Turn hotel status into airline status | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep367 | 7-17-26

In today's episode, we'll talk about how Wells Fargo shut down Greg's checking account, we'll ask "Did Marriott devalue again?", and we'll look at the many ways to turn hotel status into airline status.

Giant Mailbag

(01:12) - Rick shares a note about Bilt Cash at Walgreens

Card News

(04:25) - Chase Freedom Flex® dropping foreign transaction fees, but also losing cell protection

Crazy Thing

(06:22) - Capital One Shopping: 95% back at Instacart (new members)

Awards, Points, and More

(12:05) - Rove adds Qantas

Read more about Rove adding Qantas as a transfer partner here

(13:30) - Choice points on sale through July 20

(14:21) - Greg's Wells Fargo shutdown

Learn more about Greg's Wells Fargo shutdown here

(24:58) - Nick's Sapphire Reserve® Exclusive Tables Blunders

(31:07) - FHR Las Vegas observances

(35:10) - Marriott devaluation... or not?

Read Stephen's thoughts about the supposed devaluation here

(37:43) - How to apply Marriott free night certs to upgraded rooms

Learn more about this here

Main Event: Turn hotel status into airline status

(42:29) - First up: New Airline + Hotel partnerships

(42:58) - Read more about the Hyatt / Aeroplan partnership here

(53:00) - Read more about Marriott and Japan Airlines here: https://frequentmiler.com/marriott-japan-airlines-launch-deeper-partnership-earn-bonus-points-get-status-match-earn-status-points-more/

(1:01:00) - Key hotel/airline match-ups (and other hotel/airline tie-ups)...

(1:16:35) - Special topic: Airline hotel portals

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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder

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