As it nears the end of the year, it’s time to assess Hyatt elite progress. In today’s Frequent Miler on the air podcast episode, we’ll focus on how to bridge the gap to the next level of Hyatt status. But we’ll also talk about United & JetBlue tying their knot tighter, and how Wyndham’s crappy coupon book doesn’t add up.
Hyatt: End of year elite planning
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Giant Mailbag
(01:21) – “We just wanted to say how much we have enjoyed the 100K Vacay challenge…”
Card News
(04:42) – Hawaiian card’s $100 annual companion discounts & 50% companion discounts now redeemable on Alaska flights. Learn more about this here.
(07:53) – Citi launches new $350 American Airlines AAdvantage Globe credit card, which you can read more about here.
(09:13) – United Debit Card Coming (to join SouthWest & Wyndham debit cards)
(13:40) – American Express Business Gold® adds $150 Squarespace Credit
Bonvoyed
(15:27) – Wyndham Rewards Insider (More about it here)
Crazy Thing
(17:22) – Wyndham’s Bad Math
Awards, Points, and More
(21:21) – United & JetBlue: Now reciprocal earn & burn is live
(34:18) – JetBlue Mosaic changes (Learn more about them here)
(40:35) – Bilt Rewards updates
(44:34) – Learn more about Bilt’s doing away with Milestone Rewards, which you can read about here.
(47:45) – Chase offering 25% transfer bonus to Southwest through Nov 6
Main Event: Hyatt: End of year elite planning
(50:23) – Why we care
(53:32) – Elite levels and Milestones
(1:09:00) – Shortcuts
(1:13:50) – Learn more about World of Hyatt adding double elite nights to welcome offer here: https://frequentmiler.com/world-of-hyatt-credit-card-temporarily-adds-extra-elite-credit-to-offer/
(1:16:33) – Stack with other promos. Ex: Earn 3x Hyatt points on 2+ night stays for 90 days after registration (targeted) (Learn more about this here: https://frequentmiler.com/earn-3x-hyatt-points-on-2-night-stays-targeted/)
(1:20:29) – Nick’s plans
(1:24:09) – Greg’s plans
Question of the Week
(1:34:44) – How do you evaluate whether positioning is worth it?
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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder
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Re the mailbag question — repositioning and risk aversion. I live on the Big Island of Hawaii, so almost everything requires a repositioning flight. HNL or LAX seem to be the most common. I also spend a bit of time in LAS. Last month, I needed to get from LAS to LAX in order to catch a 6pm flight to Europe. We had done a points booking thru AS for both flights and had a 3-hour layover at LAX. Just in case there was an issue with our LAS to LAX flight on AS, we booked a “backup” flight on WN using some points we had in our WN account. We ended up getting to LAS on our original flight and were cancelling the WN flight as were were taxiing down to take off.
We do similar things when flying from KOA to HNL as we can fly HA or WN.
Just a suggestion to reduce risk a bit without having to spring for a hotel for a night.