Frequent Miler on the Air
Frequent Miler on the Air
Frequent Miler
Discarding our card collections | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep342 | 1-23-26
1 hour 33 minutes Posted Jan 23, 2026 at 10:00 pm.
In today's episode, we'll talk about a trick for getting great value with Delta miles, which has returned, how flying Emirates first with points has gotten harder, and the hard truth about how we have too many cards (and what to do about it).Giant Mailbag
- Using AAdvantage miles to book JetSmart and other tips for South America travelCard News
- Air France/KLM Flying BlueRead more about Air France KLM flying blue here
- Capital One Venture Rewards: 75K + $250 travel after $4K spend
- Bilt Cash details revealedCatch up on how Bilt bungled the rollout hereBonvoyed
- Qantas Nerfs Emirates First Class AwardsRead more about this hereAwards, Points, and More
- Delta trick lowering award prices by booking flights to/from Mexico, working once again
- Alaska $99 Companion Fares can be used with the multi-city tool on the regular booking engine again
- American Airlines Awards flying Aer Lingus Now Available OnlineMain Event: Discarding our card collections
- Find out which premium cards we think are keepers here
- Greg's thoughts about keeper cards
- $795 Sapphire Reserve® Card Example (read more about our thoughts here)
- $325 American Express® Gold Card example
- $895 American Express Platinum Card® example
- Cards Greg and Nick have discarded recentlyQuestion of the Week
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In today's episode, we'll talk about a trick for getting great value with Delta miles, which has returned, how flying Emirates first with points has gotten harder, and the hard truth about how we have too many cards (and what to do about it).Giant Mailbag(01:52) - Using AAdvantage miles to book JetSmart and other tips for South America travelCard News(04:10) - Air France/KLM Flying BlueRead more about Air France KLM flying blue here(15:38) - Capital One Venture Rewards: 75K + $250 travel after $4K spend(18:35) - Bilt Cash details revealedCatch up on how Bilt bungled the rollout hereBonvoyed(21:06) - Qantas Nerfs Emirates First Class AwardsRead more about this hereAwards, Points, and More(23:34) - Delta trick lowering award prices by booking flights to/from Mexico, working once again(25:20) - Alaska $99 Companion Fares can be used with the multi-city tool on the regular booking engine again(26:35) - American Airlines Awards flying Aer Lingus Now Available OnlineMain Event: Discarding our card collections(28:14) - Find out which premium cards we think are keepers here(31:41) - Greg's thoughts about keeper cards(35:25) - $795 Sapphire Reserve® Card Example (read more about our thoughts here)(57:45) - $325 American Express® Gold Card example(1:04:44) - $895 American Express Platinum Card® example(1:14:58) - Cards Greg and Nick have discarded recentlyQuestion of the Week(1:24:08) - American Express® Gold Card with 4x dining vs Atmos™ Rewards Summit Visa Infinite® Card with 3x dining + status... which one is worth it?Subscribe and FollowVisit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media.Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie YoderMentioned in this episode:Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the worldThis podcast is part of Voyascape, a podcast network that brings together the world's best travel podcasts. You can find all of our podcasts from around the world at Voyascape.com.
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