Battle of the $350 airline cards: AA, Delta, United (and Alaska) | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep344 | 2-6-26
Frequent Miler on the Air
Best Elite Accelerators and Spend Paths
Discussion of Delta's MQD boost, United and Alaska spend credits, and American's loyalty-point earn mechanics.
In this episode, we'll take Hyatt on a mattress run, we'll answer "Is Tyler crazy for liking the Bilt Paladium card?", and Nick disagrees with our entire main event!
Giant Mailbag
(01:07) - Tyler disagrees with all the negative feedback that the Bilt program is getting
(06:01) - Read more about Greg's thoughts on Bilt changes here
Card News
(08:18) - Atmos Ascent ($95 card) offer
Learn more about the Atmos Ascent card here
(10:24) - Southwest consumer card offers: Companion Pass + bonus points
Learn more about the Southwest consumer card offers here
Mattress Running the Numbers
(13:08) - Hyatt's overlapping promos
Learn more about the Hyatt Bonus Journeys here
Learn more about the Hyatt House / Hyatt Studios promo here
Bonvoyed
(21:00) - Chase makes it harder to track Ink Business Cash® 5x spending
Learn more about this here
Awards, Points, and More
(22:09) - Capital One: 30% transfer bonus to Japan Airlines Mileage Bank
Learn more about the transfer bonus here: https://frequentmiler.com/30-transfer-bonus-from-capital-one-miles-to-japan-airlines-mileage-bank/
(25:26) - Citi is still allowing product changes between AAdvantage and ThankYou point cards
(29:03) - Rove "Built Better" promo
Main Event: Battle of the $350 airline cards: AA, Delta, United (and Alaska)
(32:40:09) - Comparing $350 airline cards: AA, Delta, United (and Alaska)
(35:33) - Earnings on spend
(40:25) - All offer standard airline card perks such as free checked bags, priority boarding, Global Entry/PreCheck
(41:57) - Lounge access
(42:55) - Elite status-related things
(48:12) - Companion tickets & flight discounts
(52:38) - Coupons and other stuff
(56:11) - Which "pays for itself" best without requiring much spend?
(59:52) - Which offers the best elite accelerators?
(1:01:08) - Which offers the best companion ticket?
(1:01:38) - Which is best for solo fliers?
(1:02:26) - Which offers the best earnings on spend
(1:04:44) - Which is the best of the best?
Question of the Week
(1:11:53) - Do you need to have 5 employees before you transfer miles with the Citi business AAdvantage card?
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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder
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