Your companion is now free to move about the country | Ep230 | 11-25-23
Frequent Miler on the Air
Frequent Miler
4.9 • 640 Ratings
🗓️ 25 November 2023
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
"Free" up your companion by powering up to Companion Pass status. The timing is right, but be sure that you time the bonuses properly to score free travel for a companion for almost all of next year and all of the year after.
00:00 Intro
01:45 Giant Mailbag
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04:04 Card Talk: Southwest Rapid Rewards credit cards
05:10 Southwest Rapid Rewards Plus card
08:00 Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier card
08:30 Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority Card
14:41 Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier Business
15:26 Southwest Rapid Rewards Performance Business
19:28 What crazy thing . . . did Capital One Shopping do this week?
25:20 Mattress running the numbers: Which is better: the 15% Avianca LifeMiles transfer bonus or 165% purchase bonus
33:38 Award Talk: Should you book Southwest flights via the Chase Travel portal?
44:14 Main Event: Your companion is now free to move about the country
44:32 Overview of the Companion Pass
1:16:48 Question of the Week: Help! How do I find partner awards bookable with my airline miles?
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? |
| 0:21.0 | The main event. |
| 0:22.3 | Frequent Miler on the air starts now. |
| 0:26.6 | Today's main event, your companion is now free to move about the country. |
| 0:31.1 | Ding! |
| 0:31.4 | We are talking, of course, about Spirit Airlines, right? |
| 0:35.8 | No, no, no. |
| 0:37.2 | Greg, so so much into the holiday spirit that all he could think about today was spirit or either that or he knew that this coffee mug had spirit on it. |
| 0:46.1 | But sorry, sorry, Southwest. |
| 0:48.2 | No, that's not why we're talking about companions. |
| 0:51.1 | We're talking about Southwest companions. |
| 0:53.3 | Greg. |
| 0:55.0 | That's right. That's right. We're going to be talking about how this is a great time to go for the Southwest companion pass so that you'll have the companion pass for two full years if you do it right, which is fantastic. |
| 1:08.6 | That's for today's main event. |
| 1:11.6 | And we'll talk about some other things. But before we do, don't forget, wherever |
| 1:16.1 | you're watching or listening to this, leave a comment, give us a like, subscribe, |
| 1:19.8 | enable notifications, all of those things help other people discover this channel and |
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