There are a lot of great tools for collecting and spending points and miles. This week, we talk about the ones we use most often to maximize our mileage.
00:00 Intro
00:45 Giant Mailbag: Tips from the comments on a fixing a failed attempt at a Platinum triple dip
https://frequentmiler.com/fixing-a-failed-platinum-triple-dip/
05:50 What crazy thing....double header!
05:58 What crazy thing . . . did Capital One do this week?
https://frequentmiler.com/capital-one-including-global-entry-reimbursement-on-1099s/
12:03 What crazy thin . . . did Virgin Voyages do this week?
https://frequentmiler.com/capital-one-including-global-entry-reimbursement-on-1099s/
17:23 Mattress running the numbers: New Hilton credit cards
https://frequentmiler.com/increased-hilton-card-offers/
25:48 Main Event: Travel Hacker's Toolkit
26:10 Managing Points: Award Wallet
29:39 Earning miles and points
29:45 Best Offers Page
https://frequentmiler.com/best-credit-card-sign-up-offers/
32:56 Travel Freely
https://frequentmiler.com/take-the-stress-out-of-credit-card-bonus-hunting-travel-freely/
35:23 Tools for meeting minimum spending requirements
35:41 Kiva
https://frequentmiler.com/why-i-love-kiva-for-earning-rewards-and-doing-good/
36:51 Paying taxes
https://frequentmiler.com/pay-taxes-via-credit-card/
https://frequentmiler.com/best-category-bonuses/
40:34 Referral bonuses
https://frequentmiler.com/maximizing-value-from-amex-multi-referrals/
42:10 spending points
42:22 Flight tools (First up: Flight Connections)
44:49 Google Flights and airline websites
https://frequentmiler.com/find-great-business-class-fares-google-flights/
50:28 Point.me and Award Logic
https://frequentmiler.com/point-me-vs-awardlogic/
58:00 Seats.Aero
https://frequentmiler.com/seats-aero/
1:01:17 Expert Flyer
1:03:30 Award Nights
1:04:38 Award Mapper
1:06:16 Stay with points
https://frequentmiler.com/staywithpoints-find-hard-to-get-hotel-awards/
1:08:56 Car Rentals
https://frequentmiler.com/shopping-for-car-rentals-comparison-results/
1:15 Google Maps, Google Flights, Google Hotels, Blog Reviews
1:20:54 Question of the Week: On a partner award, do you always check in with the operating carrier?
Music credit: Annie Yoder
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