The best credit card travel credits | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep366 | 7-10-26

The best credit card travel credits | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep366 | 7-10-26

On today's podcast episode, if you couldn't get enough of Basic Economy, don't worry! Delta has introduced Basic Business. We'll share a potential trick for getting 25,000 AA miles for free, and talk about Credit card Travel Credits: which are worthwhile and which are worthless. GIANT MAILBAG (01:10) - Joaquin says, "One thing I haven’t considered before listening to you was to monitor the price of a hotel or flight after booking to cancel and rebook it if the price drops." BONVOYED (07:40) - Delta introduces Basic Business (and Premium Select, and First) AWARDS, POINTS, AND MORE (13:54) - Delta Stays is better than Greg thought Read more about Delta Stays here [https://frequentmiler.com/booking-a-paid-hotel-stay-a-card-collectors-case-study/] (17:23) - Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card OpenTables (20:38) - Hilton expands partnership with Explora Journeys (luxury cruises) THE BEST CREDIT CARD TRAVEL CREDITS (23:27) - Many premium cards come with travel credits to justify their annual fees. We rank them... (24:31) - General travel credits (26:16) - Airfare & Airline Fee credits (32:03) - Hotel credits SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW Visit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ [https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/] to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder [https://open.spotify.com/artist/6zAQHcu57q9QmYEKaDBpEU?si=JylqRM-FRhuVsWSE5oCIvA] Mentioned in this episode: Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This podcast is part of Voyascape, a podcast network that brings together the world's best travel podcasts. You can find all of our podcasts from around the world at Voyascape.com. If you are interested in advertising or sponsored content on any of our shows you can find out more at the link below. Voyascape Podcast Network [https://frequent-miler-on-the.captivate.fm/partnershipsfrequentmiler] Frequent Miler Beginner's Guide https://frequentmiler.com/start-here/ [https://frequent-miler-on-the.captivate.fm/starthere]

Which Hyatt Milestone Reward should I pick? | Coffee Break Ep113 | 7-7-26

Greg earned a 3-night Hyatt milestone reward, which means he's faced with a choice of what to pick. He's got 90 days to pick that reward, but he's whittled away a lot of that time and now just has a few weeks left to decide. WHICH HYATT MILESTONE REWARD SHOULD I PICK? (01:22) - 30 Night milestone rewards (02:10) - Pick One: 2K Next Stay Award (03:30) - Club Access Awards (2) (04:22) - $25 FIND Experience Credit (06:14) - 2 Preferred Seat Coupons on American Airlines (07:19) - What should Greg pick? (10:23) - Which Hyatt milestone rewards are best at each milestone? SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW Visit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ [https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/] to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder [https://open.spotify.com/artist/6zAQHcu57q9QmYEKaDBpEU?si=JylqRM-FRhuVsWSE5oCIvA] Mentioned in this episode: Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This podcast is part of Voyascape, a podcast network that brings together the world's best travel podcasts. You can find all of our podcasts from around the world at Voyascape.com. If you are interested in advertising or sponsored content on any of our shows you can find out more at the link below. Voyascape Podcast Network [https://frequent-miler-on-the.captivate.fm/partnershipsfrequentmiler] Frequent Miler's Best Offers Page https://frequentmiler.com/best-credit-card-offers/ [https://frequent-miler-on-the.captivate.fm/bestoffers]

Do we book speculatively, hoping for a schedule change? | Question of the Week Ep8 | 7-5-26

Do we book speculatively, hoping for a schedule change? Reader "LR" sent us the following question: > "I was intrigued by a recent post about schedule changes in another group that I follow. This particular person noted that anytime United or AA makes a schedule change of any type, you can change your flight at no additional cost to your preferred route. Sometimes you may even have flexibility within several days of the original flight. So my question is, is this a tactic that you all use if you book flights far in advance? Pick the cheapest award price from one city to another, and then hope for a schedule change in order to change it to your preferred route? And then on an even more complicated note- have any of you had success following a schedule change, of changing from a flight in “first class (non-lay-flat seats)” to a different flight on “Delta One” or AA’s “flagship business” or United Polaris (etc, all of which have lay-flat seats)? I assume these are considered different classes and would require a fee upgrade. I’m trying to book flights home from Hawaii next March, and I’m wondering if this kind of tactic may work." We’ve been answering a reader or listener question at the end of each Frequent Miler on the Air podcast episode. Now, we’ve turned the question of the week into its own weekly episode. Tune in every Sunday at 5pm for our Question of the Week podcast. And if you have your own question you’d like to submit, you can send it to mailbag@frequentmiler.com. Mentioned in this episode: Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This podcast is part of Voyascape, a podcast network that brings together the world's best travel podcasts. You can find all of our podcasts from around the world at Voyascape.com. If you are interested in advertising or sponsored content on any of our shows you can find out more at the link below. Voyascape Podcast Network [https://frequent-miler-on-the.captivate.fm/partnershipsfrequentmiler]

