In this episode, we highlight the credit cards that are becoming “collectables”, we had a heated debate about “Strawberry season”, discuss changes from ANA and Alaska Airlines, and share tips for saving on your domestic flights.
Main Event: Domestic flights for less
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Giant Mailbag
(01:29) – Delta Sky Club access with multiple American Express platinum cards in your name…
Card News
(06:40) – Chase Sapphire Preferred 100K (Read more about this offer here)
(07:58) – United Business 125K …
(08:59) – Citi Rewards+ no longer available new OR for product changes
(12:05) – US Bank Smartly changes for new cardholders as of 4/14.
Read about the US Bank Smartly card changes here.
Mattress Running the Numbers
(18:50) – Strawberry Hotels Summer Pass 2025 (Read more about this Strawberry Hotels Summer Pass here)
Bonvoyed
(25:14) – IHG increases top award rates at Intercontinental hotels to 200K+ per night
(27:02) – Amex Biz Plat nerfs Dell credits
(31:57) – ANA Round the World award tickets are dead as of June 24th
Awards, Points, and More
(34:46) – More ANA news starting June 24
Read more about these ANA updates here.
(38:32) – Updates from Alaska Airlines
Main Event: Domestic flights for less
(40:29) – Tools/services to find cheapest cash rates (e.g. google flights)
(42:30) – Tools/services to find cheapest award prices (e.g. points path)
Read our “Which Award Search Tool is Best” post here.
(44:58) – Saving miles with partner awards
(49:21) – Credit card travel discounts/rebates
(52:59) – Find our Amex Airline Reimbursement Fees post here: https://frequentmiler.com/amex-airline-fee-reimbursements-still-works/
(54:46) – Companion tickets
(1:03:26) – Pay w/ points through a bank travel portal
(1:05:30) – Cardholder award discounts (Delta, United, JetBlue, etc.)
(1:06:32) – Discounted Airline gift cards
(1:07:59) – Membership discounts
(1:09:36) – Change the way you book it
(1:17:46) – Read more about skiplagging here: https://frequentmiler.com/skiplagging/
Question of the Week
(1:18:42) – Choosing between the Amex Hilton Aspire card or the Amex Bonvoy Brilliant card: Do you think Bonvoy will listen to the negative feedback and will get better? And will Hilton get worse because they’ve been too generous?
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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder
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