Ep 72 - Sept + Oct Recap: $4,030 + 540K Points

Burning 2 million miles in a month, Amex Platinum hacks, Alaska transfers, SAS EuroBonus challenge 😬, $500 Mercury bonus, Fidelity 21 day holds, Save referral scams, Chase Ink bonuses, PetSmart quadruple stacks, and much more!

• 01:47 - Trip Report
• 22:42 - Travel News
• 32:47 - Amex Hacks
• 39:43 - Banks
• 45:55 - Brokerages
• 50:15 - Credit Cards
• 53:08 - Discounts & Freebies
• 58:57 - Final Tally

Show Notes

👻 Sept + Oct Churning Recap

✈️ News (ICYMI)

• Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) EuroBonus Millionaire promotion - direct
  • I’m Seriously Considering The Million Mile Challenge… liveandletsfly
  • Greg, Nick, and Stephen's million mile trip journals - frequentmiler
  • 72 page (and counting) thread about the promo on flyertalk - flyertalk
• Alaska Airlines completes acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines - alaskaair
  • How to transfer points from Amex -> Hawaiian -> Alaska - thriftytraveler

Ep 60 - Booking Award Flights: Best Tools & Workflow

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🤑 Useful Amex Hacks

• National Executive Elite status match form - national
• Avis President's Club status match email - reddit
• Saks $50 gift card in-store & item ideas - flyertalk
• Equinox $300 credit for massages - frequentmiler

📈 Banks & Brokerages

• 💩 Fidelity 21-day deposit hold - reddit
  • Chase "infinite money" hack - forbes
• Mercury Business $500 for $10K debit card spend - DoC
• Save's $5K "equivalent investment" scam - joinsave

💳 Credit Cards

• 🔥 Ends 11/7: Ink Unlimited 90K after $6K spend - DoC | referral
• Chase Ink referrals reduced from 40K down to 20K - DoC
• [Expired] Chase Ink Preferred 120K after $8K spend - DoC
• [Expired] US Bank Business Leverage $900 for $7.5K - DoC

🆓 Discounts & Freebies

• 🐶 PetSmart Quadruple Stack
  • [Expired] $10 treat rewards for spending $50 - petsmart
  • $20 autoship discount - petsmart
  • 20% Rakuten cashback - rakuten
  • 20% Pepper discount
• Pepper 2x cashback for 15 days via referral
  • Enter code 588660 during signup
• Amazon $40 off $100 using 1 Amex point - DoC
• Compare cashback portal discounts - cashbackmonitor

📸 Trip Report

🍜 Taipei, Taiwan

China Airlines Airbus A350 Business Class Review [TPE to SFO]

Find out what it was like to fly on board China Airlines’ Airbus A350 in business class between Taipei and San Francisco in our full review!

UpgradedPoints.comNick Ellis

New! 20% Amex Transfer Bonus to Air France/KLM Flying Blue

American Express is out with a new 20% bonus when you transfer points to Air France/KLM Flying Blue. Be sure to take advantage before this transfer bonus ends on Nov. 10.

Thrifty TravelerKyle Potter

🏙️ Shanghai

List of largest cities - Wikipedia

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⚡️ Beijing

🗽 New York

Ep 11 - National Car Rental

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Ep 44 - Asking for More: How to Ask for Upgrades, Discounts & Free Stuff

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