Frequent Miler on the Air

Loyalty Program Changing Fortunes | Ep198 | 4-15-23

Apr 15, 2023

01:15:31

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Episode notes

Introduction

4min

The Future of Credit Card Sign Up Offers

2min

The Sapphire Preferential Card

2min

How to Get the Best Category Bonus on All Travel

2min

Chase Ultimate Rewards: What You Need to Know

3min

Sapphire Preferential: A Good Starter Card for Beginners

4min

How Many Times Have You Used Go Puff With the Wallet Full of Choice?

2min

The Crazy Thing Hyatt Did This Week

2min

How to Avoid Cancellations on Etihad First Class Awards

2min

10.

Etihad Takes Away First Class on Flights Between Abu Dhabi and London

2min

11.

How to Get Your Airplane Points Back

3min

12.

How to Book a Cruise to a Matching Offer

5min

13.

How to Find Award Flights With American Airlines Miles

2min

14.

American Airlines' Adoption of Award Charts

2min

15.

The Advantages of Using American Airlines Miles

3min

16.

Delta's Trending Down

4min

17.

How to Transfer Your Chase Ultimate Awards to United

2min

18.

Virgin Atlantic's Disappointment

3min

19.

The Uptrend in Japan Airlines Award Pricing

2min

20.

How to Stay at an IHG Hotel Program

3min

21.

The Uptrend in IHG Points

2min

22.

Marriott's Hotel Price Inflation Is Making Hyatt Look Better

2min

23.

The Doom and Gloom of Hotels

2min

24.

Wyndham Vacation Rentals: Up or Down?

3min

25.

How to Burn Radis in Points

4min

26.

The Hypocrisy of Booking Flights

2min

27.

Why I Choose to Book With Life Miles

3min

28.

How to Deal With Last Minute Flights

2min

29.

How to Cancel a Flight for Your in-Laws

2min

Frequent Miler often focuses on determine value in the most objective ways possible, but this week Nick and Greg take a very subjective look at each of the major programs, sharing our thoughts about whether each is trending up or trending down.

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00:00 Intro

01:05 Giant Mailbag

06:50 Card Talk: Chase Sapphire Preferred

https://frequentmiler.com/chase-sapphire-preferred-complete-guide/

19:17 What crazy thing....double header 19:32 What crazy thing....did Hyatt do this week?

https://frequentmiler.com/hyatt-is-being-shady-with-terms-of-latest-promotion/

22:30 Aeroplan

27:24 Award Talk: British Airways Business Class with AA miles

29:40 Free MSC Cruise

https://frequentmiler.com/our-experience-booking-a-free-msc-cruise/

34:35 Seats.Aero adds Emirates

36:08 Main Event: Loyalty program changing fortunes

36:31 American Airlines

40:26 Delta

41:46 Southwest

43:13 United

46:37 Virgin Atlantic

48:27 Alaska

50:50 IHG

54:57 Hyatt

56:06 Marriott

59:20 Hilton

1:00:25 Wyndham

1:02:34 Choice

1:02:58 Radisson Americas

1:04:46 Question of the Week: What's your strategy regarding speculative bookings?

Music credit: Annie Yoder

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