Maximizing Travel Rewards

What are the best miles and points deals we've seen in 2024, and which deals came out above the rest? In today's episode of Frequent Miler on the Air, we'll decide what we think the best miles and points deal of 2024 was.

(01:05) - Feedback about Greg's "Frequent Miler’s 2024 State of the Business Report"

Read Greg's "Frequent Miler’s 2024 State of the Business Report" here.

(08:12) - Additional datapoints regarding possible Atlantis stays for after February 1st

(12:14) - Greg's Marriott Mattress Run

(20:48) - Capital One Offers

(26:18) - Easily extend National Free Day

(28:41) - Catch our "Bonvoyed of the Year" episode from last week to see which loyalty snafus we thought were the worst in 2024.

(29:11) - Buy Aeroplan miles for 1.14cpp: Read more about buying Aeroplan miles here.

(30:41) - Big payouts via Capital One Shopping

(36:35) - Virgin goes dynamic & lowers surcharges Read more about Virgin's dynamic pricing here.

(40:00) - Bilt transfer bonus up to 150% to Flying Blue, Virgin Points, and IHG One Rewards (Jan 1)

(42:19) - Bilt transfer bonus up to 100% to Alaska (July 1)

(44:05) - Amex +10x restaurants referral offer Read more about this Amex referral offer here.

(47:11) - 120K Ink Business Preferred offer + 40K referral

(48:27) - Hilton SLH

(53:20) - Alaska's awesome shorthaul AA pricing Read more about the Alaksa award chart winners and losers here.

(57:41) - SAS Eurobonus Millionaire

Read more about the SAS Eurobonus Millionaire challenge here: https://frequentmiler.com/sas-eurobonus-millionaire-promo-frequently-asked-questions-million-mile-madness-2024/

(1:00:02) - Which did we actually take advantage of? (Or which didn't we?)

(1:01:59) - So...which was the best?

(1:11:10) - Read more about this story here: https://loyaltytraveler.boardingarea.com/2015/05/25/frequent-flyer-history-latinpass-million-miles-mileage-runs-that-bankrupted-a-company/

(1:13:17) - Can you swap a cash seat you've already purchased with Southwest with a companion seat with your companion pass instead?