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✈️ Marriott's Secret Status Challenge, Chase's Hidden Rate Gap & A 30-Year Hotel Con Artist Finally Caught
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- Miles & Points Daily Podcast
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- Jul 4, 2026
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- 523
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Summary
A man has been arrested in India after allegedly conning hundreds of luxury hotels for over three decades — and you won't believe how he pulled it off. On the credit card front, Chase Sapphire Preferred just made its hotel credit twice as valuable, and there's a little-known rate discrepancy between the Chase Sapphire Reserve and its business counterpart that could save you serious points on hotel bookings. Marriott has an unpublished status challenge you can request by phone that slashes the night requirements in half, and Flying Blue just dropped some of the best Europe award pricing we've seen in a while. Plus, Air France is going all-in on French drinks in premium cabins, Hyatt points took a hit with the new award chart, and someone at the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas brought a toaster — and honestly, we get it. Subscribe to Miles & Points Daily Newsletter 👉🏼 https://milesandpointsdaily.com/ Thanks to Award Travel Finder for sponsoring this episode! Our Travel Tools: Award Travel Finder - Search award flights, hotels & status matches Award Travel Alerts - Get notified when points deals drop Friday Flight Deals - Cheap cash fares & error fares Flight Queue - Airport security & passport control wait times Flight Seatmap - Seat maps with live availability SeatWifi - In-flight WiFi availability, pricing & quality Support us - Chase Chase Business American Express American Express Business Bilt Rewards Capital One Ramp Rakuten