Do any of the luxury hotel booking platforms (like Amex Fine Hotels + Resorts®) allow booking for others? If you are hotel chain agnostic, should you have a hotel credit card? We answered these questions and more on the Ask Us Anything hosted live on YouTube on May 6th, 2026.
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(01:22) – I have 14999 Delta Sky Miles and need one more lousy point to be able to book an award ticket. I can transfer 1000 points from Amex, but that seems like a waste. I tried to convince Delta support to comp me a point, but they were seemingly unable to help. Any suggestions (other than getting the Delta Amex card)?
(05:16) – If you have complete flexibility to position to any airport in Europe to fly home to the USA, are flexible on arrival airport in the USA/Canada/Mexico, and time wasn’t a constraint, but you would like a good points redemption in J (not first), where would you position to and which airline would you book on?
(10:02) – If you are hotel chain agnostic, should you have a hotel credit card?
(14:00) – Question on 5/24 if over, are there any data points on the United or Southwest business card?
(16:22) – Should we now value Membership Rewards points higher than Chase Ultimate Rewards points? I’d rather have an American Express Platinum Card® than a Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card at this point. Would you guys disagree?
(21:41) – Do any of the luxury hotel booking platforms (e.g., Amex Fine Hotels + Resorts®, The Edit by Chase Travel℠, etc.) allow booking for others?
(24:53) – At what cash back rate do you prefer cash over miles/points (excluding when you are working on a welcome offer)?
(29:44) – Do you think we’ll finally see an Ultimate Rewards Hyatt transfer bonus in the future?
(32:25) – Question – Greg has mentioned a few times about being able to pay for the fees on British Airways with Avios, as a card benefit. I can’t seem to see how to make that work. Any more details?
(37:07) – For airlines that allow a stopover on an award flight, has your experience required a phone call reservation, or have you booked a stopover online?
(39:25) – Can I apply corporate codes when booking hotels through Rove? Can Rove act like a shopping portal? Get corporate rates and Rove miles.
(41:26) – Is it possible to product change the old aviator if I’ve had it for less than a year now that it was product changed? I know banks frown upon this before the first annual fee posts.
(43:26) – Barclays American Airlines card transferred to Citi. What would be the best course of action to get the welcome offer on the Citi American Airlines card now that I have one, but haven’t previously gotten the welcome offer?
(46:32) – Does the FM team know if I make a reservation with the 25k Atmos Summit Companion certificate, and later cancel the reservation before the original expiry, if the certificate is returned and can be reused?
(47:15) – Can I use Hyatt points for suite upgrades with cash booking through Amex Fine Hotels + Resorts®?
(48:27) – What’s each team member’s biggest regret in their points and miles journey?
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Great episode. Two minor notes:
As of a couple of years ago you could book Singapore Airlines stopovers online.
If you want a hotel in Atlanta in a walkable area, downtown is not the place. You want Midtown.
Scott with 14999 Delta miles. This is your answer. Link your Delta account with your Starbucks account. Add/reload $10 (minimum amount) to your Starbucks gift card balance in the Starbucks app. Any card. You will receive 10 Delta miles within a day. I’ve done it. It works. I’m shocked.
Nice! Thanks for sharing the tip!
The eternal question! The answer for me was to cancel my Hyatt card because the Cat 1-4 FNC was absolutely worthless.