We've been talking a lot lately about unique uses for Citi ThankYou points such as transferring to Leading Hotels of the World, but how do you accumulate these points? That's what we'll talk about in today's episode of Frequent Miler on the Air.
(01:20) - During Ask Us Anything, Greg said that Amex to Hilton transfer bonus would have to be 70% to match standard Chase to Hyatt transfer value. One reader thought of a situation where a 1.7 cents per point value could be reached via Bilt to Virgin Atlantic 125% transfer bonus for Platinum members.
Watch our recent Ask Us Anything here.
(07:53) - Hilton Aspire resort credit-eligible hotel list shrinks
Read more about the Hilton Aspire resort credit eligible hotel list changes here.
(09:29) - Targeted 120,000 Membership Rewards points Business Platinum upgrade offers
Read more about the 120K Membership Rewards points Business Platinum upgrade offers here.
(13:36) - Venture X and Venture X Business Cards: Hertz President's Circle status NOT ending 12/31.
Read more about the Venture X card here, and the Venture X Business Card here.
(14:50) - What crazy thing did Nick and Greg do? (They missed the 70K Hawaiian card bonus change to 50K, hours before discussing it on the podcast.)
(15:10) - Listen to our conversation about the Alaska / Hawaiian merger here.
(17:21) - What crazy thing did Barclays do?
(21:15) - Targeted IHG double elite night credits on up to 2 stays through 12/31/24 (Read more here.)
(28:01) - Wells Fargo Rewards® points now transfer to Virgin
(29:02) - Targeted Avianca LifeMiles sale - 200% bonus (through MONDAY 9/30) (Read more here.)
(31:46) - AA Targeted promo to get Loyalty Points when spending AA miles
(32:37) - Melio business bill payment service now has paid membership tiers Read more about Melio here.
(35:28) - Pepper Rewards adds point history and pending point information
Learn more about Pepper here.
(39:23) - Spirit updates, including removing redemption fees and free wifi for Gold members
(40:55) - ThankYou Rewards quick overview and basics
Find out about unique rewards you can get with ThankYou points here.
(46:23) - Welcome bonuses
Learn more about the Strata Premier card here.
Learn more about the Double Cash card here, and the Custom Cash card here.
(50:54) - Earn through spend...
(1:01:02) - Targeted Bonuses
(1:02:44) - Retention Bonuses
(1:07:19) - 2 person (or "2 player") strategy
(1:10:10) - A reader won 50K American Airline miles from a work event and is considering accumulating more...
