Super Stacking Stories | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep334 | 11-28-25

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In today’s podcast episode, we’ll talk about the many things we got wrong last week (oops!), how Etihad is sinking to a new low, and we’ll reminisce about our extreme stacking adventures.

Super Stacking Stories

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Giant Mailbag

(01:06) – Things we got wrong last week in episode 333 “Elite Benefit Battle: Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, and IHG”

(02:47) – Read about how to earn up to 250K Alaska miles per year here

Card News

(07:47) – E*Trade account now qualifies for American Express Platinum Card® Exclusively for Morgan Stanley (Read more about this here)

(11:36) – A trick for finding Chase pre-approved offers

Bonvoyed

(14:53) – Etihad’s disloyalty program makes their awful cancellation policy even worse

Awards, Points, and More

(19:49) – Nick’s Aeroplan cancellation story

Main Event: Super Stacking Stories

(23:10) – Revisit episode 231 “The Art of Extreme Stackery” here

(24:29) – Shopping portals

Learn more about shopping portal signup bonuses here.

(25:37) – Greg’s story: The original Million Mile Madness

(38:55) – Nick’s story

Question of the Week

(52:37) – Nick has Mosaic 1 status from completing the JetBlue 25 for 25 challenge. When he reached status, he was able to pick a Choice benefit. Should he take the points or shoot for the higher level of status?

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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder

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rpar

I’m thinking the CSR pre-approval may have been erroneous for many. I had the pre-approval offer online last week, but no longer have it this week. I’m 7/24 and currently have the CSP. I have not had any credit score changes or pulls since I had the offer last week.