Frequent Miler on the Air

Many hotel cards come with free night certificates each year upon renewal. That's great, but those certificates expire after 12 months. If you don't time your applications well, you may struggle to use those certificates... (00:17) - Greg's been considering getting the Hilton Aspire, but... is this the right time? (01:05) - Example Problems (03:55) - When do free night certificates post? (07:52) - Nick & Greg's thoughts/analysis 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 world This 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.

For this challenge, our contestants will pick from wild card decks to select which hotel, airline, and transferable points cards will provide their points and miles budget, then they’ll select their travel destinations from another deck. And finally, they’ll select power-ups and obstacles to make their travels a little more realistic to the challenges our readers and listeners face. (03:45) - Destination 1 cards are drawn (08:12) - Destination 2 cards are drawn (18:03) - Airline credit cards are drawn (25:29) - Hotel credit cards are drawn (30:56) - Transferable points credit cards are drawn (36:46) - A surprise extra credit card is drawn (43:31) - Reader-submitted obstacle cards are drawn (51:13) - Power up cards are drawn (57:39) - Stephen reveals the final, third destination where each contestant will need to meet up (1:02:44) - Surprise! Contestants get a hail mary option they can choose to take... 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 world This 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.

In today's episode, listeners weigh in on Nick's pick for "best Hyatt Place breakfast", Hyatt breaks up with one airline and ties up with another, and we review Chase's refreshed Air Canada Aeroplan card. Wild Card Challenge Update (01:15) - Which cards did our contestants pick for the Wild Card challenge? Learn more about the ongoing challenge here Giant Mailbag (09:02) - In our Hidden Gem Awards Ep373, Nick said Hyatt Place Amsterdam Airport had the best breakfast in the world... but do people agree? Mattress Running the Numbers (14:24) - Marriott Amex Offer: Spend $450 & get $200 back (targeted) Learn more about this targeted offer here This Week in Points (17:06) - US Bank adds Avianca LifeMiles as transfer partner (18:28) - Rove adds Copa Airlines as transfer partner, launching with 40% transfer bonus through September Learn more about Rove adding Copa here (20:13) - Hyatt dissolves partnership with AA Read more about Hyatt's ending partnership with American Airlines here (22:27) - Hyatt adds partnership with Delta: https://newsroom.hyatt.com/DeltaAirLines Card news (24:39) - Amex Bonvoy Business Card is coming (26:48) - Chase Sapphire Reserve enhances DoorDash benefit Learn more about this enhanced benefit here (29:34) - Chase IHG Premier Business anniversary free night certificate will increase to 50K points in 2027 Personal Points (31:16) - Chase return protection success (35:54) - Atmos Summit $60K spend Main Event: Chase's disappointing Aeroplan Card refresh (38:25) - New Cardmember Offer (39:54) - The changes that really matter (52:20) - Quick summary of the good stuff and bad stuff (53:35) - Nick and Greg: Never got the card before. Is it worth it now? 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 world This 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.

Greg has just returned from a short trip to RiverView Ranch in Montana - probably the single most aspirational points stay available in the United States. Now, he'll tell us all about it. Loving RiverView Ranch (00:46) - RiverView Ranch Retreat & Western Adventures Learn more about Hilton's flexible date calendar here (02:45) - Cancelation fees (03:28) - How to get free night certs Read: How to maximize your Hilton cards (with upgrades and downgrades) here (04:45) - Greg's pre-trip report (12:28) - Greg's trip report (14:49) - King Suite (19:04) - Dining (21:10) - Activities (26:19) - Wildlife (26:34) - Checkout (27:52) - Review (29:43) - How does it compare to Ventana Big Sur? (31:17) - How does it compare to Necker Island? 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 world This 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.

What to do when your credit limit is too low? Kris reached out with the following question about managing a low credit limit: On your recent podcast, you mentioned that banks don’t like you to cycle cards. I just got approved for the new Capital One Venture Business card, and upon approval, found out that they had given me a credit limit of $2000. This obviously is going to make it very difficult to make the minimum spend for the sign-up bonus, and obviously can’t if I don’t cycle the card. I did try to call and request an increase and pointed out that I have a personal Venture X with a credit limit of $50,000 that is paid off fully every month. I asked for a credit increase and offered to decrease my Venture X credit limit, but was declined. (00:57) - What is credit cycling? (02:38) - Why is cycling generally inadvisable? (03:55) - Is cycling ever OK? 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 world This 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.