In today’s episode, we’re schooled about Wells Fargo cards, we learn about earning points on your mortgage, and we talk about how you can take the sting out of Southwest’s customer unfriendly changes.
Main Event: Southwest LUVs cardholders
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Giant Mailbag
(01:03) – Listeners give us more ideas about making a great Wells Fargo Wallet
Find our episode “A World-Class Wells Fargo Wallet” here.
Card News
(08:20) – Mesa Homeowners Card: Earn transferable points on mortgage payments
(14:20) – Goldbelly no longer selling $10 gift cards (minimum is $25)
(16:06) – Read about maximizing your “coupon” credits from American Express here.
Bonvoyed
(16:15) – Capital One Shopping pulls many good gift card redemption options (and it varies from one cardholder to the next!)
(20:05) – Pepper Rewards app not working (Taking payment but not producing gift cards, no coin…
Awards, Points, and More
(22:44) – Likely: JetBlue partnering with United
(27:51) – AA reducing award holds to 24 hours
(29:04) – Emirates breaking up with some transferable currencies (temporarily?)
Read more about this Emirates speculation here.
(31:39) – Transfer SAS to Scandic hotels and back
Main Event: Southwest LUVs cardholders
(34:26) – New Details announced (fare bundles, bags, credit cards)
(41:09) – Cardholders will win big
(47:05) – Is Southwest Priority Card the best airline card ever?
(53:09) – Is Southwest Priority Card even better than elite status?
(57:23) – But….is the writing on the wall?
Question of the Week
(1:01:19) – If you have a major purchase you weren’t expecting, which credit card would you put it on (and how would you decide?)
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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder
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The SW Priority card I’ve always considered a net win with the points and credit doing better than slightly offsetting the $150 annual fee. And yes you can buy SW gift cards right from their site with it and get the credit.
I don’t love the changes to Southwest as an airline, but this card is certainly even more of a keeper for now if you fly them at all.
In addition to the Visa Signature I also have the Autograph and the Attune I can confirm that you can move points back and forth between all accounts.
I wanted to chime in on the SW card to emphasize what you can get from the SUB. The $149 card was our first foray into points and miles; we signed up and got the big bonus (I think 100k) + the Companion Pass. We tood thousands of dollars of “free” flights over the ~20 months we had the CP — Hawaii to Seattle to Miami (for the Keys) and many other trips. Was really really great for us.
Not all Wells Fargo card can product change into the Visa Signature. The question is: which cards can?
Valuable nugget found on this episode. Mille grazie.
On the change in AA award hold time, I found that option very valuable when they had change and cancellation fees, but now that you can freely cancel anyway, why not just book now and then cancel if necessary? Since AA doesn’t have transfer partners, that wouldn’t seem to be an issue for most people. What am I missing?
Or am I maybe missing seeing this as a logical step they would take along the way if making the Citi Strata card a transfer partner?