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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 245: Everything Expires: Including 2024…

0:20 Amex Business Platinum: New $50 Quarterly Hilton Credits

  • Enrollment required (naturally)

  • Requires entering your Hilton loyalty number at the time of registration…

  • …which auto-enrolls your “business” in Hilton for Business with fewer enrollment details than if you register head-on at 

  • How to play this? ...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 244: Are Things Improving?

0:20 Citi and AA Exclusive Tie-Up for Next Decade

  • Press Release

  • “creates an innovative alignment between the Citi ThankYou and AAdvantage® card programs and is designed to dri...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 243: Churning Season Begins and More

0:21 Delta to Prepare and Serve Shake Shack on Domestic First Flights

Milenomics² Podcast Episode 242: The Hangover and More

0:30 BofA More Rewards: The Hangover

  • Late-day transaction posted the next day, didn’t earn rewards

  • Making matters worse, rumors surfaced that BofA would stop accepting debit card payments over the phone on Tuesday November 12th for accounts that aren’t past due

12:00 Amex Schwab Platinum 125,000

Milenomics² Podcast Episode 241: More Rewards & What's Still Working

0:21 Happy BofA More Rewards Day

  • Direct Link

  • Nov 7, 2024

  • +2% or +2x additional rewards up to $2,500 in spend per card

  • No registration required

  • How to play something like this?


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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 240: Breakthrough Approvals, and a San Francisco Trip Report

0:25 Chase Ink: Success

  • Got a targeted mailer at the house intended for a prior resident (we’ve lived here almost 20 years, what a list Chase maintains!)

  • I think the prevailing wisdom is that targeted mailers don’t bypass 5/24, especially since the offer terms show a variable APR which is a negative indicator of pre-approval

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 239: New Approvals, Application Stunts, and “Think Fast”

0:45 Hyatt Shutdowns for Chinese Phantom Stays (OMAAT)


5:05 Transfer Bonuses

  • Amex 20% to AirFrance FlyingBlue

  • Chase 40% to Virgin Atlantic


What W...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 238: Bonuses, Puzzlers, and a Trip Report

0:20 [Targeted] Chase Q4 Bonuses

Milenomics² Episode 237: Amex Upgrades, Fluz & More

0:22 Amex: New rounds of 120k + 75k +75k upgrades

  • 120k Upgrade Offer: Direct Link

  • 15k x5 for $4,000 links. Try this simpler link first, incognito if needed:<...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 236: A Bermuda Trip Report and More

0:21 Should our miles be holding seats for us? 

  • Deployed all of my AA miles for LAX_LHR and LAX_FCO next summer

  • These were around 55-60k pp in business with a connection

  • They also have a connection (FCO is a must, but LHR could be nonstop)

  • This got me thinking–I should probably deploy more miles to ‘hold’ sea...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 235: A Merger, A Match, and a Trip Where Nothing Works

0:23 Alaska/Hawaiian Merger

  • Prevailing sentiment seems to be this will go through

  • Heightened Barclays Hawaiian card offers (70k Personal + Business)

  • MR -> Hawaiian 20% Bonus (ends Aug 31)

  • Will Hawaiian miles convert to Alaska 1:1?

  • Time to speculatively generate Hawaiian miles?

  • What does ...

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Milenomics² Episode 234: More Cards, Puzzlers and a Quick CA Trip Report

0:33 Follow Up: Amex Bonvoy Business

  • Remember last show I said I’d do the $7k spend for 10k and maybe we’d see whether the welcome bonus might trigger? It did!

  • I’ve surely had this card before, and I’m almost positive I got the pop-up when applying through referral for 10x dining

  • Somehow the bonus got attached

  • C...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 233: News and Seven Experiments...

0:21 Western Union: Back with Lower Fees

  • An email came announcing this change, touting lower fees on direct to bank account payments. 

  • Payments over $1000 have the lower fee structure. 

  • $2499.99 seems to be a threshold. 

  • Lower than 1% to send p2p in my experience.

  • Certainly worth poking aro...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 232: News, Updates, and a Japan Trip Report

0:40 Amex Capping 1.1 Cent Schwab Cashouts to 1MM per year (DOC: Link)

  • .8 cents after that

  • Per calendar year, which helps initially.

  • Additional options: Morgan Stanely ...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 231: More Cards, High Interest Rate Plays and Close-In Japan Optionsthe

0:19 New Card Applications

Milenomics² Podcast Episode 230: New Opportunities and What Comes Next

0:22 What to do as Smoke Clears on Amex 10x Dining Referrals

  • Still getting cards reconsidered?

  • Keep throwaway cards (obtained mostly for the referral) open?

  • What to do with Fluz capacity?

  • Schwab (without welcome bonus) for cashout?


