Rewarding Giving | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep332 | 11-14-25
Frequent Miler on the Air
Maximizing Rewards on Charitable Spend
Greg and Nick discuss using welcome-bonus spend, shopping portals, card-linked offers, and merchant credits to earn rewards when giving.
In this episode, we'll talk about Virgin's double-or-nothing bad math promo, how to fly to Europe for 88 miles, and how to earn more rewards while charitably giving.
Giant Mailbag
(00:56) - A fun story about Mariner tickets from a Capital One deal where the seats were almost too good.
Read more about Capital One Cardholder Exclusives Major League Baseball tickets here
Card News
(04:56) - Venture X offers. Learn more about the Capital One Venture X Business Card here
(08:48) - Learn more about Melio here
(09:34) - Learn how to pay taxes via credit card here
(10:07) - Learn more about the Capital One Venture X Rewards Card
(11:47) - Ink Business Unlimited® Credit Card and Ink Business Cash® Credit Card have added some concerning language to terms in the application flow
Learn more about the Ink Business Unlimited® Credit Card here (https://frequentmiler.com/CIBU/#Goto), and the Ink Business Cash® Credit Card here (https://frequentmiler.com/CIC/#Goto).
(15:19) - Chase offers Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card & Sapphire Reserve for Business℠ Card cardholders 1.5cpp for Apple products through Dec 7
Crazy Thing: Virgin shopping portal
Bonvoyed
(19:14) - SAS Devaluation
Awards, Points, and More
(22:53) - Wyndham gifting elite status bump or 5x rewards through the end of the year
(24:22) - Air France calendar now includes partners
(25:49) - Lufthansa Miles & More: economy flights to Europe for 88 miles + ~$200
(27:03) - Consider using our Rove link here: frequentmiler.com/rovemiles/
(30:21) - Jetblue 25/25 tracker (read more about the Jetblue 25/25 tracker here: https://frequentmiler.com/jetblue-has-added-a-25-for-25-progress-tracker-see-where-you-stand/)
(33:27) - Greg's experience canceling a Preferred Hotel booked with/ Choice
(38:47) - (Targeted) Capital One Shopping offering up to 25.5% cashback on British Airways flights (read more about this targeted offer here: https://frequentmiler.com/targeted-capital-one-shopping-offering-up-to-25-5-cashback-on-british-airways-flights/)
(41:46) - Chase now lets you see all The Edit by Chase Travel℠ hotels
US credit card guide has a Map of all The Edit by Chase Travel℠ hotels. (See the map of The Edit hotels here: https://www.uscreditcardguide.com/a-map-for-the-edit-by-chase-travel/)
Main Event: Rewarding Giving
(45:15) - Finding worthy charities
Charity Navigator (https://www.charitynavigator.org/)
Charity Watch (https://www.charitywatch.org/)
Guidestar (https://www.guidestar.org/)
GreatNonprofits (https://greatnonprofits.org/)
(46:48) - Or, let others assign the money where it will do the most good
GiveWell (https://www.givewell.org/)
(48:08) - Earn credit card rewards without passing along transaction fees to your favorite charity
PayPal Giving Fund Fundraiser Hub (https://www.paypal.com/fundraiser/hub)
(50:06) - Kiva microloans
(Learn more about Kiva or find our referral link here: https://frequentmiler.com/kiva/)
Question of the Week
(1:01:17) - A question about traveling with children
(1:03:03) - A question about whether or not it's worth mattress-running 2 nights to get Club Access Awards for future travel
(1:07:11) - What happens when your flight gets canceled (especially if you booked it with one airline, but flew another?) And what are you entitled to?
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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder
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