{"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":"United Polaris awards wide-open to cardholders & elites | Coffee Break Ep120 | 8-26-26","slug":"united-polaris-awards-wide-open-to-cardholders-elites-coffee-break-ep120-8-26-26","published_at":"2026-08-26T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/frequent-miler-on-the-air-598384/united-polaris-awards-wide-open-to-cardholders-elites-coffee-break-ep120-8-26-26","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/frequent-miler-on-the-air-598384","url":"https://voyascape.com/frequent-miler/united-polaris-awards-wide-open-to-cardholders-elites-coffee-break-ep120-8-26-26","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/0bc64e32-5651-4f48-891a-1e28e12ae677.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 Just by having the right United credit card or elite status, you'll have wide-open United Polaris award availability! Read about United's amazing cardholder award availability here (01:20) - Polaris (02:00) - Define Saver (02:38) - Better Saver Polaris availability for both cardholders & elites, and additional award discounts require card (03:31) - Example North America to Europe (05:38) - Research and findings (15:12) - The April cliff...what is it and why is April significant? (17:07) - Nick & Greg's thoughts/analysis: Is this a one-time thing to get people to sign up for United cards? (22:02) - Is Nick going to jump on the United cardholder bandwagon? Learn more about the Best United Cards here: https://frequentmiler.com/best-united-card/ Subscribe and Follow Visit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com . For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email advertising@voyascape.com or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsi…","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":1625,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/frequent-miler-on-the-air-598384/episodes/united-polaris-awards-wide-open-to-cardholders-elites-coffee-break-ep120-8-26-26/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/united-polaris-awards-wide-open-to-cardholders-elites-coffee-break-ep120-8-26-26.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}