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This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler The Frequent Miler team appeared at the Points Travel Festival last weekend in Chicago, where Greg and Nick recorded a podcast episode live, selecting a topic from the audience suggestions: Best use of Bilt now that the dust has settled! Best use of Bilt now that the dust has settled (Live Podcast Recording!)(00:55) - What is Bilt? (01:38) - Bilt 2.0 credit cards (04:42) - Using Bilt to pay rent or mortgage (05:39) - Why might you not want to use Bilt for rent or mortgage (08:45) - Transfer bonuses (10:21) - Is the Palladium card worth it? (14:18) - Use your Bilt Cash to pay up to a higher transfer bonus (17:24) - Blacklane (19:31) - Is it worth transferring to Hyatt at 4:3? (20:54) - Should you hold your points for transfer bonuses? (28:42) - Do we have faith in Bilt as a company? (31:30) - A strategy for getting to Platinum Status Subscribe and FollowVisit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the worldThis podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email [email protected] or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.

This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler Should I use points for business trips? Brian wrote in with this question, asking: How do I handle bookings when my small business pays for the flight? I have never used points/miles to book a business trip because it feels like I’m using up my personal miles for what would be a legitimate business expense (even though I earned many of those point/miles from business travel). Every once in a while, I see a very good redemption opportunity but don’t take it because I don’t know how to value those miles as a business expense - if it’s a cash booking it’s very straightforward. But this seems like I may be unnecessarily hurting the business by paying more in cash. How do you think of points/miles in this situation? This could apply to hotel points and FNAs as well.(01:58) - One option is to assert a value for your points Find our RRVs here (05:16) - Business pays base rate & you use personal points to upgrade or copay Subscribe and Follow Visit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the worldThis podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email [email protected] or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.

This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler In today's episode, United will be making it harder to earn status in 2027; we're simplifying our card and bank account collections; there are Amex Platinum card rumors, and Hyatt now allows transferring points to others online. And speaking of Hyatt... they've made the next move in their relationship with Air Canada. But... is it enough? Giant Mailbag(01:13) - Megan asks Greg if he's considered opening a Bask Bank account as a potential for AA miles Learn more about the Bask Bank Offer here Bonvoyed: United(09:16) - United will be making it harder to earn status in 2027 This Week in Points(13:35) - Transferring Hyatt points to other members can now be done online! (16:44) - Rove has added another new transfer partner: JetBlue (18:40) - Elite night credits from multiple IHG credit cards do stack (20:34) - Hilton and IHG drop their point sale price below half a cent (23:59) - Get paid to visit Vancouver, British Columbia Learn more about getting paid to visit Vancouver here (25:49) - Amex Platinum Rumors (39:00) - Find our "Which cards are keepers?" resource here Personal Points(39:22) - Nick is downgrading cards (46:50) - Greg is downgrading cards too... Main Event: Hyatt & Air Canada's partnership reaches next level(50:30) - Initial partnership (54:21) - What's new? (1:04:06) - Hyatt/Air Canada Dual accrual promo Subscribe and FollowVisit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the worldThis podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email [email protected] or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.

This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler Greg is going to Berlin, but he may not stay in Berlin for the weekend. He hasn't yet booked a flight home, so he could hop over to another European city and fly home from there. Nick recommended Prague, but are there other places Greg should consider? Coffee Break: Weekend in Europe, where should Greg go?(00:17) - See our August 28th podcast "Hidden Gem Awards" here (01:20) - See Carrie's suggestions here (02:53) - Feedback about Prague and other options by train (06:55) - Flight options (10:03) - Other listener/reader suggestions: (17:19) - Greg's decision... Subscribe and FollowVisit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the worldThis podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email [email protected] or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.

This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler Should I keep my ultra-premium card to preserve 1:1 point transfers? Chuck wrote in with this question, asking: Do you think other banks will do something similar to what Chase did with Hyatt — requiring the highest end card in order to maintain the 1:1 transfer? Will Citi require the Strata Elite for AA? Will C1, Will Amex? I wouldn't want to cancel an elite card only to later learn I need it to maintain value of points. Your thoughts?(01:05) - Do we think other banks will do this? Subscribe and Follow Visit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the worldThis podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email [email protected] or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.

This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler In today's episode, we'll speculate about Hyatt credit card changes, reveal 9 Secret Chase Sapphire Reserve® Exclusive Tables restaurants, and dig into Alaska Atmos Rewards: Which is better, earning by distance, price, or segments? Wild Card Update(02:15) - Congratulations to Tim! Check out the recap videos here Giant Mailbag(03:35) - Correcting mistakes from last week's podcast episode See last week's podcast episode about IHG's new card lineup here (07:47) - Speculation about Chase Bonvoyed: Wyndham(13:54) - New Award buckets live as of 9/15 and Wyndham Rewards RRV drops 15% Learn more about this here This Week in Points(23:17) - AA economy award sale to Sydney from 25K points (24:21) - Chase Air Canada Aeroplan® Credit Card (26:22) - United free checked bags on award tickets Read more about free checked bags (28:55) - 9 Secret Sapphire Reserve Exclusive Table restaurants Find the dining credit map here Personal Points(34:21) - US Bank travel center for the save (37:13) - Messed up re: United status match Learn more about my quest for Flying Blue Platinum status: https://frequentmiler.com/my-quest-for-flying-blue-platinum-status/ Main Event: Alaska Atmos: Choose how you earn(44:50) - Atmos Rewards: Choose how you earn (47:50) - Rewards by price paid (the most complicated option) (49:52) - Partner earn rates (other than AA) (55:12) - Elite status considerations (57:20) - Examples (1:12:20) - Overall Conclusion Subscribe and FollowVisit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the worldThis podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email [email protected] or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.

This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler The Wild Card challenge has officially wrapped, with the final scores and official winner announced in our live YouTube broadcast on October 7th, 2026. Review the scoring and listen to the live broadcast here. As a reminder, for this challenge, our contestants picked from different wild card decks to set the parameters of their trips. First, they selected travel destinations, then hotel, airline, and transferable points cards, which provided their points and miles budgets. And finally, they selected power-ups and obstacles to make their travels a little more realistic to the challenges our readers and listeners face, and make things a little more interesting! Finally, they had to meet together in Melbourne, Australia, a destination that was revealed as a complete surprise in our card draw livestream. Total scores after Destinations 1 & 2As a quick reminder, here were the scores each of the contestants earned after the first two destinations: GregDestination 1 = 102Destination 2 = 106Total score = 208NickDestination 1 = 105Destination 2 = 115Total score = 220TimDestination 1 = 107Destination 2 = 123Total score = 230 Destination 3 scoringDuring the livestream on Wednesday night, we judges awarded the scores for their third and final destination: Melbourne, Australia. Here's a breakdown of what each of them earned: GregFlights Wallet-friendliness – 8Ingenuity – 9Luxury – 6Duplicability – 10 Accommodation Wallet-friendliness – 6Ingenuity – 6Luxury – 9Duplicability – 10 Activities Wallet-friendliness – 7Ingenuity – 10Luxury – 10Duplicability – 10 Mini challenge description Many of our readers use miles and points for their honeymoons. Pick an activity you could imagine including in a honeymoon trip. – 10 Additional bonus points We were impressed with Greg's gameplay whereby he paid for his hotels using airline miles and paid for nearly all his flights using hotel points - 10 Total points for Destination 3 – 121 Total points for Destinations 1 & 2 – 208 Total points for the entire trip – 329 NickFlights Wallet-friendliness – 7Ingenuity – 8Luxury – 7Duplicability – 10 Accommodation Wallet-friendliness – 7Ingenuity – 8Luxury – 8Duplicability – 10 Activities Wallet-friendliness – 10Ingenuity – 9Luxury – 9Duplicability – 10 Mini challenge description Many of our readers travel with picky eaters. Order a dish you think is locally authentic, but wouldn't scare off a picky eater. – 10 Additional bonus points Nick was a real trooper considering he had to fly across the Atlantic three times despite not having to actually visit Europe as part of the challenge, as well as for managing to fit in so many activities despite the lack of sleep - 10 Total points for Destination 3 – 123 Total points for Destinations 1 & 2 – 220 Total points for the entire trip – 343 TimFlights Wallet-friendliness – 10Ingenuity – 10Luxury – 10Duplicability – 10 Accommodation Wallet-friendliness – 9Ingenuity – 9Luxury – 10Duplicability – 10 Activities Wallet-friendliness – 8Ingenuity – 10Luxury – 9Duplicability – 10 Mini challenge description Many of our readers travel with young children. In this destination, find an activity that would be infant-friendly, but not a snooze fest for Mom and Dad. – 0 Additional bonus points Tim had arguably the best set of cards that were picked for the challenge, but what he did with them far exceeded what we imagine many people thought he'd be able to do with them - 10 Total points for Destination 3 – 125 Total points for Destinations 1 & 2 – 230 Total points for the entire trip – 355 Rewatch the livestream below(01:15) - Recap of Greg's previous score (01:40) - How did Greg get home? (04:08) - Greg's final score (07:49) - Team rebuttal for Greg's score (11:28) - Recap of Nick's previous score (12:18) - How did Nick get home? (15:03) - Nick's final score (20:09) - Team rebuttal for Nick's score (24:11) - How did Tim get home? (27:46) - Recap of Tim's previous score (28:03) - Tim's final score (35:19) - Did anyone wish they'd made use of the option to fully redraw cards? (39:47) - At any point in this challenge were you truly dead tired? (46:33) - What surprised you most about your activities or destinations? Visit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “swappin’ back n’ forth” by up @ night Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the worldThis podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email [email protected] or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.

This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler Just like we've seen with most of Chase cards, Bilt has announced it will be moving to a 4:3 transfer rate with Hyatt starting in January. So, what's the best way to get Hyatt points now? Learn more about this here (01:12) - Option 1: Earn Bilt 3x (or more) (05:05) - Option 2: Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card (09:08) - Option 3: Hyatt card (11:04) - Read about Hyatt Milestone spending here (14:18) - Will Bilt do transfer bonuses? (16:16) - Is it worth pursuing Hyatt points post deval? (19:50) - Which approach will we take? Subscribe and FollowVisit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the worldThis podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email [email protected] or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.

This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler What should you keep in mind when Estate planning for miles and points? Reader John wrote in with this question, asking: I’m working through estate planning right now and one thing keeps bothering me: what happens to a meaningful stash of points and miles when you die?Have you ever thought through your own points-and-miles estate planning? What would you do if your heirs weren’t hobbyists? Transfer where possible, redeem in advance, leave detailed instructions, designate one knowledgeable person to handle it, something else?I’d be interested in how you would approach it.See our post about this here. (01:11) - If you are planning for an imminent situation: (01:25) - Combine points where possible (05:06) - Cash out points (05:44) - Planning an "in case" scenario (08:43) - Take things slowly Subscribe and Follow Visit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the worldThis podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email [email protected] or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.

This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler On today's episode, we'll talk about the interesting new business cards from US Bank, discuss how Choice now gives you the choice to share points, how Bank of America points are soon to be transferable, and complete details of IHG's new credit card lineup. This Week in Points(02:02) - Alaska News Learn more about the Atmos debit card here (10:43) - Chase card updates (14:04) - Rove transfer bonuses (18:41) - Choice point sharing now live (20:45) - Hyatt promo: Earn 3K bonus points for every 3 nights you stay (Max 36K points) Learn more about this promo here (21:06) - Wow: A new 5% office supply store card from U.S. Bank hits the market (27:16) - Amtrak added as a Bilt transfer partner; transfer ratio is 2:1 Read about Amtrak being added here (29:01) - Bilt adds upgrade/downgrade terms and conditions Read about Bilt's upgrade/downgrade terms here Personal Points(29:52) - Greg: Capital One is back, AA Globe is gone Main Event: IHG's new card lineup: more premium, more coupons, milestones unlocked(32:26) - Read more about the new IHG One Rewards Premier Select credit card here And read about the changes to the rest of the IHG cards here: https://frequentmiler.com/all-the-existing-ihg-credit-cards-have-been-refreshed-here-are-the-changes/ (33:00) - IHG One Rewards Traveler Card (35:42) - IHG Milestone Rewards (39::36) - IHG One Rewards Premier World Elite Mastercard (46:49) - IHG One Rewards Business World Mastercard (51:35) - New Premier Select Credit Card Subscribe and FollowVisit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the worldThis podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email [email protected] or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.

This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler In our third check-in of the Wild Card Challenge, our contestant's were in their final destination, nearly done with their travels. However, judges and viewers were not quite ready to score everything we were catching up on. In this check-in, we scored the second destination's activities and caught up with what our travelers had done since then, in preparation to finish scoring and announce a winner soon! (01:15) - Who is Annie? (05:35) - A quick recap of where the scoring left off (07:47) - Nick recaps his destination 2 (09:29) - Greg recaps his destination 2 (11:41) - Tim recaps his destination 2 (18:28) - Nick's scores for destination 2 (20:53) - Greg's scores for destination 2 (24:00) - Tim's scores for destination 2 (26:43) - Invitation for feedback Comment with your thoughts on how the scores could or should be adjusted here: https://frequentmiler.com/wild-card-challenge-the-scores-so-far-a-final-opportunity-to-influence-the-scoring/ (27:40) - Nick shares what he's been up to since destination 2 (35:34) - Greg shares what he's been up to since destination 2 (49:15) - Tim shares what he's been up to since destination 2 You can read more about Tim's award booking here: https://frequentmiler.com/costa-rica-to-korea-and-australia-on-one-business-class-award-tims-wild-card-challenge-journal/ (01:08:49) - Our favorite elements of each traveler's trip Subscribe and Follow Visit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the worldThis podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email [email protected] or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.

This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler While Greg and Nick, along with Tim, are traveling for the ongoing Wild Card Challenge, our podcasts will feature each of 3 live check-ins occurring throughout the challenge. On Saturday, we caught up with our Wild Card Challenge travelers for our second live check-in to discuss everyone's second destinations, (even though not everyone was still in their second destinations!) We started out by making some scoring adjustments based on your suggestions, so give the full video a look for some fun discussion around score adjustments! What is the Wild Card challenge? For this challenge, our contestants have picked from wild card decks to set the parameters of their trips. First, they selected travel destinations, then hotel, airline, and transferable points cards, which provide their points and miles budgets. And finally, they selected power-ups and obstacles to make their travels a little more realistic to the challenges our readers and listeners face, and make things a little more interesting! Learn more about the ongoing challenge here. (00:33) - Quick check-in on where everyone is (03:55) - Review of previously assigned scores at the Destination 1 live check-in (05:15) - We reveal our score adjustments, based on our feedback (19:02) - Greg destination 2 summary (26:52) - Nick destination 2 summary (39:58) - Tim destination 2 summary Tune in Wednesday, September 30th at 9AM (yes, that's AM) Eastern Time for our final live check-in in the third Wild Card destination! Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the worldThis podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email [email protected] or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.

This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler Greg and Nick, along with Tim, are busy flying around the world for the Wild Card Challenge, which is going on now! That means they didn't have time to film our usual podcast episode. Not to mention, we want to make sure everyone gets the chance to hear an update for the first destination of the Wild Card Challenge, even if you missed the live stream last evening. In this episode, relisten to the Destination 1 travel summaries and scoring. (01:17) - Greg summarizes his Wild Card Challenge Destination 1 (08:22) - Nick summarizes his Wild Card Challenge Destination 1 (15:21) - Tim summarizes his Wild Card Challenge Destination 1 (26:56) - Greg's scores (34:10) - Greg offers a rebuttal for his scoring (35:43) - Nick's scores (46:41) - Nick offers a rebuttal for his scoring (49:00) - Tim's scores (54:57) - Tim offers a rebuttal for his scoring Subscribe and Follow Visit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the worldThis podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email [email protected] or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.

This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler Citi has added a valuable new transfer partner to their collection: Japan Airlines. This is good news after a roller coaster of good and bad news from Citi, but even this good news comes with some bad news too. (00:17) - ThankYou Rewards: For the best transfer ratios, you need: Citi Strata Premier℠ Card, Citi Strata Elite℠ Card, or the old Prestige card (00:41) - Citi ThankYou roller-coaster (02:11) - New: Added JAL but with lifetime language... (03:37) - Why JAL is amazing (09:02) - On the other hand... (09:42) - Citi advantages (11:37) - Citi disadvantages Subscribe and Follow Visit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the worldThis podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email [email protected] or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.

This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler Is this points & miles hobby worth my time? Reader John asked this question recently, saying: Do you ever calculate the return on your time in the points and miles game? We spend a lot of time talking about return on spend and cents per point, but I rarely hear anyone talk about return on time invested. For me, points and miles are a hobby, not my job, so I sometimes catch myself asking whether saving an extra $200, or getting that credit or getting another 30,000 points is really worth two or three hours of my time. I tend to think about what my time is worth financially, but I also think about the opportunity cost. That might be time with my family (which really prompted this question) , working on my business (this honestly has much better return) , exercising, or just doing something else I enjoy.I know you guys sometimes go to extraordinary lengths because there is value in being able to report the results to your readers and listeners. But outside of the journalism side, do you personally put any value on the hours you spend playing the game?(01:04) - Why Greg's answer is "Absolutely!" (07:14) - Why Nick's answer is "Yes and no." We’ve been answering a reader or listener question at the end of each Frequent Miler on the Air podcast episode. Now, we’ve turned the question of the week into its own weekly episode. Tune in every Monday at 1pm for our Question of the Week podcast. And if you have your own question you’d like to submit, you can send it to [email protected]. Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the worldThis podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email [email protected] or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.