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Southwest LUVs cardholders | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep304 | 5-2-25 | Podcast
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 Watch the full episode below, or listen on your favorite podcast platform....
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DLD 532: The Trip That Didn’t Happen
Flying the Air Inuit 737-200 Combi to Puvirnituq's gravel runway is an AvGeek bucket list item. Alas, the 47-year old plane had other ideas. But we still had an interesting/good time.
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Credit Card Power-Ups | Coffee Break Ep54 | 4-29-25 | Podcast
There are credit cards that help make the points you earn more valuable, just by having the credit card on hand. You can find all of the cards discussed on this show on our Best Offers page. Coffee Break: Credit Card Power-Ups Watch the full episode below, or listen on...
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A World-Class Wells Fargo Wallet | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep303 | 4-25-25 | Podcast
We tend to ignore Wells Fargo cards because there are so many other great credit cards out there, but they actually do have some compelling cards to consider. In today’s episode we’ll discuss which ones you might want in your wallet. Main Event: A World-Class Wells Fargo Wallet Watch the...
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DLD 531: Walk this way
Why is walking through an airport so annoying? And which new airports will some airline passengers soon be walking through?
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750,000 points from one card. Is it worth it? | Coffee Break Ep53 | 4-22-25 | Podcast
The Capital One Venture X Business card is out with a massive welcome bonus of 750K points…but the devil is in the details. Is this card really worth it? Coffee Break: 750,000 points from one card. Is it worth it? Watch the full episode below, or listen on your favorite podcast...
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Beyond 100K: Earn more points, save money, get great value | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep302 | 4-18-25 | Podcast
If you just got 100K points from a brand new travel rewards card, you should know a few things to help make sure you’re earning even more points, saving money, and getting great value. Plus we’ll also look at “Amex referral reformatory rescinded” and how to earn points on RENT...
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DLD 530: What’s new?
New seats and new systems unveiled at AIX, and some new leaders needed as two CEOs are out on the same day.
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What’s the Best Starter Rewards Card? | Coffee Break Ep52 | 4-15-25
On a recent podcast episode, we talked about all the important considerations when you’re just getting start in the points and miles game. But in this episode, we’ll go one step further and talk about which credit cards you might want to consider as someone just getting started. Coffee Break:...
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Domestic flights for less | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep301 | 4-11-25 | Podcast
In this episode, we highlight the credit cards that are becoming “collectables”, we had a heated debate about “Strawberry season”, discuss changes from ANA and Alaska Airlines, and share tips for saving on your domestic flights. Main Event: Domestic flights for less Watch the full episode below, or listen on...
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DLD 529: HAMming it up
A funky trip to Hamburg, a new mini-hublet, and wondering about inbound international travel (again) among our ramblings this week.
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How to Save Miles by Flying More | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep300 | 4-4-25 | Podcast
There are some creative ways to use airline miles to fly further with less miles. In other words, you can see more and spend less. We’ll talk about these fun tricks in today’s episode. Main Event: How to Save Miles by Flying More Watch the full episode below, or listen on your favorite podcast...
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DLD 528: Lies, Damn Lies, and Booking Data
Just how dire is the coming summer for US-bound travel? We're looking at various data sources to try to figure it out.
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Which cards will be couponized next? | Coffee Break Ep51 | 4-1-25
There's been a trend where credit card issuers increase annual fees on rewards cards, and attempt to make up for it by adding credits and rebates for somewhat random things (which often require a lot of mental effort and organization to put to use.) Today, we'll speculate how far this...
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Complete Guide to United’s Couponized Cards | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep299 | 3-28-25
A few years ago American Express introduced this kind of model for their Platinum card where they increased their annual fee, but attempted to make up for it by offering a whole collection of credits and rebates that could be valuable if you did the work to make use of them and...