On this episode, we’ll talk about a crazy new premium credit card, we’ll debate double elite night hotel promotions to see if they’re mattress run worthy, talk about a nice new way to use JetBlue points, and discuss how to double your rewards with a partner.
Main Event: Points & Miles 2 Player Mode
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Giant Mailbag
(01:15) – One reader writes in about booking their family with roundtrip business class flights to Australia for Christmas and New Years!!!
Crazy Thing
(05:00) – New JetBlue Premier Card…
Learn more about the premier card here.
More Card News
(12:13) – IHG Premier offer up to 170K after $4K spend in 3 months
Learn more about the IHG Premier card here.
Mattress Running the Numbers: IHG / Marriott
(13:33) – IHG overlapping promos
Learn more about the targeted double elite nights here.
(14:58) – Learn more about Double points here.
(19:10) – Marriott’s overlapping promos:
Learn more about Double elite nights + 1K bonus per night here.
Bonvoyed
(25:58) – Marriott increases top-end point prices
Read our Marriott Complete Guide here.
Awards, Points, and More
(30:30) – CardPointers
Learn more about CardPointers here CardPointers here.
(32:48) – Book TAP Air with JetBlue points
Main Event: Points & Miles 2 Player Mode
(39:13) – More rewards
Check out our How to video for maximizing rewards with Amex referrals here.
(43:38) – More spend
(44:56) – Companion Flights
Find our How your Southwest Companion can fly 4 free | Coffee Break Ep32 here.
Find our Complete Guide to the Southwest Companion Pass here.
Find our Two for the price of one: How to get a free companion ticket | Ep218 here.
(46:10) – Find our How to Use Delta Companion Certificates Video here.
(47:33) – Free weekends
Question of the Week
(50:50) – One reader has One Amex Platinum Card and one Amex Business Platinum Card. If they cancel or downgrade one of the cards, how does that impact their Delta lounge access for the calendar year?
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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder
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Hearing Greg ask about Iberia vs. TAP was interesting, because we just came back from a trip where we flew both. We were of Lufthansa to MUC, then TAP MUC-LIS-MAD, and Iberia MAD-BOS.
We found Iberia to be an absolute delight, and much better than the last time we flew them in 2018. Food was very good (they switched caterers in 2019, apparently). The crew was actually super friendly. And we were on one of their new A321XLR aircrafts. Nick would not like their seats (a variation of the newer JetBlue ones), but we loved them. Even the MAD ground experience was good (the train out to Terminal 4S is a bit long, but everything went smoothly). We thought the Iberia experience was way better than Lufthansa.
The TAP experience, on the other hand, completely reflected its poor reputation. The bus gate ground game at LIS was miserable. While we did not try their long haul hard product, the catering was more or less inedible (I did not see anyone in business class touch their carrot & cod salad). And the staff ranges from indifferent to rude.
Came on here as soon as I found out about the JetBlue Premier Card. No write up on that? Just Chris I haven’t been in the loop
Yes, we wrote about it, talked about it on the podcast, and Carrie included a link to our post about it in the summary above. Here it is again: https://frequentmiler.com/new-jetblue-premier-card-launches-but-isnt-ready-to-take-off/
The Westin at DTW went from 35,000 points to 45,000 points in February 2025. Cash rate is $238. When I search for the category code in the HTML, it shows 0.
Log in to your Marriott account in that browser, then check the category code again.