Frequent Miler "Ask Us Anything"
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The SAS EuroBonus Millionaire promotion may turn out to be 2024's Deal of the Year. We just have to fly 15 SkyTeam airlines before the end of the year to earn 1 million miles....
Is the Maldives worth it? | Ask Us Anything Ep70 | 10-2-24
In addition to our regular weekly podcast, we also host an Ask Us Anything Live on YouTube once a month where the Frequent Miler team answers listener questions about points, miles, rewards cards, and...
How to handle gift card fraud | Ask Us Anything Ep69 | 9-4-24
This time Tim was on vacation, but the rest of the Frequent Miler crew got together on YouTube for another Ask Us Anything, Live. (On the first Wednesday of every month, we host a...
Amex Gold – keep or cancel?
Stephen is still enjoying his tropical vacation, but the rest of the gang got together to answer questions about recent devaluations, whether to keep or cancel the Amex Gold card, and more!
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How do you travel with young kids? | Ask Us Anything Ep68 | 7-3-24
In addition to our regular weekly podcast, we also host an Ask Us Anything Live on YouTube once a month where the Frequent Miler team answers listener questions about points, miles, rewards cards, and...
Does your new human-written newsletter have an RSS feed? I know, that’s what the blog is for – it has an RSS feed – but it is a firehouse. The ideal format for me is a semi regular summary of the best things that your team has discovered, like the new newsletter, available as an RSS feed.
BTW, the subscription page of the website has a bunch of placeholder content.
Good question! I don’t think so because it isn’t published on the website — it’s just an email. I don’t *think* that an email can have an RSS feed.
Thanks for the heads up on the subscription page — Carrie is on it!
Some email services provide access to newsletters via RSS (e.g., Substack and Mailchimp both do) but it seems this feature isn’t available from FeedBlitz, who you use for your newsletter.
But I found a free service that converts emails to RSS: https://kill-the-newsletter.com/
Hi guys, my name is Daniel and i’m completely new to the world of credit and points and I’d love to know if theres a system or process of what cards to open first. it seems like theres so many cards and it can get overwhelming…. any ideas?
Hope you can help here! What is the best way to utilize expiring at end of year 2024 Turkish airlines miles for US purchases? Can you redeem for gift cards for US?
Thanks Rob
Is it ok to use Crefit card to buy hotel/airline points to meet spend requirement on welcome offers?? i know not supposed to purchase visa cards etc
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Points are a completely legitimate product you’re purchasing. Most issuers do not have many restrictions around which products you can purchase, but a points purchase isn’t even questionable – you’d be fine with that.
Hello Nick. I was recently on a virgin voyages cruise. I was hoping to run thousands of dollars through the casino. The plan was to log into a slot machine, charge the room, cash out the ticket. It worked! But I was shut down after about 2k. I am wondering if you have any tips to avoid being “greyed out” on the machines. I didn’t gamble any of the money, and that must have been what tripped the casinos algorithm. How much of the money charged to the machine should I gamble with to avoid tripping their systems?
P.s. I did gamble with some of the cash, but I didn’t log into my account for fear I would forget to log out and someone might use it. That was a regrettable decision. If I had logged in, maybe they would have let me keep going for a little bit longer?
My P2 was recently approved for the Capital One Venture X. I on the other hand have not been able to obtain approval for the Venture cards. If I am added as an authorized user to P2’s Venture X card, and am approved for a Savor One cash back card, can I convert the cash back to points to transfer to P2? Thanks.
Have you ever heard of an airline freezing your awards account, but not notifying you that the account is frozen? It recently happened to me with VS. I found a flight on KE to SGN flying out of LAS. Ever time I chose the flight and entered the passenger and credit card information it acting like it was processing the purchase and then just returned to the search screen. I tried for weeks and chalked it up to phantom award space (plenty of articles online about VS and KE phantom space), but the flights continuously showed up on searches. I finally called VS and that is when I was informed my account had been frozen due to suspicious activity. After multiple phones calls and several weeks I was able to get the account unfrozen and miraculously the KE flights I wanted were still available. Never had this happen before.
You talk often about buying sometimes large amounts of gift cards – such as from an office supply store. Any problems to be aware of? Aren’t gift cards considered “cash-equivalent” and thus could get one in trouble from the bank?
United TravelBank has been recommended by many on YouTube as a way to capture the quarterly Amex Flight Credits… but I’m finding that TravelBank credits expire. I have $25 in the TravelBank from a new IHG Premier Card that hit my TravelBank account in July and that expires in January. So I’m hesitant to buy TravelBank credits with my Amex now. Where else can I park my Amex Flight Credits. I would eventually use the United credits if they didn’t expire, but in the current situation, they are basically useless. Please advise. Thanks!
The IHG credits for United expire after 6 months, but regular United TravelBank credits are valid for 5 years from the date of deposit.
Here’s a post with your other options for using Amex airline fee credits https://frequentmiler.com/amex-airline-fee-reimbursements-still-works/
Thanks so much Stephen! Very helpful.
How can I access my credit card purchases on line?
What is your opinion on annual travel insurance? Even though I book most of my travel on Sapphire Reserve sometimes is use other cards such as Jetblue, or I am traveling with a friend who books the flights, hotel, activities on their card. The annual travel insurance should cover me in all scenarios.
I have a Citi AA personal and a Citi AA business card. How do I combine the points on these cards?
Which priority pass is the best? I have one from capital One venture x and other from Amex platinum business
I’m dying to stay at the Park Hyatt Niseko for 3 days between Dec 28 and Jan 4. I know it books out a year in advance but found an elusive 5 business class seat flight redemption on AirFrance for my family a few weeks ago and jumped on the chance. What should my strategy be to snatch this hotel availability if it comes available? Check everyday? Set an alert? All of the above?
Today I called Chase requesting a product change from the Bonvoy Bold to the Boundless. I just wanted to get the yearly 35k certificate.
I was told that the only product change I am eligible for is to the Bonvoy Bountiful.
I seldom spend on this card unless there’s a promotion.
I’ve had the card nearly two years.
Are you aware of Chase limiting product changes in this way? Any suggestions?