12 things to know about Hyatt's devaluation | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep365 | 7-3-26

On today's episode, we'll see how the 5x airline card saga continues, Nick will give us more reasons to use the Southwest app, we'll hear some exciting news about Frontier, and we'll dive deep into Hyatt's devaluation. GIANT MAILBAG (01:06) - More comments about our comments about there being "No airline cards offer 5x or more" CRAZY THING: CHASE (03:41) - Points Boost is sometimes different between Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card & Sapphire Reserve for Business℠ Card BONVOYED (07:22) - Lifemiles+ eliminates free cancellation benefit for new subscribers AWARDS, POINTS, AND MORE (11:35) - Alaska Wallet funds can now be used for AS companion fares again (12:20) - Rove adds Frontier as a transfer partner Read more about Frontier being added as a Rove transfer partner here [https://frequentmiler.com/frontier-added-as-a-rove-transfer-partner-get-25-transfer-bonus-through-7-31-26/] (15:30) - Nick's Southwest notes MAIN EVENT: 12 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT HYATT'S DEVALUATION (21:18) - Hyatt recently introduced new award charts. We dug into the numbers... Read more about the changed value of Hyatt points here [https://frequentmiler.com/what-are-hyatt-points-worth/] (22:20) - 1. Median point value dropped ~10% (23:10) - 2. Cherry-picked value dropped <10% (24:34) - 3. It could have been much worse (26:31) - 4. It will probably be much worse next year (27:46) - 5. Points more valuable with certain brands (30:37) - 6. Points less valuable with certain brands (32:14) - 7. Points are less valuable at high end (34:27) - 8. Points are more valuable at low end (35:54) - 9. Many cities offer excellent value (39:45) - 10. Singapore offers surprisingly poor value: 1.0 (40:47) - 11. Worst and best values barely budged (41:52) - 12. Mr & Mrs Smith not as bad as we thought SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW Visit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ [https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/] to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder [https://open.spotify.com/artist/6zAQHcu57q9QmYEKaDBpEU?si=JylqRM-FRhuVsWSE5oCIvA] Mentioned in this episode: Visit FrequentMiler.com Did you know that Frequent Miller is also a website? At frequentMiller.com, you'll find all the latest deals, news about points, miles, and rewarding credit cards, the single best, Best Credit Cards page on the web, guides to all popular rewards programs, and many other terrific resources. If you'd like to get our posts sent to your email, go to frequentMiller.com/subscribe and sign up for free. https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ [https://frequent-miler-on-the.captivate.fm/frequentmiler] Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This podcast is part of Voyascape, a podcast network that brings together the world's best travel podcasts. You can find all of our podcasts from around the world at Voyascape.com. If you are interested in advertising or sponsored content on any of our shows you can find out more at the link below. Voyascape Podcast Network [https://frequent-miler-on-the.captivate.fm/partnershipsfrequentmiler]

Speculative Bilt transfer bonuses | Coffee Break Ep112 | 6-30-26

When it comes to transfer bonuses, conventional wisdom has been not to transfer unless there's specific use in mind. But sometimes the bonus is too good to ignore. SPECULATIVE BILT TRANSFER BONUSES (00:16) - Conventional wisdom: don’t transfer without specific use in mind. But... (01:19) - With Bilt 2.0, earning hundreds of thousands of Bilt points is not so difficult anymore (04:11) - So which bonuses are worth doing for airline programs? Transfer bonuses where Greg & Nick disagree (or both said maybe) 1. Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards 2. Air France-KLM Flying Blue 3. British Airways Avios 4. Avianca LifeMiles 5. Cathay Pacific Cathay 6. Japan Airlines JAL Mileage Bank 7. Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles 8. Virgin Atlantic Flying Club Transfer bonuses Greg & Nick would NOT do 1. Etihad Guest 2. Emirates Skywards 3. TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go (26:15) - So which bonuses are worth doing for hotel programs? Transfer bonuses Greg & Nick would definitely do 1. Hyatt 2. Accor Transfer bonuses where Greg & Nick disagree (or both said maybe) 1. I Prefer Subscribe and Follow Visit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ [https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/] to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder [https://open.spotify.com/artist/6zAQHcu57q9QmYEKaDBpEU?si=JylqRM-FRhuVsWSE5oCIvA] Mentioned in this episode: Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This podcast is part of Voyascape, a podcast network that brings together the world's best travel podcasts. You can find all of our podcasts from around the world at Voyascape.com. If you are interested in advertising or sponsored content on any of our shows you can find out more at the link below. Voyascape Podcast Network [https://frequent-miler-on-the.captivate.fm/partnershipsfrequentmiler] Frequent Miler Beginner's Guide https://frequentmiler.com/start-here/ [https://frequent-miler-on-the.captivate.fm/starthere]