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Elon's WILD New Debit Card, Bilt's Big Backlash & Robinhood Platinum Is Misleading?!
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- Mar 12, 2026
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Thrifty Traveler Premium (affiliate — supports the show): https://milestomemories.com/go/thrifty-traveler/ Episode Description Elon Musk wants your money in the X app — and he's offering 6% APY plus 3% cash back on debit to get it. Meanwhile Bilt is having a rough week: mortgage payment failures, a hidden foreign transaction fee on their "no fee" Palladium card, and a PR mess that Forbes and the Wall Street Journal are now covering. Plus Robinhood Platinum advertises $3,000 in credits that most people will never fully use, and Marriott finally did something nice — raising the certificate top-off cap from 15K to 25K points. 0:00 Welcome to MTM Travel 0:26 Intro 0:40 Thrifty Traveler Premium 2:18 Robinhood Platinum breakdown 6:28 X Money debit card 10:31 Bilt 2.0 mortgage issues 12:56 Bilt Palladium hidden foreign fee 15:25 Marriott certificate top-off 17:27 Hyatt vs Marriott + hotel program strategy 19:35 Loyalty program illusions 22:14 Amazon pay with points promo Enjoying the podcast? Please consider leaving us a positive review on your favorite podcast platform! You can also connect with us anytime at [email protected] . You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Google Play , Spotify , TuneIn , Pocket Casts , or via RSS . Don't see your favorite podcast platform? Please let us know!