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This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler What are our favorite USA destinations? If you go for the AA elite status as your Hyatt milestone benefit, when does the AA status expire? We answered these questions and more on the Ask Us Anything hosted live on YouTube on June 3rd, 2026. (00:43) - Why does BILT still have “Coming Soon” for Blacklane and Blade BILT Cash redemptions after nearly 6 months? Sure feels like many of us are gonna have a glut of expiring, unusable BILT Cash at year’s end… *sigh* (03:04) - What do you guys do for internet access on your phones when traveling abroad…pay for international service through your carrier, purchase a VPN, something else I maybe don’t know about? Haha See our GigSky posts here: https://frequentmiler.com/tag/gigsky/ (11:41) - Curious what each of you would say are your top favorite Hyatt stays? I want to book a couple hotels for next year before Hyatt continues their devaluation rollout. (17:44) - A question on credit card travel protections. If you use different credit cards for different parts of your trip (e.g., one for flights, another one for hotels, maybe a third for car rentals) (19:04) - I’m now at 4/24, so I want to apply for the 100K Chase Sapphire Preferred card for myself. Is being an authorized user on the card you want to apply for have any negative consequences? (20:25) - How does the Hyatt Milestone (100+ nights) reward for AA Platinum status for a year work? Does it give you LP to top you up to Platinum status? What’s the process after that to earn Platinum Pro? (21:13) - Sorry if this has been asked before…..is there going to be another live podcast?? I really want to go if there will be another one! My vote is Omaha ;) Center of the country and not too far for anyone (22:10) - Do you have any advice for upgrading from Club World to First class on British Airways? Can it be done with Avios, or cash? You guys are the best!!! Thanks for all you do. (24:08) - On your latest coffee break, if you go for the AA elite status on your Hyatt milestone, when does the AA expire? Find our recent coffee break here: https://frequentmiler.com/which-hyatt-milestone-reward-should-i-pick-coffee-break-ep113-7-7-26/ (27:08) - Do you have any tips for how to get a Business card NLL offer from Amex? (31:40) - Then my question would be what are your favorite USA destinations? Wouldn’t that be a fantastic podcast? See Stephen's post about underrated US destinations here: https://frequentmiler.com/6-underrated-states-to-visit-for-a-domestic-vacation/ (36:30) - What’s the summer /2026 challenge ? Can we get India involved as a destination/layover /Stopover? (36:52) - For Stephen and Tim — looking for their thoughts on the BILT ecosystem currently and how they use the new 2.0 cards See the podcast episode where Greg and Nick shared their thoughts on Bilt here: https://frequentmiler.com/bilt-palladium-review-6-month-checkpoint-frequent-miler-on-the-air-ep364-6-26-26/ (43:46) - Have any of you personally interacted with EES yet? How long was the delay leaving the eu? Is it less when leaving a smaller airport on a direct flight to a US destination? (46:13) - Would love to hear the teams experience with the Atmos Summit card and reaching status. (50:00) - Greg, what's the update for the Citi saga? (51:29) - Do you use any app to manage and monitor all the credit cards and their benefits or just use excel sheet? (56:00) - Stephen did you try the clam pizza? Visit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow
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This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler Giant Mailbag (01:02) Changing frequent flyer number on a partner award Mattress Running the Numbers (08:33) IHG Ambassador Promotion More analysis of this promotion here. Bonvoyed (19:17) Amex Lodging credit will require 2-night minimum in 2027 Learn more about the new options and requirements in our post. This Week in Points (26:05) Bilt adds JetBlue as a new transfer partner (31:27) SAS EuroBonus status match Full details of the SAS status match can be found here. (41:23) StubHub Quadruple Stack Follow the steps of the stack by reading our post. (44:32) American Airlines Admirals Club passes from Citi cards Find more of what you need to know about Admirals Club passes here. (50:25) Greg's quest for more Hilton Free Night Certificates Main Event: Southwest Companion Pass: Now playing hard to get (54:56) Southwest Companion Pass: Now playing hard to get Subscribe and Follow Visit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email [email protected] or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.
This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler The Frequent Miler team appeared at the Points Travel Festival last weekend in Chicago, where Greg and Nick recorded a podcast episode live, selecting a topic from the audience suggestions: Best use of Bilt now that the dust has settled! Best use of Bilt now that the dust has settled (Live Podcast Recording!) (00:55) - What is Bilt? (01:38) - Bilt 2.0 credit cards (04:42) - Using Bilt to pay rent or mortgage (05:39) - Why might you not want to use Bilt for rent or mortgage (08:45) - Transfer bonuses (10:21) - Is the Palladium card worth it? (14:18) - Use your Bilt Cash to pay up to a higher transfer bonus (17:24) - Blacklane (19:31) - Is it worth transferring to Hyatt at 4:3? (20:54) - Should you hold your points for transfer bonuses? (28:42) - Do we have faith in Bilt as a company? (31:30) - A strategy for getting to Platinum Status Subscribe and Follow Visit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email [email protected] or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.
This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler Should I use points for business trips? Brian wrote in with this question, asking: How do I handle bookings when my small business pays for the flight? I have never used points/miles to book a business trip because it feels like I’m using up my personal miles for what would be a legitimate business expense (even though I earned many of those point/miles from business travel). Every once in a while, I see a very good redemption opportunity but don’t take it because I don’t know how to value those miles as a business expense - if it’s a cash booking it’s very straightforward. But this seems like I may be unnecessarily hurting the business by paying more in cash. How do you think of points/miles in this situation? This could apply to hotel points and FNAs as well.(01:58) - One option is to assert a value for your points Find our RRVs here (05:16) - Business pays base rate & you use personal points to upgrade or copay Subscribe and Follow Visit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email [email protected] or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.
This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler In today's episode, United will be making it harder to earn status in 2027; we're simplifying our card and bank account collections; there are Amex Platinum card rumors, and Hyatt now allows transferring points to others online. And speaking of Hyatt... they've made the next move in their relationship with Air Canada. But... is it enough? Giant Mailbag (01:13) - Megan asks Greg if he's considered opening a Bask Bank account as a potential for AA miles Learn more about the Bask Bank Offer here Bonvoyed: United (09:16) - United will be making it harder to earn status in 2027 This Week in Points (13:35) - Transferring Hyatt points to other members can now be done online! (16:44) - Rove has added another new transfer partner: JetBlue (18:40) - Elite night credits from multiple IHG credit cards do stack (20:34) - Hilton and IHG drop their point sale price below half a cent (23:59) - Get paid to visit Vancouver, British Columbia Learn more about getting paid to visit Vancouver here (25:49) - Amex Platinum Rumors (39:00) - Find our "Which cards are keepers?" resource here Personal Points (39:22) - Nick is downgrading cards (46:50) - Greg is downgrading cards too... Main Event: Hyatt & Air Canada's partnership reaches next level (50:30) - Initial partnership (54:21) - What's new? (1:04:06) - Hyatt/Air Canada Dual accrual promo Subscribe and Follow Visit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email [email protected] or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.
This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler Greg is going to Berlin, but he may not stay in Berlin for the weekend. He hasn't yet booked a flight home, so he could hop over to another European city and fly home from there. Nick recommended Prague, but are there other places Greg should consider? Coffee Break: Weekend in Europe, where should Greg go? (00:17) - See our August 28th podcast "Hidden Gem Awards" here (01:20) - See Carrie's suggestions here (02:53) - Feedback about Prague and other options by train (06:55) - Flight options (10:03) - Other listener/reader suggestions: (17:19) - Greg's decision... Subscribe and Follow Visit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email [email protected] or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.