In today’s episode, Nick owns up to his mistake: Yes, you can lock in Hyatt prices with Points Advance. Then we’ll talk about paying rent with the Alaska Atmos Summit card, and which points programs are trending up or down.
Transferable Points Changing Fortunes
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Mea culpa
(01:23) – Oops: Nick made a mistake about Hyatt Points Advance in the originally published version of our Question of the Week
Find the (now edited) Question of the Week here: https://frequentmiler.com/can-i-save-points-on-a-hyatt-award-with-a-date-change-trick-question-of-the-week-ep2-5-4-26/
Learn more about Hyatt Points Advance here: https://frequentmiler.com/hyatt-points-advance/
Giant Mailbag
(05:44) – Ben discusses paying rent with the Atmos™ Rewards Summit Visa Infinite® Card
Card News
(09:10) – Chase Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card/Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card application rule changes
(13:32) – Barclays JetBlue Premier Mastercard
Read more about the Barclays JetBlue Premier Mastercard here: https://frequentmiler.com/JetBluePremier/#Goto
Awards, Points, and More
(15:20) – Rove adds Aeroplan as transfer partner
(17:10) – How to combine Citi ThankYou accounts (and what might be getting in your way)
Learn more about combining your Citi ThankYou accounts here: https://frequentmiler.com/how-to-combine-citi-thankyou-accounts/
(22:43) – Qatar is limiting Avios redemptions in terms of who you can redeem for
Main Event: Transferable Points Changing Fortunes
(25:36) – “Trending up” doesn’t mean it is now a better program than one “trending down”. It might be, but it also might just be closing the gap a little.
(26:54) – Programs we think are trending down…
(41:07) – Programs we think are staying about even
(44:32) – Programs we think are trending up…
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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder
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This was a good episode, but I think our perceptions of certain FF programs are stuck. Since AS-HA merged, I don’t think AS partner availability has been great, and beyond transatlantic, its not as great anymore (e.g., travel on Qatar, Singapore, JAL, CX). I realize that the FP team (and most Americans perhaps) care a lot about TATL travel, so perhaps that is why. But overall, I think AS-MP program has been going down.
Same with Aeroplan and Lifemiles.
But UA-MP I think should be viewed as on the up. The new availability for credit card holders is great, and MP also gets expanded availability on LH group airlines and ANA. So its becoming easier to book Star awards via United, and Aeroplan/Lifemiles have been raising award costs so its not much cheaper to book via those programs (if you can find ANA/LH/UA awards there, which is unlikely).
John
Bilt transfer partners to add: Singapore and LHW.
How come Nick did not review the U. S. Bank transferable points program? 😛
Not sure if Nick was referring to a hack or something, but generally, you cannot pay mortgage on the Atmos Card and get Bilt points, only rent.
https://www.wellsfargo.com/credit-cards/premier-autograph-visa-infinite/guide-to-benefits/ posting here as well in case you miss it in the YT comments
Thanks!
Nick: “What transfer partner would you like to see that Bilt doesn’t already have?”
Greg: “I think then you’re getting into niche programs.”
Referring to AA as niche is WILD