Chase's Hyatt gut punch & refreshed Sapphire Preferred® | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep362 | 6-12-26

In today's podcast episode, we'll talk about how the New Sapphire Preferred® card wows, but the new Chase to Hyatt transfer rate breaks our hearts.

Giant Mailbag

(01:18) - Read more about stacking Chase Instacart deals here or learning to love Instacart credits here

(04:33) - Elliot talks about getting into the Instacart game

(05:58) - Christine found a great Instacart stack

Crazy Thing

(07:47) - IHG Targeted offer: 0K points every 0 nights

Bonvoyed

(08:53) - Wells Fargo ends point sharing (Sep 25)

Read more about Wells Fargo changes here

(12:30) - Greg rants about points brokers

Awards, Points, and More

(18:28) - United Pooling apparently now allows partner awards

(20:22) - Alaska Airlines CFO hints at BOA point transfers

(23:31) - Gondola: flight autosave

(27:49) - Learn more about the Chase / Paze Promo here

Main Event

(35:15) - Transfer ratio to Hyatt dropping to 4:3 (except for Sapphire Reserve® cards)

Read more about this change in Hyatt transfer ratio here

(52:50) - Is there any upside?

(54:45) - Possible to-dos (if you care about Hyatt 1-1 transfers)

Find our "Which Premium Cards are Keepers?" resource here

Learn more about Hyatt milestone spending here

(1:08:02) - Learn more about the refreshed Sapphire Preferred® card here

(01:09:53) - Lots of good stuff (effective 6/15)

(01:15:42) - And some bad stuff (effective 10/1 for pre 6/15 cardholders)

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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder