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We love Chase Ultimate Rewards primarily because of the ability to transfer to partners (and we specifically love the ability to transfer to Hyatt.) Chase Ultimate Rewards is actually one of the best ways to get Hyatt points, in fact. We’ll talk more about amassing Chase Ultimate Rewards (and why you would want to) in this episode of Frequent Miler on the Air.
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Main Event: How to amass Chase Ultimate Rewards
Mailbag
(01:02) – A reader experiences an issue with a price on his Etihad award that was not as advertised…
Card News
(08:33) – Read more about the Chase Ink Business Unlimited card here.
(10:04) – Read more about the U.S. Bank Smartly credit card here.
(19:30) – Read our Guide to Credit Card Application Rules by Bank here.
Mattress Running the Numbers
(21:11) – Double Elite Night Credit on Marriott Homes & Villas (Targeted, Book by 9/20, stay by 12/31)
Read more about the double elite night credit here.
Points of View
(32:16) – 30% transfer bonus from Amex Membership Rewards to Hilton Honors (thru 9/30)
(33:08) – Reminder: 30% transfer bonus from Amex Membership Rewards to Avios (thru 9/30)
(33:23) – 20% transfer bonus from Capital One to Air France / KLM Flying Blue (thru 9/29)
(35:04) – Preferred Hotels now up to 118,000 Choice points (not long ago 55K max!).
Read more about great value preferred hotels, bookable with Choice points here.
Main Event: How to amass Chase Ultimate Rewards
(39:45) – We all know that Chase Ultimate Rewards points are super valuable…
Learn more about Chase Ultimate Rewards sweet spots here.
(41:38) – How to get the Chase Ultimate Rewards points…
(41:47) – Chase Ultimate Rewards welcome bonuses
Read more about Chase’s best credit card sign up offers here.
(42:04) – What are the rules for applying for Chase cards? (What is the 5/24 24 month, 48 month, etc): See our Complete Guide to Credit Card Application Rules by Bank here.
(42:41) – There are lots of Chase cards available…
Again, you can learn more about Chase cards here.
(45:11) – Which Ink Business card is not like the others (and will not earn you points that can be transferred to partners)…
(48:42) – Earning Chase Ultimate Rewards via referral bonuses
(50:49) – 2 Player Mode for Chase Ultimate Rewards
(54:11) – What can you earn as you spend on Chase cards?
Learn more about spending options here, and here.
(1:04:06) – Chase’s shopping portal (and other miscellaneous ways to earn Chase Ultimate Rewards points)
Question of the Week
(1:06:56) – When does it make sense to credit paid flights to a different airline’s frequent flyer account (within the partner airline)?
(1:10:06) – Learn more about our 40K to Far Away challenge here.
(1:11:43) – Learn more about wheretocredit.com here.
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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder
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I noticed Greg and Nick seem to carefully avoid the words “gift cards.” Is this a new rule?
Agree…all of a sudden very cryptic when discussing Drug Stores (“things they have in the rack at the counter”), and completely bypassing it when discussing 5x (“whatever you bring to the checkout counter:)…what is the source of this newfound lack of transparency? How can you get through an episode with that title, without mentioning 5x gift card options at office supply stores?
You mentioned paying utilities with a 5X card. In Minneapolis, I’m able to overpay my utilities. I’ve overpaid by $500 a lot of times.If you are cutting it close on a minimum spend, that can bail you out.
There is a minor mistake /erroneous information given at approximately 9:04 into the podcast- The Chase business unlimited card DOES have a foreign exchange fee. Great episode other than that! Thanks.
I’ve heard Nico pays for a lot his bathhouse time with his card he gets a load of points while taking a load