In today’s episode, we’re schooled about Wells Fargo cards, we learn about earning points on your mortgage, and we talk about how you can take the sting out of Southwest’s customer unfriendly changes.
Main Event: Southwest LUVs cardholders
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Giant Mailbag
(01:03) – Listeners give us more ideas about making a great Wells Fargo Wallet
Find our episode “A World-Class Wells Fargo Wallet” here.
Card News
(08:20) – Mesa Homeowners Card: Earn transferable points on mortgage payments
(14:20) – Goldbelly no longer selling $10 gift cards (minimum is $25)
(16:06) – Read about maximizing your “coupon” credits from American Express here.
Bonvoyed
(16:15) – Capital One Shopping pulls many good gift card redemption options (and it varies from one cardholder to the next!)
(20:05) – Pepper Rewards app not working (Taking payment but not producing gift cards, no coin…
Awards, Points, and More
(22:44) – Likely: JetBlue partnering with United
(27:51) – AA reducing award holds to 24 hours
(29:04) – Emirates breaking up with some transferable currencies (temporarily?)
Read more about this Emirates speculation here.
(31:39) – Transfer SAS to Scandic hotels and back
Main Event: Southwest LUVs cardholders
(34:26) – New Details announced (fare bundles, bags, credit cards)
(41:09) – Cardholders will win big
(47:05) – Is Southwest Priority Card the best airline card ever?
(53:09) – Is Southwest Priority Card even better than elite status?
(57:23) – But….is the writing on the wall?
Question of the Week
(1:01:19) – If you have a major purchase you weren’t expecting, which credit card would you put it on (and how would you decide?)
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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder
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Not all Wells Fargo card can product change into the Visa Signature. The question is: which cards can?
Valuable nugget found on this episode. Mille grazie.
On the change in AA award hold time, I found that option very valuable when they had change and cancellation fees, but now that you can freely cancel anyway, why not just book now and then cancel if necessary? Since AA doesn’t have transfer partners, that wouldn’t seem to be an issue for most people. What am I missing?