In today's episode, we'll talk about Qatar's crazy new rules if you want to redeem rewards for friends & family, how Wyndham is going to devalue (but it might not be so bad), and we'll take a look back at the first 6 months of Bilt 2.0: The good, the bad, and where things stand now.

Bilt Palladium Review: 6-month checkpoint

Giant Mailbag

(01:13) - Gary Leff has a couple of minor interesting notes on our recent ‘question of the week’ podcast episode

Find our recent Question of the Week episode here

Crazy Thing: Qatar Airways Privilege Club

(07:51) - Want to use Qatar Avios to book flights for friends or family? Good luck!

Read more about this Qatar Avios restriction here

Bonvoyed by Wyndham

(15:36) - Learn more about Wyndham Rewards new award pricing here

Awards, Points, and More

(19:43) - Learn about Bilt adding I Prefer 1:2 here

(23:24) - Learn more about the Hyatt / Under Canvas Promo: 15% points rebate on award stays here

(28:59) - Necker Island has new award pricing: 250K per night for 2 adults

(35:08) - Random tips from Nick

Main Event: Bilt Palladium Review: 6 month checkpoint

(41:16) - Background: Bilt changed card issuers and moved from 1 card to 3

(51:39) - Palladium card details

(54:10) - Bilt Elite Status details

(55:41) - Bilt Cash details

(1:01:48) - Nick's Review

(1:10:49) - Greg's Review

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When you have multiple family members working together to earn travel rewards, it becomes more important to share and combine points. So which programs are best for this ability to share?

(02:07) - Why Transferable Points matter

(05:07) - Why transferable point sharing matters

(07:20) - Read more about Citi discontinuing points sharing here

And read about Wells Fargo's end to combining points here

(08:04) - Transferable points ranked from worst to best for points sharing

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Book airfare through credit card portal or direct? Frequent Miler reader Mike wrote in with this question:

American Express Platinum cards give you 5x points for direct bookings to airline flights. However, most airlines give you 3x to 5x for using their own co-branded cards for those same flights. Direct bookings give you more options if things go sideways (e.g., flight cancelations that require a rebooking). Or would prefer 8x Chase Sapphire Ultimate Rewards multiplier? If you use Amex or Chase, you have to deal with an online travel agency to re-book replacement flights. Do you prefer Amex Platinum, Chase Sapphire Reserve, over direct bookings versus that airline’s own co-branded card, and why?

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In today's podcast we see how Wells Fargo Attunes out, we'll talk about the PAZE craze (and why it pays to pay with PAZE), and Greg convinces Nick that a $395 Wyndham card is a good idea.

Giant Mailbag

(01:37) - Deya has a success story about Chase price match

Find our Best Rate Guarantee coffee break episode here

Card News

(07:07) - Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card refresh is out

(08:48) - Read more about Resy credit changes

(14:33) - A new collectible is born: Wells Fargo Attune card no longer accepting applications

Crazy Thing

(18:19) - Chase erroneously emails about Ink Plus 5X

(20:55) - Capital One Shopping: -0.25% Accor

Awards, Points, and More

(27:43) - Learn more about the PAZE $10 back, 10 times per card opportunity here

Find a Clover map here

(34:55) - Citi ThankYou 50% transfer bonus to ACCOR

Main Event: Wyndham's intriguing new card lineup

(39:46) - Wyndham refreshed its card line up...

(41:13) - Changes to current cards

Read more about the card changes here

(51:55) - Wyndham Earner Premier card (NEW)

Learn more about the Wyndham Earner Premier card here

(1:05:28) - Should you care about Wyndham Rewards?

Learn how to value Wyndham points here

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Chase has been slowly rolling out a Best Rate Guarantee for Chase Sapphire Reserve® cardholders who book hotels through Chase Travel℠. We'll talk about what that means in today's episode.

(00:51) - Chase Sapphire Reserve® Background

(03:07) - The basics of the Best Rate Guarantee

(07:25) - Nick's experience

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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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In this episode, we'll discuss Wells Fargo's Premier version of the Autograph Journey card, only available to Wells Fargo Premier clients.

(01:04) - Almost identical to Autograph Journey, but this one is targeted to WF Premier customers

Learn more about the Wells Fargo Premier Autograph Visa Infinite card here

(02:09) - Advantages over the Autograph Journey

(05:52) - Only available to Wells Fargo Premier clients

(07:00) - Greg's experience

(09:33) - First impressions

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How has SAS Eurobonus award availability been in the months since the Million Mile Madness challenge? What’s the single best card for your "player two"? We answered these questions and more on the Ask Us Anything hosted live on YouTube on June 3rd, 2026.

