Show notes
Hilton has brought on their partner Small Luxury Hotels of the World which has been a bit more exciting than we expected it would be. In today's Frequent Miler on the Air episode we'll discuss more. (01:07) - a note about the alliteration in "pop-up prison" vs "pop-up jail" (Mail Bag) (02:56) - IHG Premier 60K certs (Card Talk) Read more about the IHG Premier 60K cert offer here: https://frequentmiler.com/chase-ihg-premier-card-best-ever-offer-5-60k-free-night-certificates/ (08:37) - Greg booked AA to fly to London and it didn't go very smoothly... (Crazy Thing) Read about Greg's recent AAdventures (or misadventures) here: https://frequentmiler.com/my-aadventures-aatempting-to-fly-aa-to-london/ (21:38) - Escape lounge on arrival (Award Talk) (26:19) - Digging in to fare class info when booking via Chase (Award Talk) Main Event: Hilton delivers luxury through SLH (32:28) - Overview: ~400 SLH hotels bookable through Hilton (38:09) - Some SLH hotels have suites defined as standard rooms (39:30) - Gold and Diamond members: space-available room upgrades and continental breakfast for up to two guests. (42:01) - Excellent Hilton point value possible through SLH (44:19) - Free night certs & 5th Night Free awards apply to SLH (47:21) - How to get points (1:01:50) - How to get free night certs Read more about the Hilton Aspire card here: https://frequentmiler.com/AmxHiltonAspire/ (1:04:25) - Read more about the Hilton Surpass card here: https://frequentmiler.com/hilton-honors-american-express-surpass-card/ (1:09:08) - How to find SLH award availability (1:12:21) - Visit Rooms.aero here: https://rooms.aero/ (1:20:59) - Does the Chase Freedom Unlimited card double offer calculate even points that were transferred out? (Question of the week)
