Milenomics² Episode 191: Status Promos, More Cards and Ongoing Battles.
0:21 Hyatt Globalist Lite Fast Track (FM Summary)
- Offered through Bilt Rewards (no Bilt credit card requir... 2023-04-09 22:07:52 +0000 UTC View Post
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Milenomics² Episode 190: News, Short Notice Planning & Risk
News
0:22 Citi Travel Portal now Powered by Booking.com (OMAAT)
- I’m liking this change already
- Booking .com ... 2023-03-27 12:59:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Checking In Ep 24 Bonus: What It's Like to be a Disney Travel Agent w/Joe Cheung
0:30 Using Points for Disney
2:30 Snagging Disney dining reservations
7:00 Disney hotel discount tips
10:00 Being a travel agent as a hobby/as a job
Thanks to Joe for coming on the show! 2023-03-23 13:29:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Checking in Episode 23: Amex & Southeast Asia w/CF Frost
2:45 Amex Referrals: +5x on Grocery up to $25,000
- “Lose” primary Personal Gold card that’s lost ability to refer, once that’s healed - refer, apply, recon, approve (strange “acceptance” process)
- How are you playing it?
- Honeypot?
Milenomics² Episode 189: New Amex +5x Opportunity and More
0:22 Amex +5x Referrals (HT Andrew C on Slack)
- These typically appear on personal MR-earning cards
- Makes Personal Gol... 2023-03-13 08:09:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Milenomics² Episode 188: Fluz 2.0 Lands, Upstart Airlines and Booking/Rebooking Issues
News
0:30 Fluz 2.0 Lands
- Need Power Portal Access and a Business account
- Load cash at 3% using Cash loads
- Picking MCC in the app, loading cash in the Power Portal
- Create 1-Time Cards either in app or in power Portal 2023-03-06 12:10:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Milenomics² Episode 187: A Day of Reckoning, Heightened Card Offers and Pre-Arrival Interaction
0:37 Fluz Time
- 1-Time Cards coming for more? For all?
- Day of Reckoning arrives for 1-Time Card users.
- Sidekicks, Protection team. Fluz is having growing pains.
07:05 Follow Up: Citi Shutdown Scenario
- I did end... 2023-02-16 03:39:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Milenomics² Episode 186: Time to Say Goodbye?
0:20 Citi Shutdown Coming? “Know Your Customer” Calls
- Saw a call come in to my cell phone from 855–688-0555 (Spam Risk)
- “Please call Citibank in reference to your account…” said to call them back at 833-951-0031
- I’d think it really was ... 2023-02-08 04:02:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Milenomics² Episode 185: Follow Up, America's Worst Bank & Outdated Ideas We're Holding Onto
0:23 Japan Follow Up: Trip Status Reports
- With Robert’s trip just a few weeks what’s the latest?
- Lodging and other updates
- Sam: Trip is months away and starting to finally get serious about it. More updates to come.
- Booking.com
- ... 2023-01-31 12:24:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Milenomics² Episode 184: More Credit Cards, Transcontinental Lie Flats an "We Could do a Whole Show on This"
0:27 Fungibility: 5x Spend on Fluz with Daily Caps
- Last week we mentioned loading up Fluz daily cards
- I started doing this but then I realized I don't think it matters if I do cash out or not
- As long as I make sure I'm buying every s... 2023-01-23 06:53:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Milenomics² Episode 183: Getting Going on 2023 and a Kauai Trip Report
0:41 Q1 2023 5x Categories
- Chase Freedom Grocery Stores, Target, Gyms
- Discover Grocery Stores, Drug Stores and Select Streaming Services
- Citi Dividend Amazon, Select Streaming Services
Milenomics² Episode 182: The best of 2022: Year End Show
Best of 2022 with Special Guest CF Frost
0:50 Best Trips of the Year
- CF
- Oman (Episode 15 of Checking In)
- Hilton LXR... 2022-12-31 16:49:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Milenomics² Episode 181: Fraud, Follow-Up and We Play Think Fast
0:21 BofA Premium Rewards Elite App
- After Robert had such a positive result I wanted to go for this (for the triple dip)
- Applied and approved.
- Value: Annual fee covered by sign up bonus, $900 in incidentals. Thanks to Robert for digging this up and n... 2022-12-22 23:47:04 +0000 UTC View Post
TravelStories Episode 3: How to Improve Your Travel Experience
Episode 03: Show Notes.
It’s the holidays! During today’s episode, we’re talking travel tips, whether it's on the ground, in the air, at your destination, or just in general. We kick off our conversation with a handy list of websites to bookmark, giving val...
2022-12-15 14:27:38 +0000 UTC View PostMilenomics² Episode 180: Follow Up of All Kinds, Late Breaking News and a Last Minute Trip Report
Follow Up
0:21 Things we said we’d do “I’ll apply for the MS Platinum right after the show”
- Applied again for one of these for myself and after a day of pending was approved!P2 is in limbo with MS account opening.
- Applied for th... 2022-12-12 06:16:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Checking In Ep 22: Japan Trip Report w/Raymond
Thanks to Raymond (@outasflyguy) coming on the show!
- 0:40 Purpose of Japan trip
- 6th time going to Japan, just about every previous time I’ve gone during late October / early November in the Fall.
