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There are a bunch of hotel credit card offers that are bigger than usual right now, some of them pretty surprising. That’s what we’ll discuss in this episode of Frequent Miler on the Air.
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Main Event: Hot Hotel Card Offers
Mail Bag
(01:20) – Booking Hilton stays with a mix of points and a free night award – just watch for a 3 night minimum. (Mail Bag)
(05:32) – Read how to find SLH hotels bookable with Hilton points and free night certificates using Rooms.aero here
What Crazy Thing
(06:29) – At least TWO FM followers got the Wyndham Hotel Pass! (What Crazy Thing)
Mattress Running the Numbers
(09:48) – Marriott Bonvoy promotion for credit card holders (Mattress Running the Numbers)
Award Talk
(15:51) – Hertz hurts so good (Award Talk)
(19:52) – Virgin Atlantic points can’t book Air France / KLM “due to a system issue” (Award Talk)
(22:22) – JetBlue to introduce Mini-Mint (regional first class). 2026 (Award Talk)
(24:45) – Cancelling SLH stays booked via Hyatt: You have to email (but even though they responded after the deadline, I had no penalty and got points back) (Award Talk)
(29:30) – RRVs (Award Talk)
Main Event Hot Hotel Card Offers
(42:10) – Hotel Credit Card Big Offers
(46:19) – Sonesta – Read more about the Sonesta card here
(49:26) – IHG – Read more about the IHG One Rewards Premier card here
(56:07) – Bonvoy Bold – Read more about the Bonvoy Bold card here
(57:30) – Find our “Are you eligible for a new Marriott card” chart here
(1:00:20) – Hilton offers – Read more about the Hilton Surpass card here, and the fee free Hilton card here
(1:08:13) – Choice – Read more about the Choice card here and the Choice Select card here
Question of the Week
(1:12:06) – How to max amex multi referrals (Question of the Week)
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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder
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I can’t find the Marriott Bonvoy credit card promo from Mattress Running the Numbers. Do you have a link? Thanks.
I don’t think we have a link yet but I’ll try to update once we do.
Thanks for the reply! The article just came out – https://frequentmiler.com/register-to-earn-10k-bonus-marriott-points-after-7k-spend-targeted/
Hi Greg. Do you know any good strategies now for a giftcard or for getting a good discount on airbnb or vrbo? thanks.
We’ve never seen VRBO gift cards, but you might be able to book those properties through Hotels.com, in which case you could use Hotels.com gift cards.
As for Airbnb, AARP Rewards sells Airbnb gift cards for 5% off every day. Pepper Rewards app offers 5% back + you can earn 4x on the Amex Business Gold card if it’s one of the top 2 earning categories that billing period. You can also redeem Choice/One4All Pack & Go gift cards for Airbnb gift cards. Those often go on sale e.g. Office Depot/OfficeMax is giving $20 Rewards when buying $100 Choice gift cards this week.