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Chase Sapphire Reserve card: More costly, coupony, and complicated | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep311 | 6-20-25
Today we’ll talk about how Chase is breaking up the family (rule), we’ll discuss whether American Express is high when introducing “as high as” offers, and we’ll talk about how Chase has made the Chase Sapphire Reserve card harder to explain and harder and recommend. Main Event: Sapphire Reserve: More...
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Accor Live Limitless promo: Earn 2x points on Summer stays
Accor Live Limitless (ALL) is offering double points on stays through Summer 2025 at hotels in Canada, the USA, Mexico, the Caribbean, Panama, and Brazil. This could be great news for those folks who took advantage of the status match offered by Bilt earlier this year. The Deal Earn 2x...
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DLD 539: Picking up the pieces
Another rough week in aviation, so we aimed for more respectful snark in this week's episode.
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The real Sapphire Reserve for Business | Coffee Break Ep59 | 6-17-25
Chase is out with new details about their Sapphire Reserve for business card…and there are a few ways our predictions from last week were way off. Today, we’ll talk about how we were wrong about the Sapphire Reserve for Business card. The real Sapphire Reserve for Business Watch the full...
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Predicting the Sapphire Business Card | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep310 | 6-13-25
What the heck does “Mattress Cycling the Hyatt Numbers” mean? We’ll find out in today’s episode. We’ll also talk about using online chat with Hyatt to get your way, and we’ll predict the details of the new Chase Sapphire Business card. Predicting the Sapphire Business Card Watch the full episode...
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DLD 538: Looping back
More on partners, plus London and American's premium play and Rome for Alaska
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Announcing the 100K Vacay Team Challenge! | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep309 | 6-6-25
On today’s Frequent Miler on the Air, we look at 2 cards offering 5 free nights, we recall the 5 ways we’ve been Bonvoyed recently, and we announce the 2025 Frequent Miler team challenge! Main Event: Announcing the 100K Vacay Team Challenge! Watch the full episode below, or listen on...
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DLD 537: The Power of Partners
New partnerships, new productions, new pricing, new pains, and lots more….
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Etihad First Class apartments: morning vs evening | Coffee Break Ep58 | 6-3-25 | Podcast
Greg and Nick recently both flew the same Etihad First Class route between Paris and Abu Dhabi in the first class apartments. Greg flew the morning flight from Paris to Abu Dhabi and Nick flew the reverse, an evening flight. Which one was a better experience? Etihad First Class apartments:...
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It’s Raining Mail! (From the Giant Mailbag) | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep308 | 5-30-25 | Podcast
Today we learn that we’re all wrong about Wyndham, we discuss some miscellaneous tips to save on flights, we hear from someone who’s traveling the world one day at a time, and much more… Main Event: It’s Raining Mail! (From the Giant Mailbag) Watch the full episode below, or listen...
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DLD 536: Island Time
Picking up a soon-to-be-disappearing line almost translates into a disappearing bag. Plus new routes, more planes, and a fewer flights at Newark.
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Frequent Miler origin story – Tim’s story | Coffee Break Ep57 | 5-27-25 | Podcast
We’ve been gradually telling the “origin stories” of each team member in Frequent mIler. Today, we’ll talk about how Tim came to join Frequent Miler. Frequent Miler origin story – Tim’s story Watch the full episode below, or listen on your favorite podcast platform. You can click the timestamps below...
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The end of the points & miles game? | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep307 | 5-23-25 | Podcast
This week we’ll lean about the “ultimate life hack”, we’ll gripe about how we’re being Bonvoyed every which way, and we’ll debate: is the points and miles game dead? Main Event: The end of the points & miles game? Watch the full episode below, or listen on your favorite podcast...
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DLD 535: Two Billboards Outside New Haven, Connecticut
Usually we're talking about lawsuits, not actively involved in them. Plus, seating shifts and ATC and maybe another airline financial collapse.
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Hashing out Hilton’s Devaluation | Coffee Break Ep56 | 5-20-25 | Podcast
Without warning, Hilton increased its top standard room rate for many hotels, which follows a big increase in December last year. Most increased around 5K points, but some much more, especially at the high end. Coffee Break: Hashing out Hilton’s Devaluation Watch the full episode below, or listen on your...