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Marriott’s marriage to MGM Resorts: A match made in Bonvoyland | Ep238 | 1-20-24

Frequent Miler on the Air

Frequent Miler

Aviation, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Leisure

4.9640 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Full details of the Marriott and MGM partnership are out and can only be accurately described as "a match made in Bonvoyland". 

00:00 Intro

01:38 Turkish Airlines status match is back! (Giant Mailbag)

https://frequentmiler.com/turkish-airlines-status-match-get-1-2-years-of-star-alliance-gold-with-very-reasonable-requirements/

04:36 Amex Platinum 150K offer is back! (Card Talk)

https://frequentmiler.com/amxplat/

12:12 T-Mobile Home Internet Moneymaker ("Mattress running the numbers")

https://frequentmiler.com/moneymaking-t-mobile-home-internet-deal-get-150-mastercard-gift-card-portal-earnings/

17:54 JetBlue / Spirit Merger Blocked (Award Talk)

20:59 New Chase Sapphire Lounge at New York LGA (Award Talk)

22:41 Marriott’s marriage to MGM Resorts: A match made in Bonvoyland (Main Event)

https://frequentmiler.com/no-marriott-match-to-mgm-but-elite-nights-live-on-mgm-marriott-partnership-details/

22:51 Marriott / MGM partnership overview

24:19 Partnership benefits

25:15 Why aren't we very excited about this partnership?

25:35 Points transfer at a poor ratio

26:33 Ambassador match is only available to those with invite-only MGM status

27:49 No good status match for anyone but MGM Noir

29:33 Benefits are only scheduled to last through 12/31/24

31:41 What benefits do Marriott Platinum and Titanium members get in Las Vegas?

39:21 Will you earn 3x on the Altitude Reserve when checking out on a website with Apple Pay or Google Pay? (Question of the Week)

Music credit: Annie Yoder

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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? The main event.

0:21.6

Frequent Milo on the air starts now.

0:26.6

Today's main event, Marriott's marriage to MGM resorts, a match made in Bonvoy land.

0:34.6

You know, on the surface, it sounds exciting. Marriott and MGM announced the details of their

0:39.8

partnership, and there are things in there that we've never seen before, like the ability to match

0:45.1

all the way to top tier Marriott ambassador elite status. There's no other way to do that.

0:51.9

But maybe we're not as excited as we, as it seems like we should be.

0:56.2

Well, you know, we'll see. There's positives and there's negatives like any marriage.

1:02.4

We'll see whether we think this one ought to last. We'll see how that goes. But we'll talk

1:07.4

more about it. And if you want to jump ahead to it, remember that we always have the timestamps in the show notes. So all you have to do is expand the description box and you can hop ahead to a segment or if you want to return back to the show and listen to something again to find out how we really feel about the Marriott, MGM marriage. Well, you can do that because we have that stuff in the timestamps. Also, wherever you're watching or listening, don't forget to like

1:27.9

this show. Leave a comment, give us some feedback there. All of those things help the algorithm.

1:33.7

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1:37.8

when we drop a new episode, especially because there may be new episodes coming. We'll see.

1:43.3

So you want to make sure you're subscribed and you have your notifications enabled.

1:47.2

But for now, let's drag out this week's giant mailbag.

1:51.0

Yeah.

1:51.3

Today's giant mail comes from Nobiel, who listened to last week's show about airline status

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