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Ever wanted to gift a free hotel night to someone else? In today’s episode of Frequent Miler on the Air we’ll discuss the ways you can do this!
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Main Event: How to gift free hotel nights
Mailbag
(01:03) – In response to Greg’s post “Hilton Honors is winning me over, but I’d like one more enhancement…” one reader wonders, “Does Hilton pay influencers to do this?” (Mailbag)
Card Talk (Now Card News)
(03:43) – Updating Card Talk
(05:29) – American Express Gold Card changes go live, including increased annual fee, new “white gold” option, Dunkin’ and Resy credits, and more… (Card News)
Read more about the American Express Gold Card here: https://frequentmiler.com/AmxGoldCard/
(09:30) – Catch our episode about the “rumored” Amex changes here: https://frequentmiler.com/podcast-rumored-amex-gold-card-changes-good-or-bad-coffee-break-ep19-7-23-24/
(10:03) – Wells Fargo Attune gives 4% for Amazon.com purchases! (Card News)
Crazy Thing: One Mile at a Time
(11:33) – “Southwest Airlines Redeye Flights Coming… Finally!” (Crazy Thing)
(14:35) – Southwest will soon offer assigned & premium seating (Crazy Thing)
Mattress Running the Numbers
(17:08) – What is the “Vacations by Marriott Bonvoy” promo? Earn 25k bonus points on 4+ night packages
Read more about this Marriott Bonvoy promo here. (Mattress Running the Numbers)
Award Talk
(24:04) – What are the Citi transfer bonuses through August 17th, 2024?
(28:08) – Find award space for incredible SLH properties like Calala Island and Grand Hotel Victoria Lake Como, using tools like Rooms.Aero or MaxMyPoint to set alerts
(30:57) – Autoslash triggers Altitude Reserve’s Real Time Mobile Rewards RTMR
Read more about Altitude Reserve’s Real Time Mobile Rewards here.
Main Event: How to gift free hotel nights
(33:20) – How to gift someone your free hotel night certificates or award nights
Read more about gifting hotel nights here.
(34:50) – Can you gift someone your hotel points? Which programs allow it and which programs don’t?
(40:20) – Can you book a hotel night for someone else, using your points? Which programs allow it and which programs don’t?
(47:40) – Can you gift a hotel free night certificate to someone else? Which programs allow it and which programs don’t?
(53:20) – Which hotel rewards program is the best for gifting nights with someone else?
Question of the Week
(56:53) – If someone hears something on the podcast they want more information about, where do they find more information?
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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder
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Can anyone point out how to do the IHG transfer after signing up for the business account or point me to a resource?
One correction for the AMEX Gold changes – Shake Shack and Milk Bar are still eligible for the monthly dining credit through September. Per the terms:
“Participating partners are Grubhub (including Seamless), The Cheesecake Factory, Goldbelly, Wine.com, Five Guys, Milk Bar (through 9/25/2024), and select Shake Shack locations (through 9/25/2024).”
Fairly minor but important for those of that have liked Shake Shack more than Five Guys!
I tried to find the IHG Business Rewards button with no luck after logging into IHG Rewards. I then googled IHG Business Rewards and hit the opt-in button. Since I was already logged into IHG it knew my credentials. Maybe useful for someone else.