The SAS EuroBonus Millionaire promotion may turn out to be 2024’s Deal of the Year. We just have to fly 15 SkyTeam airlines before the end of the year to earn 1 million miles. However, if for some reason SAS doesn’t honor the promotion, they’ll make it to our 2024 naughty list for sure. As you listen to this, Nick, Greg, and Stephen are in the air somewhere in the world trying to complete this promotion in 2 weeks or less. Learn all about the promotion and how we’re going about tackling it in today’s main event.
Main Event: 1 Million Miles in 2 Weeks or Less
Mailbag
(02:43) – A reader has a tip about the US Bank Travel Portal allowing AR point redemptions at 1.5c for Disney theme park tickets, at the Disney retail pricing…
Awards, Points, and More
(04:34) – Trick for finding Finnair Avios award availability
Read more about our solution for finding Finnair award availability here.
(06:44) – Opportunities to buy miles cheaply (can be great for people who can’t get USA credit cards)
(07:27) – Read more about Flying Blue’s subscriptions to buy miles here.
(07:50) – Alaska/Hawaiian for 1.25c per mile
Read more about buying Alaska / Hawaiian miles for 1.25 c per mile here.
Main Event: 1 Million Miles in 2 Weeks or Less
(09:01) -What is Million Mile Madness?
Follow the Million Mile Madness challenge here.
(15:39) – Hi FM Team, do you have any backup or contingency plans in place if one of your flights is cancelled or severely delayed? Good luck on your adventure!
(19:12) – Departing soon? Best wishes to all the contestants
(24:07) – Will there be a live wrap up show for the challenge?
(26:50) – What have you done ahead of time for tight connections during your challenge? Like buying seats in the front of plane, familiarize the airport layout, etc…
(31:11) – Which airline are you most and least looking forward to flying as part of the challenge?
(37:11) – What is each contestant most confident they’ll be the “best” at?
(44:29) – I was trying to book a flight on AA using Alaska taking off in 2 days, and their website said that the itinerary is “too close to departure.” Is this phantom award space?
(46:05) – You know “player 2” is a common topic among the hobby. Would anyone here consider having their spouse joint one podcast explaining their thoughts of their significant other engaging in the hobby?
(48:06) – My Hyatt globalist expires soon. Can/should I make bookings after expiration and guest of honor myself?
(51:33) – Hawaiian biz card only offers 50k after $4k spend now (used to be 80k after $2k spend) Considering it may go away, should we jump on it now?
(53:41) – Greg, Delta Amex companion certificates terms are very restrictive. Any best practices to find eligible fare class for non-holiday weekends far in advance?
(54:58) – Is their a resource for which Hilton Resorts accept pre-payments?
(55:47) – What is each contestant’s personal mission?
(1:00:44) – Does booking yourself a Hyatt GOH earning an additional elite night?
(1:01:59) – Did you get confirmation that SAS will allow you to award the miles to the helpful readers?
(1:02:41) – Do you think you’ll run into each other during the challenge?
Question of the Week
(1:05:46) – The Amex Platinum card offer requires a lot of spend so one reader made an $11K estimated tax payment to meet that spend, but an agent later told them that kind of expense is not eligible for meeting spend requirement, outlining a few other ineligible expenses as well. Is this true?
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Looks like the AS restriction for booking international award tickets has been reported by other blogs and is currently being discussed on Flyertalk in the AS forum.
By “restriction” I mean the error mentioned in the recording at 44:29 that the flight is too close to departure.
(44:29) – I was trying to book a flight on AA using Alaska taking off in 2 days, and their website said that the itinerary is “too close to departure.” Is this phantom award space?