Award Booking Stories | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep305 | 5-9-25

In today's episode, we'll talk about how The Standard is coming to Hyatt...(but we're too old for it). Nick will enlighten Greg about the fact that Air France flies to French Polynesia, and we'll talk through our recent award booking stories.

(01:24) - A correction about the Delta Business Gold card (with a $150 hotel credit, not $200 as mentioned in the episode).

(02:23) - Would a speculative Discover Miles card be worth it for the 3x everywhere for the first year, with the chance that those all become transferable to C1 miles when the merger goes through?

(08:05) - Greg acquired Smartly 4% card, downgraded Chase Sapphire Reserve, and got approved for Chase Sapphire Preferred

(20:06) - Citi Rewards+ may be achievable for some

(22:54) - Cardless removes one card per lifetime limit

(24:10) - Qatar cards increased offers

(29:54) - Rakuten’s shopping portal has a great new trick | Coffee Break Ep55 | 5-5-25 (Earn Amex and Chase cards at once)

Check out the coffee break episode 55 here.

(34:52) - TPG: "Chase Sapphire Preferred vs. Amex EveryDay Preferred: A $95 annual fee showdown"

(37:57) - Hyatt integration of The Standard

(43:15) - Air Tahiti bookable via Flying Blue

(47:19) - Nick: Hilton free night extendable

(50:43) - Gondola no longer requires access to your email

Main Event: Award Booking Stories

(52:09) - Greg: Booked premium cabin flights to Japan for his son

Read more about this trip here.

(1:01:28) - Nick: Booked unexpected trip to Bora Bora

(1:18:54) - Greg: Booked lie-flat round trip to London for 3

(1:34:28) - Why do people choose to do all this work for travel rather than just cash back?

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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder

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