{"podcast":{"title":"MTM Travel - The Fun Side of Points & Travel!","slug":"mtm-travel-the-fun-side-of-points-travel-251388","podcast_index_feed_id":251388,"rss_url":"https://milestomemories.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://milestomemories.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/4/b/a/f/4bafcdeae464719de55e3c100dce7605/Copy_of_Copy_of_Copy_of_MtM_Vegas.jpg","author":"Shawn Coomer","episode_count":403,"summary":"The fun side of miles, points and travel! Hosted by Shawn Coomer and Mark Ostermann, MTM Travel dives into the points hobby & the lifestyle of travel with topical conversations and plenty of laughs along the way. Mark & Shawn have a combined 18 years of experience covering these topics on Miles to Memories and Travel on Points and are cohosts of the popular MtM Vegas Youtube Show on the Miles to Memories Vegas channel. They also host the 20 Minute Travel news show on this same feed where you can keep up with the latest deals, news and happenings.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T08:17:05.407415+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mtm-travel-the-fun-side-of-points-travel-251388"},"episode":{"title":"Elon's WILD New Debit Card, Bilt's Big Backlash & Robinhood Platinum Is Misleading?!","slug":"elon-s-wild-new-debit-card-bilt-s-big-backlash-robinhood-platinum-is-misleading","published_at":"2026-03-12T21:09:58+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mtm-travel-the-fun-side-of-points-travel-251388/elon-s-wild-new-debit-card-bilt-s-big-backlash-robinhood-platinum-is-misleading","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mtm-travel-the-fun-side-of-points-travel-251388","url":"https://milestomemories.libsyn.com/elons-wild-new-debit-card-bilts-big-backlash-robinhood-platinum-is-misleading","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/milestomemories/MTM_Travel_Mar_12_26_audio.mp3?dest-id=1462559","summary":"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 podcast@milestomemories.com . 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!","meta_description":"Thrifty Traveler Premium (affiliate — supports the show): https://milestomemories.com/go/thrifty-traveler/ Episode Description Elon Musk wants your money…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1475,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mtm-travel-the-fun-side-of-points-travel-251388/episodes/elon-s-wild-new-debit-card-bilt-s-big-backlash-robinhood-platinum-is-misleading/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mtm-travel-the-fun-side-of-points-travel-251388/elon-s-wild-new-debit-card-bilt-s-big-backlash-robinhood-platinum-is-misleading.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}