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Milenomics² Episode 218: News, Booking Tools, and a Quick New York City Trip Report

0:25 Amex 5x Employee Card Links Not Working?

  • Was 20,000 for $4,000
  • Then dropped to 15,000 for $4,000
  • Recently I received a targeted email for 5,000 for $2,000 - I have standards, sir!
  • Don’...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 217: Spousal Entanglement in a World Where Nothing Works

0:30 Amex Welcome Bonuses and Hilton Free Night Certificates

  • Last show, said I was waiting on a bunch of welcome bonuses to post. They mostly posted.
  • Hilton FNC posted, but only got the cert number and exp dat...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 216: New Year, New Cards and More

0:30 How Are We Doing on 2024 Travel Credits?

  • BofA Elite
    • So Slow to post here. Last year I did a gym payment jan 5, posted jan 12. This year….
  • Amex Platinum
    • I have SO many...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 215: Getting Going in 2024

0:32 Q1 5x Offers

  • Chase Freedom: Grocery, Gym, Self Care
  • Discover: Restaurant and Drugstores (PPBP compatible)
  • Citi Dividend: Amazon? Se...

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Milenomics² Episode 214: Year End Review, 2024 Resolutions with CF Frost

0:18 Overview

We’ll cover our “favorite” item in each category (Hotel, flights Credit cards) of the year and then a resolution for 2024?

Recap Hotels in 2023 – Favorite of 2023 and What we want to chang...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 213: “High Risk Fraud” and More

0:22 Amex High Risk/Fraud Team

Milenomics² Podcast Episode 212: Fluz News, Risky Business, and we Do it Live!…on

0:22 Fluz Time

  • Multi-use cards becoming available to more people, with a lot of hiccups along the way
  • Once they get them working for you, they’ve been quite reliable
  • Starting to really become an iss...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 211: Airline Mergers, Hotel Program Changes, Risky Business & More

0:22 Alaska and Hawaiian To Combine (Direct Link)

  • Expected to take 12-18 months, subject to regulatory approva...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 210: The Highs and Lows of a Week in the Points & Miles World

0:21 Fluz

  • They made multi-use (“Brand”) cards available for people who weren’t on the Zoom call
  • They didn’t work reliable
  • 1-Time cards also didn’t work reliably
  • Cashouts are taking ...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 209: Is Credit Card Churning Becoming More Difficult?

0:22 Amex Churning: Getting harder?

  • Cards previously with no popup (business cobranded) are showing a "have had" popup now
  • Gold Business showing popup as well. BAD news given the recent great offers
  • <...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 208: News & Listener Questions Part 2

0:25 Hilton Surpass and Aspire Changes (FM)

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Episode 207 of the Milenomics² Podcast: Listener Questions

0:47 Bryan G:

  • Good End of Year Double/Triple Dip Opportunities?
    • Business Platinums/Personal Platinums
    • Schwab without or with a sign up bonus
    • Bank of America premium rewards elite
    • ...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 206: Status Matches, Card Approvals & Denials

0:21 Status Match Opportunities

  • JetBlue (Direct Link)
  • Capped at 30,000 applicants with Delta Me...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 205: The Status Trap, Fluz News, and More

0:19 “A Simpler and More Rewarding Skymiles”

  • Seems to be the straw the broke the camel’s back of even the most addicted loyalists (at least that’s what people are saying)
  • Can still earn your way to sta...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 204: News, Playing Chicken w/JetBlue, and a Lake Tahoe Trip Report…

0:20 Amex Welcome/Upgrade Offer Updates

  • Bonvoy Business
  • Welcome bonus back to 125,000 (was 3 x 50k certs, that didn’t last long)
  • $8,000 spend in 6 months
  • $125 AF not waived...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 203: Three Hurricanes, Zero Trips

0:40 BermudAir Takes Flight

Milenomics² Podcast Episode 202: Amex Personal Platinum Changes, Follow Up, and a visit to the Park Hyatt New York

0:22 Amex Personal Platinum Changes

  • Churning language on Vanilla and Schwab card now states you “may not” be eligible for welcome bonus if you have/have had any variants of the card
  • Authorized User fee now...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 201: News, The Best Thing Going With Amex?, and End of Summer Trip Planning...

0:22 Etihad Launching Boston Flights (OMAAT)

  • 4x weekly, starting March 2024
  • ...

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Milenomics² Episode 200: Getting Back to it & More

0:27 Amex Employee Offers Back Up to 20k

Milenomics² No Annual Fee Edition Episode 67 Preview: Japan 2023 Trip report

We're back with a chat about Sam's 2023 summer trip to Japan.  This will be released on milenomics.com tomorrow, for now enjoy a preview here!

0:34 Overview: 14 days, spent as follows:

  • 5 nights in Kyoto at M...

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Milenomics² Episode 199: News, Preparing for Japan, and a Quick Los Angeles Trip Report

0:43 Q3 2023 5x Categories

  • Chase Freedom
  • Gas Stations, EV Charging, Select Live Entertainment (?)
  • Discover
  • Gas Stations, Digital Wallets
  • Cit...

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Checking In Episode 25: Hyatt, Airline Award Availability Trends, and Royal Caribbean Cruises w/Trevor and Tom

Trevor and Tom from Travel Stories join as we discuss:


4:40 Changing Travel Plans Close-In

10:25 Andaz West Hollywood vs Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills

18:40 Hyatt Tips ...

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Milenomics² Episode 198: Ever-Changing Fluz 3.0, What We've Been Up to & Kauai Trip Report

0:20 Fluz: Absurd Edition

  • When things couldn't get more complicated…they do
  • Rolling 72 business hour $2k cap. No more instant access to $2k per day.
  • Annoying because this money ‘rolls’ in, so yo...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 197: News, Heightened Offers, and a Quick California Trip Report

0:30 Fluz Updates

  • Fees: initially very bad….Not at all what was promised. Almost all cards were between 3.3-3.75%
  • After 4 days rates have dropped to better levels. Some have gone back to 3% and many are 3.1%...

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Milenomics² Episode 196: A Southern CA Meetup, Fluz News and More

0:21 Meetup: US Open Golf Tournament in Los Angeles

  • Wednesday June 14 (practice round) and Thursday June 15
  • Tickets are surprisingly affordable at resale (relative to list price)
  • Sam and Robert will b...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 195: The Highs and Lows of Booking Travel...on

News:

0:21 Plastiq Bankruptcy/Restructuring ( View Post

Milenomics² Podcast Episode 194: New Transfer Bonuses, Brokerage Bonuses, Credit Card Bonuses and More

0:21 A Couple Bits of Airline News

Milenomics² Podcast Episode 193: Assessing the Value of Chase Ultimate Rewards, an Evolving Game, and Amex Penalty Box Woes

0:33 Follow-Up: Ultimate Rewards and Pay Yourself Back

  • This game moves quickly sometimes.
  • Last week I was looking to clean up my UR situation
  • After getting approved for a CSP I went ahead and applied ...

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TravelStories Episode 10: What We're Doing

Episode 10: Show Notes.

It’s still relatively early in 2023, but we’ve decided to take a look at what Trevor and Thomas  have been getting up to this year in terms of generating miles, planning trips, and the curren...

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Milenomics² Episode 192: Observations from Chicago, Fluz Growing Pains, and a Quick Washington DC Trip Report

0:24 Chicago Pop Up Event Recap

  • Great to see everyone there
  • Discuss: Observations from in-person discussions. What stood out to you?
  • Events going forward
  • Discuss: Eve...

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