Frequent Miler on the Air

The podcast delves into upcoming 2024 team challenge details, listener questions about summer plans and onward travel requirements. Participants discuss budget, scoring, and potential destinations, while speculating on the City Strata Premiere card launch and sharing insights on credit card benefits. Exciting adventures, travel strategies, and viewer engagement opportunities are highlighted throughout the lively episode.

Topics include maximizing big spend bonuses on credit cards, changes in Priority Pass access, booking flights with Etihad and JetBlue points, earning elite status perks without flying, and tips for building credit history for teenagers and college students.

Nick shares 4 cool things learned at Toronto Travel Summit: Air France upgrades, Aeroplan family pooling, partner space plans, Finnair Avios for hotels. Networking with interesting people highlighted.

Tips for booking positioning flights, comparing Bank of America Premium Rewards cards, exploring promotional offers and transfer bonuses, navigating award challenges, strategies for booking and managing positioning flights, dealing with tight layovers, airline miles, and companion certificates.

Greg, Founder of Frequent Miler, shares the origin story of his points and miles blog. He discusses how he started the blog for his friends, discovered stacking opportunities, and learned about manufactured spending. Greg also talks about joining Boarding Area, monetizing his blog, setting earnings goals, and discovering Vanilla Reload cards.

Explore using points for luxury lodging, tips for positioning flights, Amex Equinox spa perks, Bilt Blade partnership, and MaxFHR. Learn about Hyatt's disappointing Mr & Mrs Smith integration, major hotel chain luxury brands, and earning elite status through credit card spending. Discover the value of using points for upscale accommodations and exploring unique redemption promotions.

The podcast discusses Hilton taking on Small Luxury Hotels (SLH) after Hyatt's previous partnership, comparing points redemption, favorite SLH properties, and the benefits of Hilton's portfolio. They explore Hilton's approach to SLH, awards redemption, and the value of SLH properties, including luxurious resort experiences at Nanooka and Iker.

Learn shortcuts to attain American Airlines elite status, benefits of AA credit cards, luxurious flight experiences, maximizing loyalty points, challenges and hopes for AI-based customer service.

Discover how United is blocking partner awards, impacting international travel plans and altering the value of United miles. Explore the limitations on booking partner awards and the exclusivity of United flights for mileage bookings. Uncover the benefits of United credit cards in comparison to other airline offerings.

Discover tips for maximizing IHG One Rewards program benefits, from booking suites with more points to utilizing free night certificates and confirmable suite upgrades. Explore the chaos caused by erroneous emails to loyalty cardholders and the potential hurdles faced in maximizing loyalty points. Learn about leveraging shopping portals for IHG rewards and the perks of ambassador status, along with strategies for maximizing fourth night free benefits and breakfast comparisons. Dive into Disney trip planning with credit cards and easy redemption tips for beginners.