Points for the next generation | Frequent miler on the Air Ep306 | 5-16-25
Frequent Miler on the Air
Frequent Miler
4.9 • 638 Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2025
⏱️ 110 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode we'll talk about how you can still book Emirate first class awards, we'll discuss Spirit Airlines is going premium, and we'll look at how you can prepare your kids for points and miles.
(01:29) - Does anyone else feel like American Express' customer service is above and beyond the rest?
(09:33) - Chase Instacart benefits on many cards
(17:07) - Buy Marriott Points for as low as 0.89 cents each (or maybe lower)
Read more about buying Marriott points here.
(23:33) - Emirates restricting first class availability to elite members from 5/12/25
(24:14) - Read about booking Emirates first class with Qantas or Air Canada miles here.
(27:43) - Too good to last: Rakuten stops offering rewards for Chase cards
(30:08) - Japan Airlines added as a new Bilt transfer partner
(32:23) - Combined Alaska/Hawaiian loyalty program now expected in August
(38:31) - Spirit updates
Main Event: Points for the next generation
(47:57) - Sign up for airline accounts to earn miles now
(57:39) - How do you track all these accounts?
(1:04:29) - Help them build credit history
(1:10:13) - Help them build college savings
Read more about earning miles for college savings here.
Or find the best options for buying Gift of College gift cards here.
(01:18:52) - See our Plastiq guide here.
(1:22:15) - Help them build rewards balances & let them help you build yours
(1:23:06) - Help them build their credit card collection
(1:39:08) - Why isn't anyone talking about the Accor Signature Annual Membership given their airline transfer partners (many with a 1:1 ratio)?
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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by 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. |
| 0:10.9 | On today's show, we've got good news. |
| 0:13.4 | You can still book Emerald's first class using your points. |
| 0:17.0 | We have surprising news. |
| 0:19.0 | Is Spirit Airlines going premium? |
| 0:24.9 | And we've got everything you need to know about how to prepare your kids for points. |
| 0:27.3 | Frequent Miller on the air starts now. |
| 0:43.6 | Today's main event, points for the next generation. People often ask us about their kids, how they can, you know, get their kids ready for earning lots of points, how they can get them ready for playing the points of Miles game. |
| 0:57.8 | We get questions everything from, you know, should I be doing something for my toddlers to, you know, older kids, to my kids just about to turn 18, what credit card should they get when they're ready. So in today's main event, we're going to be addressing all of those questions. |
| 1:04.6 | Yeah, I'm looking forward to it, both so I can share some of the things I've done, and I can |
| 1:08.6 | learn what it is that Greg has done since he's a few stages past me and preparing his own son for miles and points here. |
| 1:16.6 | So let's talk about all that. |
| 1:18.5 | But if you want to jump ahead and you want to get right into a particular topic, don't forget you can expand the show description and look in the notes for timestamps. |
| 1:26.2 | We always have timestamps to all the various things we're going to discuss, as well as links to more information where applicable. Wherever you're watching or listening, don't forget to give this a thumbs up, like it, leave us a review. We appreciate your comments and your feedback and all of the stars you've given us. So thank you very much for that. It is time to drag out this week's giant mail bag. Today's giant mail comes from |
| 1:45.3 | Ben. Ben says, thanks for all you do with the podcast. I have a point that I don't think I've heard |
| 1:51.2 | address before. Of course, when we're deciding which card to use, we factor in the earn rate. |
| 1:56.9 | But I often find myself using my Amex cards all the time for two reasons. |
| 2:01.6 | First is that their customer service is above and beyond any other company. |
| 2:05.6 | Anytime I have to deal with Chase, it's a living nightmare. |
| 2:08.6 | I don't think in the dozens of times I've had to call Chase, I've actually been able to accomplish what I needed to. |
| 2:14.6 | City has also been a nightmare with being misled about what cards can do what, |
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