Hyatt Elite Milestone spending vs Mattress running | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep270 | 8-30-24

Aug 31, 2024

Dive into the world of Hyatt's elite program, where reaching milestone perks is up for debate! The hosts explore the nuances of mattress running versus credit card spending strategies. Listeners chime in on previous discussions while personal anecdotes about resort fees and travel tips keep things lively. There's also news about a partnership with Walgreens that allows members to earn points, plus insights into managing loyalty points for maximum travel rewards. Discover the true value of Hyatt elite nights and how to optimize your spending!

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Intro

00:00 • 3min

Maximizing Airline Awards and Membership Benefits

02:41 • 17min

Maximizing Loyalty Points and New Walgreens Partnership

20:02 • 3min

Maximizing Savings with HSAs and FSAs

23:05 • 3min

Navigating Credit Card Linking for Maximum Rewards

25:41 • 2min

Maximizing Loyalty: Hyatt and Delta Strategies

27:50 • 25min

Maximizing Hyatt Elite Nights

52:22 • 21min

CORRECTION NOTE: We've got a correction to add to this episode! In this episode Greg says with the Hyatt Business card you can get back $100 per year on spend at Hyatt hotels: $50 in first 6 monhts and $50 in second 6 months, but we need to correct that! In truth, you can get up to $100 back per membership year, $50 at a time, but you don't have to wait 6 months: you could make two payments in rapid succession to get the full $100. Thanks for your patience with this correction!

Hyatt's elite program can be really valuable - for instance when you reach certain milestones you can get valuable perks, and there's multiple ways of reaching those milestones. In this episode, Greg and Nick debate the best way of getting there.

(01:21) - Multiple readers (coincidentally named both forms of "John") chime in with feedback from recent podcast episodes...

(01:42) - Find podcast Ep269 Alaska/Hawaiian Airlines Wedding Planning here.

(04:21) - Find podcast Ep262 How to get great value from you Platinum card here.

(07:34) - Nick experiences a crazy Hilton resort fee for using the pool

(11:42) - Bilt's September 1 Rent Day promo. Should Greg transfer his points?

Read more about Bilt Rent Day promos here.

(20:58) - Bilt adds Walgreens FSA & point earning

(28:34) - Delta (probably gone) : US to Taipei on Delta One from 98,000 SkyMiles (83,300 for Delta cardholders)

Read more about finding this US to Taipei deal here.

(33:26) - Find our World of Hyatt Complete Guide here

(35:10) - Read Greg's post "Hyatt milestone spending -- what's my X?" here.

(36:59) - Read Nick's "Hyatt Milestone chasing: should we all mattress run to Globalist status?" here.

(39:49) - Hyatt Milestone Details: Earn valuable benefits after every 10 qualifying nights starting at 20 nights (but real value starts at 30)...

(47:20) - First let's talk about mattress running...

(52:54) - Credit card spend options...

(52:56) - Learn more about the World of Hyatt card here.

(53:43) - Learn more about the World of Hyatt Business card here.

(56:26) - Which is better - mattress running or credit card spend?

(1:07:33) - A reader just discovered you can redeem Cathay Pacific miles for hotels and wonders if we've heard of anyone doing this?