Donation Strategies and the Benefits of Playing the Points Game

Maximize your charitable giving by earning a great return while doing good in the world. From ways to give without causing your favorite charity to incur processing fees to ways to earn thousands of points for your donation, this week we talk about how to do your charitable deeds (better).

00:00 Intro

01:13 Giant Mailbag

03:32 Giant Mailbag #2: United Quest card details

07:22 Card Talk: Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card & Capital One Venture X Business Credit Card

https://frequentmiler.com/venturex/

https://frequentmiler.com/VentureXBiz/#Goto

18:35 What crazy thing . . . did Marriott do this week?

https://frequentmiler.com/apartments-four-points-express-more-details-about-these-2-new-marriott-brands/

23:27 Award Talk

23:28 Alaska Mileage Plan March 2024 changes

https://frequentmiler.com/huge-alaska-announces-unified-award-charts/

https://frequentmiler.com/new-alaska-award-chart-winners-losers-and-sweet-spots/

https://frequentmiler.com/alaska-us-anything-we-discuss-the-new-alaska-award-chart-video/

37:06 Do you want to collect Alaska miles now?

39:06 Award Talk: Use JetBlue points to book Qatar flights

https://frequentmiler.com/book-qatar-flights-with-jetblue-trueblue-points/

42:15 Award Talk: Marriott free night certificate inside info

https://frequentmiler.com/marriott-rules-for-extending-free-nights/

46:55 Main Event: A good deed is its own reward, but we can do better.

47:15 How do you find charities that do good? (search tools)

48:20 GiveWell

50:03 PayPay Giving Fund

52:15 Kiva Microloans

https://frequentmiler.com/why-i-love-kiva-for-earning-rewards-and-doing-good/

55:29 How do you earn rewards on charitable gifts?

55:47 Ways to earn miles for donating through airline programs, etc

56:48 Credit Card Rewards

46:49 US Bank cards that earn 2x on charitable donations....meh

58:13 Bank of America 2.62% cash back

58:48 Credit Card Big Spend Bonuses

https://frequentmiler.com/best-big-spend-bonuses/

1:00:25 Buying Visa or Mastercard gift cards and using them to donate

1:03:17 Earn a new card welcome bonus

https://frequentmiler.com/best-credit-card-sign-up-offers/

1:06:25 Donating miles and points

1:08:20 Earn Air France elite credit

1:09:38 Question of the Week: Is it worth it to travel to Australia for just a week?

Music credit: Annie Yoder