{"podcast":{"title":"Frequent Miler on the Air","slug":"frequent-miler-on-the-air-598384","podcast_index_feed_id":598384,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/frequent-miler-on-the/","website_url":"https://frequentmiler.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/4f727b9a-716b-4ce3-a321-803c50a92a64/FMOTA-Legible-4.jpg","author":"Frequent Miler","episode_count":553,"summary":"Earn miles without flying. Frequent Miler is all about getting the most out of the loyalty game. You can easily earn hundreds of thousands of points and miles without traveling, then learn how to use those points towards luxury travel. In this podcast, Frequent Miler founder Greg, and senior author Nick debate current topics in the points & miles world.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-22T04:21:39.136887+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/frequent-miler-on-the-air-598384"},"episode":{"title":"Shortcuts to Flying Blue elite status | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep372 | 8-21-26","slug":"shortcuts-to-flying-blue-elite-status-frequent-miler-on-the-air-ep372-8-21-26","published_at":"2026-08-21T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/frequent-miler-on-the-air-598384/shortcuts-to-flying-blue-elite-status-frequent-miler-on-the-air-ep372-8-21-26","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/frequent-miler-on-the-air-598384","url":"https://voyascape.com/frequent-miler/shortcuts-to-flying-blue-elite-status-frequent-miler-on-the-air-ep372-8-21-26","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/f57844aa-50d1-4753-a413-5bc72930a40d.mp3","summary":"This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler On today's episode, we'll talk about the many ways to shortcut Flying Blue elite status and why you might want to. Giant Mailbag (00:50) - Credit cards we're considering | Coffee Break Ep118 - Credit cards we're considering Crazy Thing: Citi - Greg announce (03:32) - Citi ThankYou Mastercard Learn about Citi's retailer cards here Mattress Running the Numbers (09:12) - 50X AA miles for Stand Up for Cancer donation Learn more about this here Bonvoyed - Feeling Blue about Flying Blue? (14:49) - Flying Blue to increase Standard award prices and introduce Light and Flex award fares Learn about Flying Blue's Light and Flex award fares here This Week in Points (23:42) - Greg- Bilt adds new Bilt Cash Options ( Learn how to use Bilt Cash to book Blade rides here ) (34:08) - Tim - Cardpointers: automatic \"smart add\" feature for Amex Offer priority ( https://frequentmiler.com/workarounds-for-adding-amex-offers-to-multiple-cards-appear-to-be-dead/Learn some workarounds for adding Amex offers to multiple cards which appear to be dead here: ) Personal Points (38:16) - Atmos 100K companion cert caveats (Learn all about Atmos Companion Awards here: https://frequentmiler.com/atmos-global-companion-awards-guide/ ) Main Event: Shortcuts to Flying Blue elite status (52:35) - Learn shortcuts to Flying Blue elite status here: https://frequentmiler.com/elite-st…","meta_description":"This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily ra…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5124,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/frequent-miler-on-the-air-598384/episodes/shortcuts-to-flying-blue-elite-status-frequent-miler-on-the-air-ep372-8-21-26/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/frequent-miler-on-the-air-598384/shortcuts-to-flying-blue-elite-status-frequent-miler-on-the-air-ep372-8-21-26.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}