{"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":520,"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":"2026-07-04T20:20:06.924455+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/frequent-miler-on-the-air-598384"},"episode":{"title":"Should you have a hotel credit card even ​If you aren’t loyal to a hotel chain? | Ask Us Anything Ep86 | 5-6-26","slug":"should-you-have-a-hotel-credit-card-even-if-you-aren-t-loyal-to-a-hotel-chain-ask-us-anything-ep86-5-6-26","published_at":"2026-05-10T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/frequent-miler-on-the-air-598384/should-you-have-a-hotel-credit-card-even-if-you-aren-t-loyal-to-a-hotel-chain-ask-us-anything-ep86-5-6-26","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/frequent-miler-on-the-air-598384","url":"https://voyascape.com/frequent-miler/should-you-have-a-hotel-credit-card-even-if-you-arent-loyal-to-a-hotel-chain-ask-us-anything-ep86-5-6-26","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/cbce9494-381b-4835-af81-627e583dc32c.mp3","summary":"Do any of the luxury hotel booking platforms (like Amex Fine Hotels + Resorts®) allow booking for others? If you are hotel chain agnostic, should you have a hotel credit card? We answered these questions and more on the Ask Us Anything hosted live on YouTube on May 6th, 2026. (00:16) - I have 14999 Delta Sky Miles and need one more lousy point to be able to book an award ticket. I can transfer 1000 points from Amex, but that seems like a waste. I tried to convince Delta support to comp me a point, but they were seemingly unable to help. Any suggestions (other than getting the Delta Amex card)? (04:03) - If you have complete flexibility to position to any airport in Europe to fly home to the USA, are flexible on arrival airport in the USA/Canada/Mexico, and time wasn’t a constraint, but you would like a good points redemption in J (not first), where would you position to and which airline would you book on? (08:39) - ​If you are hotel chain agnostic, should you have a hotel credit card? (12:24) - Question on 5/24 if over, are there any data points on the United or Southwest business card? (14:38) - Should we now value Membership Rewards points higher than Chase Ultimate Rewards points? I'd rather have an American Express Platinum Card® than a Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card at this point. Would you guys disagree? (19:50) - Do any of the luxury hotel booking platforms (e.g., Amex Fine Hotels + Resorts®, The Edit by Chase Travel℠, etc.) allow booking for others? (22:57) - ​At what cash back rate do you prefer cash over miles/points (excluding when you are working on a welcome offer)? (27:50) - Do you think we'll finally see an Ultimate Rewards Hyatt transfer bonus in the future? (30:15) - Question - Greg has mentioned a few times about being able to pay for the fees on Briti…","meta_description":"Do any of the luxury hotel booking platforms (like Amex Fine Hotels + Resorts®) allow booking for others? If you are hotel chain agnostic, should you have…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3419,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/frequent-miler-on-the-air-598384/episodes/should-you-have-a-hotel-credit-card-even-if-you-aren-t-loyal-to-a-hotel-chain-ask-us-anything-ep86-5-6-26/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/should-you-have-a-hotel-credit-card-even-if-you-aren-t-loyal-to-a-hotel-chain-ask-us-anything-ep86-5-6-26.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}