- Weather is perfect; not muggy like in Summe... 2022-12-07 02:33:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Milenomics² Episode 179: Long-Term Planning and the Struggles that Come With It
0:20 Amex Business Cards
- Login/0 MR condition continues to occur/occurs with new cards
- Turns out I was charged $50 for creating a MR account - just bonkers stuff
- There is definitely something “not right” about these cards.
- Award... 2022-12-05 16:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Milenomics² Episode 178: Making Progress When it Seems Like Nothing Works
News
0:20 JetBlue to Paris Summer 2023 (Direct Link)
- From JFK and BOS
- Fee... 2022-11-22 17:14:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Milenomics² Episode 177: Fluz 2.0 Arrives, Amex Penalty Box Discussion and Booking Updates
0:21 Fluz 2.0 Arrives
- 3% loads available on business accounts, talked about this last week with Fluz 1.5
- 1-time debits now available for some Fluz business accounts
- 1.5% back for 1-time use Visa debits
- 1% back for 1-time use MC debi... 2022-11-11 18:27:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Milenomics² Episode 176: Fluz Evolves, Precious Amex Slots & More
0:22 Fluz 2.0 (1.5?) Arrives
- If spend is unlimited and MCC categories can be chosen how does this change things?
- Best cards to use?
- Fear of shutdown
- Knock on effects?
14:30 Morgan Stanley Follow Up
- Th... 2022-11-01 12:51:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Milenomics² Episode 175: Morgan Stanley Updates, Travel Planning Follow-Ups & a Newport Trip Report
0:21 Opening Morgan Stanley Robo Investing Accounts
- After last week this became important (really important given the discussion in #episode-discussion)
- MS seemed to try to limit applications by hiding the link
- The process was smooth, but took a few ... 2022-10-20 05:15:44 +0000 UTC View Post
M² Episode 148: Getting Going on 2022 -- Happy New Year!
0:30 Check What’s Still Working
- Is Fluz okay?
- Has Plastiq changed?
- Citi Robot Lady okay?
- Amex upgrade/AU/employee bonuses?
15:45 *Calendar* Year Resets
- Amex Incidentals (more on that below)
M² Episode 147: Last Call Opportunities, and the Best Deals of 2021 - That are Still Available
0:23 Last Chance: Check for incidentals on Amex cards. Add employee cards, Upgrade Gold to Platinum, etc.
Biggest deals of the year (in review)
9:59 Fluz
- We started the year off using fluz for category bonuses, Ink 5x and ... 2021-12-27 23:47:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Checking in Episode 9: Amex Additional Employee offers w/JG and CF Frost
Community member JG and I discuss a lucrative Amex additional employee offer that’s set to expire at the end of the year, then CF Frost joins us with some additional datapoints.
0:30 Quick Overview of the Opportunity
- For Amex Business cards only (not ... 2021-12-20 06:38:48 +0000 UTC View Post
M² Episode 146: A Big AA Gamble, Fluz Opens the Floodgates, and We Play Old Blue Cash 'Keep or Cancel?'
0:22 AA Simply Miles 240x Opportunity
- Offer died 12/14 -- Waiting to see if the miles are paid out.
- AA card-linked program that supports Mastercards only at this point
- They’re running a promo whereby they’ll give you an “... 2021-12-16 07:12:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Checking In Episode 8: Amex Shutdowns and Financial Review w/Brooke
Robert chats with community member Brooke on these topics
- 0:40 The time Brooke got Fluz to accept PayPal Key BINs
- 5:00 Amex Shutdowns (and reinstatement)
- 17:30 Passing an Amex Financial Review
Our thanks to Brooke for coming on the show and sharing her ex...
2021-12-08 14:29:24 +0000 UTC View PostM² Episode 145: All Amex, All the Time (and more) with special guest CF Frost
0:24 Late Amex +4 for us Moves
- Sam:
- Second referral from P2->P1 on her Gold card (targeted for Gold - PLT 25k/10x offer).
- Third attempt from P1-P2 on a BBP for 6x anywhere. Initial app resulted in P2 receiving the “Based on your history wi... 2021-12-06 13:18:28 +0000 UTC View Post
M² Episode 144: Reasons People don't Play the Game & 10 Ways to Avoid Shutdown
Main Topics
0:38 Reasons People Don’t Play the Game?
- Inspired by this post on common reasons why people don’t travel
The Manifesto Episode 30: Safeway J4U Recap, I-Bonds, Driving for Lyft/Postmaes and More with Calwatch
Hello, and welcome to The Manifesto with Gideon, the Free-quent Flyer, on the Milenomics Podcast Network. I’m Gideon, the Free-quent Flyer, and I’m joined today by long-time reader and friend of the blog, Henry. Henry, welcome to the Manifesto.
[0:16] Plugs
- Twitter, Bogleh... 2021-11-25 03:44:43 +0000 UTC View Post
M² Episode 143: Amex Reinstatments, Q4 Action Time, News, Follow-Up & More
News
0:22 Reports of Amex Reinstatement
- Great to hear reports of Amex reportedly changing their mind on “Adam” shutdowns
- Creates all kinds of crazy situations to consider
- Are people now in the penalty box for closing cards ... 2021-11-20 15:20:32 +0000 UTC View Post