We love points that are transferable because we love the optionality of transferring to different hotel and airline partners, but also because there are sometimes transfer bonuses that you can take advantage of to maximize that value – just another reason to love transferable points.
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Main Event: Growing Points via Transfer Bonuses
Mailbag
(01:17) – Conflicting reports on the ability to transfer IHG points for FREE
(01:24) – Find How to gift free hotel nights – Ep265 here
Card News
(09:05) – Huge Amex Membership Rewards offers
(10:10) – Read more about the Amex Business Gold card here
(10:54) – Read more about the Amex Platinum card here
(11:05) – Read more about the Amex Gold card here
(13:26) – If you get the Amex refer-a-friend error message: try using a different browser
(15:28) – How do American Express Hilton credits work at SLH & AutoCamp?
(19:01) – New blog resource: How to maximize your Hilton cards (with upgrades and downgrades)
(19:31) – Chase Ink Business card 120K offer
See: How to apply for Chase Ink cards here
What Crazy Thing
(20:49) – Bilt torpedoes Rent Day doubling, initially hiding the news in terms & conditions
Mattress Running the Numbers
(25:48) – Current notable transfer bonuses…
(27:07) – Which current transfer bonuses are worth (many people) considering even without a plan?
Main Event: Growing Points via Transfer Bonuses
(31:44) – What makes transferable points great?
(34:54) – Transferring your points goes one direction so you can’t transfer them back if you change your mind… so when is it an obvious idea, even if you don’t have a known use in mind?
(42:11) – Things to consider before transferring your points (if it’s not obvious because of known uses)
(47:05) – See expired transfer bonuses here.
(56:18) – Which programs should you avoid transferring to if you don’t already have a specific plan for how to use them?
(59:21) – Which programs are more or less safe to transfer to, even if you don’t already have a plan for how to use them?
Question of the Week
(1:05:07) – One reader got the Chase Freedom Unlimited card, then got denied for the Chase Sapphire Preferred card for being at max exposure, despite reducing the limit on the Freedom card. What can they do? This post again could be useful.
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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder
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Regarding no notice devaluations, BA Avios was one of the worst lately! I used to book those semi frequently, but now a regret doing a speculative transfer.
I researched the IHG Business Rewards issue. It’s true you can just sign up by clicking two buttons, but then new business accounts have to wait 30 days to send or receive points. I think that is the issue listeners are having.
Many have reported waited 30+ days but never got the ability, unfortunately. At least that was my experience and those of at least a few others on the post.