In today’s podcast episode, we’ll talk about stacking dining credits, give a caution about
gifting Marriott free night certificates, and will resurrect expired Southwest credits.
Gems from our Giant Mailbag
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Crazy Thing
(0:00:57) – Southwest shows different seatmap availability to different passengers
Read more about Nick’s experience with Southwest’s assigned seating here
Awards, Points, and More
(0:04:10) – Alaska Vacations adds discounts, VIP perks for elite members
(0:07:05) – “Free” Norwegian cruise for Caesars Diamond Elite members
(0:10:26) – Recent breaking news… Hyatt devaluation
Find out more about the Hyatt devaluation here
(0:14:43) – Wyndham Rewards added as new Chase Ultimate Rewards transfer partner
Read more about this here
(0:16:17) – Bilt has launched a transfer bonus
Read more about this here
Main Event: Gems from our Giant Mailbag
(0:28:05) – Bridget says: DEN is an airport that has the security reservation program (DEN Reserve)…
(0:29:44) – Chaim says: For Resy and Sapphire Reserve® Exclusive Tables credits you can buy gift cards online for lots of restaurants that trigger the credit. Therefore, you can bank up multiple hundreds of dollars, and then when it works with your plans, you can splurge on an amazing dinner or two…
(0:32:47) – Mark says: I just finished listening to the January 2 podcast. With regards to your answer for the question of the week about which cards you keep in your digital wallet, I recently discovered something about Apple wallet specifically that might be of use, at least to Greg since he is the only one of you using Apple…
You can catch that episode here
(0:36:16) – Nathan says: I just listened to episode 343 and wanted to share a data point regarding the $500 Gift of College gift cards…
You can catch episode 343 here
(0:39:29) – Mike says: If you look up IHG Destined One Night On Us, there’s no result directly from IHG, but multiple hotel booking agents’ websites reference a stay x nights get 1 night free promotion for participating hotels. For example: https://bonvivant.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Q3-IHG-Destined-Stay-Pay-Promo-HFP.pdf
(0:44:42) – Panayot says: Convert expired SWA credit to a LUV voucher…
(0:48:51) – Tracy says: I have a data point relevant to your episode on gifting points and miles…
Catch that episode here
(0:52:19) – Melissa says: Thanks so much for the article on the pitfalls and warnings booking via I Prefer hotels…
Hear some of the pitfalls of booking via iPrefer here and read more about using Citi points for I Prefer here
(0:53:44) – Amalan says: Just sharing a couple of good data points from a quick weekend trip to Chicago…
(0:55:27) – Jefferson says: Thanks to the FM team!
Question of the Week
(0:57:33) – Is there a formal appeal or consideration process when Citi declines for high amount of unused credit?
Find out more about Citi application tips here
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I was burned exactly as Nick described with the Resy credits. I had over $500 in gift cards at a local restaurant and they abruptly closed. I’ve tried a few avenues to contact them, but I haven’t gotten a response. Those gift cards are probably worthless. Even worse, the gift cards were only online, so when I try to check on their value the page doesn’t load.
This episode prompted me to be more serious about using my Resy credits. Between the $100 per quarter on Amex Platinum, $50 per 6 months on Amex Gold, and $10 per month on Delta Amex Platinum I always let some Resy credits go to waste, especially the monthly ones. But I’ve added purchasing $10 gift cards to my monthly to do list.
Now I’m just wondering what response I am going to get when we have a $300 meal and I give them 30x $10 gift cards.
If you’re buying online via Toast, you can go to the gc email and there should be a link to add more funds to that existing gc.
That’s a great tip! I’m going to try it.