The Nick is right 3 times episode. Cashing out points and hurrying vs waiting to get new cards.
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🗓️ 28 March 2020
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Greg and Nick debate whether to cash out points rather than waiting to use them for travel. We also debate whether to sign up for cards now while great offers remain or wait for something better to maybe come along.
Timestamps:
1:30: Coronavirus preparation 6:37 Reader feedback: is it time to cash out points? 10:53: How many points are "enough" per passenger before you consider cashing out? 14:38: Are airline miles safe in the current environment? Are there any we should burn right now? 21:54: What will be the impact of hotels in the aftermath of coronavirus? 25:18: Whoops! A disconnection leads to a moment of chatter about how to avoid this in the future. 27:13: Is this a good time to sign up for credit cards? 30:00: Co-brands 30:17: Cash back cards 30:33: Ink Cards 31:24: Nick disagrees: Travel offers won't increase 33:33: Greg agrees that Nick is partially right: Offers may not increase, but we may see the return of "try before you buy" or extra credits and reduced spend requirements. 36:57: Nick disagrees: Cash back offers may increase after all 40:35: Will the Ink no-fee cards see increased offers? 44:30: Where do we stand so far? 47:10: Should we be afraid of points being devalued because of the coronavirus crisis? 53:54: Greg's counter-argument against airline credit cards today. 55:26: Greg challenges Nick's assertion that travel cards are worth considering right now? 55:48: Greg admits that Nick is right. 59:05: Greg disconnects! 1:00:30: The ten second explanation of what Nick said while Greg was disconnected. 1:01:00: Are transferable currency cards worth considering now? One defintiely is! 1:04:50: Question of the week x 2.5. 1:06:00: First of 2.5 questions of the week: what counts as a direct deposit? 1:09:50: Second question of the week: Halfway to the Companion Pass. Abort now or continue? 1:11:26: Nick shows why Greg was totally wrong -- with a little help from Greg! 1:14:25: Related Southwest question: Should those with Southwest points look for ways to cash out now? 1:17:57: Greg admits Nick is right....AGAIN. 1::20:00: Greg needs an intervention about cashing out some points.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Voyescape podcast. You can find all of our travel podcasts from around the world at |
| 0:07.1 | voyescape.com. Welcome to Frequent Myler on the air. Today we're going to talk about whether or not |
| 0:18.6 | it's a good time to sign up for credit cards. |
| 0:21.6 | I made an argument in a blog post about saying basically it's not a great time in less this and that. |
| 0:30.6 | So we'll get into that soon. |
| 0:33.6 | First, I didn't say hello. How are you doing, Nick? |
| 0:38.0 | I'm here. I'm here, too, guys. Don't worry. Yeah. I'm doing pretty well all things considered. |
| 0:43.5 | You know, it's been a crazy week and, you know, really a crazy couple of weeks, huh? |
| 0:47.5 | So, you know, just the world has become so different in like two or three weeks time, right? |
| 0:53.4 | It's just, it's amazing. And I feel like I felt like I saw some of it coming, but at the same time, it's still a shock. And so I got to imagine for people who didn't see any of it coming, so to speak, just, yeah, it is. It's unbelievable. So, so I'm pretty good, but yeah, wow. I think it was just the last episode maybe where I said, oh, I think people would be okay going to the mall to buy gift cards. |
| 1:16.9 | Right. |
| 1:18.1 | That's just not happening, obviously, at least in most, certainly in the states we're in. |
| 1:24.7 | Maybe it's still happening in some states. |
| 1:26.7 | Well, nobody's going to sign it in Michigan. |
| 1:28.2 | They're all closed, so nobody's going to sign the malls. |
| 1:31.1 | Right. Oh, that's true. |
| 1:31.6 | Simon Mall's closed nationwide. |
| 1:33.3 | Right. Right. |
| 1:34.7 | So, yeah, it's a totally different world. |
| 1:39.5 | Did you prepare by watching, you know, any zombie apocalypse movies or TV shows as Walking Dead in your repertoire? |
| 1:49.5 | You know, I watched Walking Dead years ago, and I obviously didn't get all the way through it. |
| 1:53.6 | I got through the first, I don't know, four seasons, maybe five seasons. |
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