 | it suddenly makes it worth it. |
| 1:27.1 | And then you can enjoy all those perks |
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