Doing Hawaii with points | Ep195 | 3-25-23

Instead of saving money for years to visit Hawaii, save your money and get your flights and hotels covered with just two new credit cards. This week, we talk about how to scratch Hawaii off your bucket list with ease and your best options to make it happen.

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00:00 Intro

00:56 Giant Mailbag: IHG Suite Upgrade Clarification

04:36 Frequent Miler Challenge Update

https://frequentmiler.com/party-of-5-frequent-milers-2023-team-challenge/

13:46 Card Talk: Wyndham credit cards

https://frequentmiler.com/wyndhamearner/

https://frequentmiler.com/wyndhamearnerplus/

https://frequentmiler.com/wyndhamearnerbiz/

29:00 What crazy thing....did Citi do this week?

32:51 Mattress running the numbers: Wyndham portal promotion

https://frequentmiler.com/wyndham-shopping-portal-math-strikes-again/

39:08 Wyndham points on sale

https://frequentmiler.com/buy-wyndham-points/

43:02 Award Talk: A multi-night stay on Hyatt free night certificates

45:21 Award Talk: Marriott bookings before the gloves come off

50:28 Main Event: Doing Hawaii with points

https://frequentmiler.com/hawaii-vacation-book-flights-and-hotels-with-credit-card-points/

56:38 How to get award flights to Hawaii

https://frequentmiler.com/best-ways-to-fly-to-hawaii-from-the-us-mainland/

56:37 Book with miles directly with the operating airline (AA Web Specials, Delta and United flash sales)

1:03:03 Partner awards: United via Turkish Miles & Smiles

https://frequentmiler.com/how-to-book-united-flights-using-turkish-miles-smiles/

1:07:55 Partner awards: British Airways for Alaska or American

1:08:10 Partner awards: Air France and Virgin Atlantic for Delta

1:08:48 Tools for searching for award flights

https://frequentmiler.com/which-award-search-tool-is-best/

1:11:21 Hawaiian miles to upgrade from economy to business class

1:12:38 Lodging

1:13:23 Wyndham

1:13:45 Book Vacasa rentals with Wyndham points

https://frequentmiler.com/wyndham-vacasa/

1:17:04 Wyndham points for Wyndham timeshare properties

1:21:46 Hyatt points for Hawaiian accommodations

1:23:35 StayWithPoints

1:28:50 Is Hilton worth it? What about Marriott?

1:34:23 Timeshare deals

1:38:49 Question of the Week: Why is Greg's wallet so full of Citibank cards?

Music credit: Annie Yoder