Rewarding Giving | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep332 | 11-14-25
Frequent Miler on the Air
Kiva Microloans and PayPal Handling
Greg and Nick describe Kiva microloans, repayment expectations, and how PayPal processes Kiva payments without fees to borrowers.
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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