08:37 What to do with fluz GC Balance capacity? <...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 229: BofA +3x Discussion and A MSP Meetup Recap

0:21 Bank of America Business Cash Rewards +3% offer

  • Called the “Plus 3 Rewards Bonus Offer”

  • Came via email. Subject is “Give your Business Advantage credit card a +3% Rewards Bonus”

  • Basically, +3% on $50k in spend 

  • Cash loads as Computer Services (PCPTech) are earning 3%, so this really is a great way to g...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 228: News, What We’ve Been Up To and a Carlsbad Trip Report

0:19 Amex

  • 10x Referrals: Do we have clarity now that the smoke has cleared?

  • Intentionally waiting to overturn throwaway declines vs. getting spend done now

  • Upgrading: Are points lost for mid-cycle earning? (still unclear)

  • What happens if something malfunctions?

  • As Spend increases incremental liquidation c...

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TravelStories Patreon Episode 2: Playing the Game of Miles and Points with Debra Schroeder

Episode Patreon 2: Show Notes.


Traveling can be extremely expensive unless you know the tips and tricks to make it more affordable! On this Patreon episode of Travel Stories, we are joined by the founder of Traveling Well For Less, Debra Schroeder to discuss how she plays the game of miles and points. In this episode, you’ll hear all about her miles an...

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Milenomics² Episode 227: Last minute 10x Applications, Breaking News & More

0:20 Down to the Wire: Amex 10x Referrals

  • Working links should be applied to before the close of business 5/22

  • Declines can be reconsidered later and the 10x should stick

  • What is a good card to force a decline on? (Anything?)

  • How we’ve played it so far

  • Liquidation c...

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TravelStories Patreon Episode 1: Amazon Reselling with Joey Redmond

Episode 1: Show Notes

Ever wondered if your Amazon business could earn you more than just profits? Can Amazon sellers earn miles for flights? Welcome to the first episode of Travel Stories Patreon Edition. In this episode, we welcome back Joey Redmond to talk about everything Amazon reselling and how to build up those travel points you are desper...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 226: Amex 10x Updates, News, and Listener Questions

0:22 Again: Amex 10x Dining Referrals. How are we doing?

  • Ends 5/22/2024

  • What cards are we referring from?

  • What cards are we going for?

  • Are 10x referrals better than a head-on 150k bonus? Better than a 250k head-on bonus?

  • Review Amex churning restrictions:

  • You can be approve...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 225: Amex Struggles and Success, Heightened Credit Card Offers, and an Italy Trip Report

0:42 Amex 10x and New Apps: How’s it Going?

  • 10x Dining Referrals

  • Reconsideration calls

  • IRS form 4506-C

  • Both of us have multiple 10x referrals in play and in both directions.

  • Daily loads of approx $1500 seemingly inevitable on Fluz at this point.


5:36 Fluz Phantom Tra...

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Milenomics² Episode 224: Just Get Over the Pond, Always Be Churning, Orphan Miles & Kauai Trip Reports

Main Topics

0:38 Just Get Over the Pond?

  • FlightConnections.com can list all the flights to get you over the pond. The questions become:

  • Do we want to be in nonstop destinations? 

  • If not, does the carrier we cross the pond wit...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 223: News, Follow Up, and Quick Trip Reports…on

News

 

0:27 Q2 2024 5x Categories

  • Chase Freedom: Restaurants, Hotels, Amazon, Whole Foods

  • Discover: Gas Stations & Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, Home Improvement Stores, and Public Transit

  • Citi Dividend: Grocery, Drugstores

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 222: Milenomics March Madness

Today we’re doing things a little differently with a 16 team bracket broken up into 4 different regions:  Banks, Airlines, Lodging and “Strange Entities”

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 221: Amex Referrals, Chase 5/24 Strategy, and a Quick DC Trip Report

0:21 Amex 10x Referrals: How’s It Going?

  • So many questions…

  • Are referrals that require reconsideration reliably attaching?

  • How long does it generally take for the base bonus to post?

  • How long does it generally take for 10x spend to post?

  • Is email confirmation (or not) reliable indicator of su...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 220: Amex Shutdowns, Flanking Elsewhere and More

0:16  Amex Shutdowns

  • Reports coming in all week about no notice shutdown emails sent out in waves.
  • Common thread seems to be high spend, but unsure if that is the cause or if something else is
  • Loss of all accounts but phone reps might be able to transfer out to programs already linked
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Checking In Episode 27: Gardening Flexible Options for Better Family & Group Travel w/Brian M

Family and Group Travel Optimization - Strategies, Tips, Thoughts, and Discussion

0:20 INTRODUCTION

  1. Discussion of strategies, tips, tools, considerations, and thoughts for family and other multi-passenger group travel.
  2. Strategy is to GTFO!  Garden the Flexible Options!
  3. Utilize Gardening, Flexibility, and...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 219: The Latest Salvo in the American Express Arms Race

News:

0:21 Amex +10x at Restaurants for Referrals

  • We have a long history with these +X offers from american express
  • Some basics: you earn 10x on the card you refer from
  • Your referrer doesn’t need to apply for the same card–they just need to be approved for a card.
  • For someone in popup purgatory this could be a ni...

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