(00:38) - How many backup flights do you have booked at any one time, and how many fees does that incur?

(04:43) - Has Greg tried/considered applying for a Discover card as a way to get “in” with Capital One since he has been unable to get approved for Capital One cards in the past?

(06:05) - ​How has SAS Eurobonus award availability been in the months since the Million Mile Madness challenge? Any regrets?

Learn more about the Million Mile Madness challenge here.

(09:15) - ​​Given all the hotel devaluations which now includes Hyatt, which hotel points would you recommend accumulating? Seems every chain wants lots of points for a room.

Learn about the decreased Hilton point value here

(16:01) - What’s a single best card for "P2" (player two)?

(23:24) - Should Chase Rapid Reward credit card holders EVER book something above Choice fares if you don't care about the multiplier?

(26:11) - How do you redeem Bilt cash for grub hub, walgreens and the $25 dining?

(32:47) - Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Card annual fee just posted today but still haven’t received the free night certificate. I was planning to downgrade to surpass, when can I expect it, if it takes more than 30 days will I still get annual fee refund?

(34:36) - ​​I want to fly Cathay Pacific First Class between Chicago and Hong Kong, either way or both works. I’m extremely flexible and can probably come up with enough points in any currency. How do I find it?

Find our "Which award search tool is best?" resource here

(36:57) - ​I'm applying for my first mortgage soon. While my credit score is fine, I'm a bit worried about having to explain my long laundry list of credit card accounts thanks to this crazy hobby. Should I be?

(41:24) - ​​So what are your favorite choices for virtually undiscovered islands similar to Koh Kood that lack the crowds but still have things to do

(50:38) - What airline programs should be avoided due to poor customer service? I try to book when flights come out, which means there are often schedule changes that can be a problem/opportunity.

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In today's episode, Greg shares the story of how Citi shut down his accounts and what's next for him. (What will he do without his beloved Prestige card?) Read more about Greg's situation with Cit here.

Giant Mailbag

(01:06) - Russel discusses how Barclays American Airlines card is not a way back to Citi

(02:57) - Flyguy talks about also being shutdown by Citi for paying the bill from multiple checking accounts in a single cycle

Bonvoyed

(04:53) - American Airlines blocking close-in domestic award availability to partners here

(07:58) - Alaska Airlines: Increased partner award fees & no points or status points on saver fares here

(13:36) - What are Hilton points worth? Find out here

(21:00) - Hyatt reasonable redemption value preview

Awards, Points, and More

(23:26) - Vacations by Marriott here

(28:42) - World of Hyatt to launch early access bookings for elites and cardholders June 30th.

(30:01) - Credit card referral offers

(32:53) - Learning to love Instacart credits here

Main Event: Life after Citi

(37:25) - Greg's shutdown story

Read more about Greg's situation with Cit here

(52:12) - There was a brief window to transfer points

(58:40) - Globe Card (from Aviator Silver) opened shortly after shutdown

(1:03:41) - What's lost and what to do about it

(1:07:51) - Citi's unique transfer partners

(1:11:42) - AA status: Will pursue AK status instead

(1:14:38) - Priority Pass restaurants: US Bank Altitude Connect

(1:16:58) - Grocery

(1:23:44) - Dining

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There have been some negative changes coming out of Citi that we'll be talking about in today's podcast episode.

(00:43) - Citi Custom Cash® Card discontinued for new applications, but it may still be possible to product-change to it

You can read more about this discontinuation here.

(01:16) - Citi Custom Cash® Card details

(04:23) - Citi had been on a roll...

(04:42) - Citi points have been declining in value

You can read about some of the negative Citi changes here

(05:16) - But still has excellent options

(06:33) - Is it worth going out of one's way to get Citi Citi Custom Cash® Card while it's available for product changing?

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Should I split a points transfer into smaller buckets? Frequent Miler reader Keith wrote in with this question:

I tried to transfer 560K points to Air France to snag a redemption. had previously transferred about 280k points from Amex to KLM, I thought for sure the points would have similarly come through with Chase. Sadly, the points took 4 days to transfer, and I missed my booking window. Looking back, should I have spread my point transfers across different currencies to lower the transfer risk? I could have also covered the transfer using Capital One or Amex points. How do you balance speed with lowering the risk that your points will miss their intended purpose?

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