Points & Miles 2 Player Mode | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep292 | 1-31-25
01/31/25 • 56 min
On this episode, we'll talk about a crazy new premium credit card, we'll debate double elite night hotel promotions to see if they're mattress run worthy, talk about a nice new way to use JetBlue points, and discuss how to double your rewards with a partner.
(01:15) - One reader writes in about booking their family with roundtrip business class flights to Australia for Christmas and New Years!!!
(05:00) - New JetBlue Premier Card...
Learn more about the premier card here.
(12:13) - IHG Premier offer up to 170K after $4K spend in 3 months
Learn more about the IHG Premier card here.
(13:33) - IHG overlapping promos
Learn more about the targeted double elite nights here.
(14:58) - Learn more about Double points here.
(19:10) - Marriott's overlapping promos:
Learn more about Double elite nights + 1K bonus per night here.
(25:58) - Marriott increases top-end point prices
Read our Marriott Complete Guide here.
(30:30) - CardPointers
Learn more about CardPointers here CardPointers here.
(32:48) - Book TAP Air with JetBlue points
(39:13) - More rewards
Check out our How to video for maximizing rewards with Amex referrals here.
(43:38) - More spend
(44:56) - Companion Flights
Find our How your Southwest Companion can fly 4 free | Coffee Break Ep32 here.
Find our Complete Guide to the Southwest Companion Pass here.
Find our Two for the price of one: How to get a free companion ticket | Ep218 here.
(46:10) - Find our How to Use Delta Companion Certificates Video here.
(47:33) - Free weekends
(50:50) - One reader has One Amex Platinum Card and one Amex Business Platinum Card. If they cancel or downgrade one of the cards, how does that impact their Delta lounge access for the calendar year?
On this episode, we'll talk about a crazy new premium credit card, we'll debate double elite night hotel promotions to see if they're mattress run worthy, talk about a nice new way to use JetBlue points, and discuss how to double your rewards with a partner.
(01:15) - One reader writes in about booking their family with roundtrip business class flights to Australia for Christmas and New Years!!!
(05:00) - New JetBlue Premier Card...
Learn more about the premier card here.
(12:13) - IHG Premier offer up to 170K after $4K spend in 3 months
Learn more about the IHG Premier card here.
(13:33) - IHG overlapping promos
Learn more about the targeted double elite nights here.
(14:58) - Learn more about Double points here.
(19:10) - Marriott's overlapping promos:
Learn more about Double elite nights + 1K bonus per night here.
(25:58) - Marriott increases top-end point prices
Read our Marriott Complete Guide here.
(30:30) - CardPointers
Learn more about CardPointers here CardPointers here.
(32:48) - Book TAP Air with JetBlue points
(39:13) - More rewards
Check out our How to video for maximizing rewards with Amex referrals here.
(43:38) - More spend
(44:56) - Companion Flights
Find our How your Southwest Companion can fly 4 free | Coffee Break Ep32 here.
Find our Complete Guide to the Southwest Companion Pass here.
Find our Two for the price of one: How to get a free companion ticket | Ep218 here.
(46:10) - Find our How to Use Delta Companion Certificates Video here.
(47:33) - Free weekends
(50:50) - One reader has One Amex Platinum Card and one Amex Business Platinum Card. If they cancel or downgrade one of the cards, how does that impact their Delta lounge access for the calendar year?
Previous Episode
World of Hyatt is broken. Here's how to fix it. | Coffee Break Ep43 | 1-28-25
World of Hyatt has been a favorite amongst points and miles enthusiasts for years. You can use your points for excellent properties at typically excellent values and the elite benefits are actually valuable. But...they're far from perfect, especially more recently. Not to worry - we have some suggestions for what they can do to get back on track.
(00:10) - Has been a great program for years
(02:20) - Long term problem: limited number of hotels
(04:29) - But they've killed a lot of the progress they'd made towards the footprint problem and moved instead towards dynamic award pricing
(07:54) - Our suggestion: Fix Mr & Mrs Smith awards
(10:54) - Or, more realistically: Fix free night certificates
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Music Credit – Beach Walk by Unicorn Heads
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How Hilton can win our loyalty | Coffee Break Ep44 | 2-4-25
We love how Hilton incorporates partners like SLH and Autocamp for example. But there are things we don't love about Hilton too. Today we'll talk about the ways they could win our loyalty.
(00:00) - We love how Hilton incorporates partners: SLH and Autocamp for example
(00:25) - But here's what we don't love...
(04:18) - Greg's suggestions for Hilton
(05:04) - Hilton's meaningful milestone benefits start way too late (at 40 nights)
(06:36) - Milestone benefits of early check-in certificates would really wow us
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Music Credit – Beach Walk by Unicorn Heads
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