SkyMiles strike back | Ep189 | 2-11-23
Frequent Miler on the Air
Frequent Miler
4.9 • 638 Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2023
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Long the laughing stock of the award travel world, recent findings in analyzing award redemption opportunities show that Delta SkyMiles is striking back against popular perception. With a new award discount for cardholders that looks to be as advertised and international business class deals connecting the dots outside of the US, it is possible to get better value out of SkyMiles than you may have otherwise assumed.
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00:40 Giant Mailbag
5:04 Mattress Running the Numbers Double-header
5:05 Wyndham Rewards points sale (too late, but good to know)
https://frequentmiler.com/buy-wyndham-points-from-0-975c-each/
7:42 Citi to offer 30% transfer bonus to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
https://frequentmiler.com/citi-thankyou-30-transfer-bonus-to-virgin-atlantic-feb-19-mar-18/
14:06 What crazy thing....did Caesars Rewards do this week?
18:28 Frequent Miler 2023 Team Challenge Update
23:45 Awards we booked this week: Greg books Vacasa
https://frequentmiler.com/wyndham-vacasa/
31:05 Awards we booked this week: Gifting Hyatt free night certs
https://frequentmiler.com/bet-you-didnt-know-gift-hyatt-free-night-certificates-to-someone-else/
33:30 Main Event: SkyMiles Strikes Back
34:18 15% discount on awards for cardholders
https://frequentmiler.com/no-catch-deltas-15-discount-is-real/
44:53 Opportunities for good value using SkyMiles for premium cabin international awards
https://frequentmiler.com/delta-skymiles-business-class-deals/
57:06 Question of the Week: After Hyatt, which hotel program should be your #2 choice?
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 Miller on the air starts now. |
| 0:24.6 | Today's main event, Sky Miles Strikeback. |
| 0:29.6 | Delta has long been the butt of our jokes regarding their worthless miles. |
| 0:39.3 | But we're going to be talking about some opportunities that make the miles worth more than ever before. |
| 0:44.8 | Maybe ever's too strong a word more than recently before. |
| 0:49.7 | First, of course, we have the giant mail bag. |
| 0:52.7 | Today's giant mail comes from, I've got to move |
| 0:56.1 | this out of the way here. Okay, today's giant mail comes from Sartouk, who says, well, actually, |
| 1:04.5 | he had quite a long email, so I'm not going to read the whole thing, but basically he reported |
| 1:09.5 | that he was over 524, meaning he had signed up for more than five or more personal cards in the past 24 months. |
| 1:20.3 | And he says, after a while, I started to wonder. |
| 1:23.8 | Oh, sorry. |
| 1:25.3 | Let me back up. |
| 1:25.8 | First part of his email says, even though he's over 524 he was |
| 1:28.8 | approved for a southwest credit card while he was over 524 which as you know with chase cards |
| 1:35.7 | usually you're not going to get approved for a new card if you're over 524 um and then he says |
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