Transferable Points Changing Fortunes | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep357 | 5-8-26

In today's episode, Nick owns up to his mistake: Yes, you can lock in Hyatt prices with Points Advance. Then we'll talk about paying rent with the Alaska Atmos Summit card, and which points programs are trending up or down.

Mea culpa

(01:23) - Oops: Nick made a mistake about Hyatt Points Advance in the originally published version of our Question of the Week

Find the (now edited) Question of the Week here: https://frequentmiler.com/can-i-save-points-on-a-hyatt-award-with-a-date-change-trick-question-of-the-week-ep2-5-4-26/

Learn more about Hyatt Points Advance here: https://frequentmiler.com/hyatt-points-advance/

Giant Mailbag

(05:44) - Ben discusses paying rent with the Atmos™ Rewards Summit Visa Infinite® Card

Find our podcast episode about big bonuses for huge spend here: https://frequentmiler.com/best-bonuses-for-huge-spend-frequent-miler-on-the-air-ep356-5-1-26/

Card News

(09:10) - Chase Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card/Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card application rule changes

(13:32) - Barclays JetBlue Premier Mastercard

Read more about the Barclays JetBlue Premier Mastercard here: https://frequentmiler.com/JetBluePremier/#Goto

Awards, Points, and More

(15:20) - Rove adds Aeroplan as transfer partner

Read more about Rove adding Air Canada Aeroplan as its newest transfer partner here: https://frequentmiler.com/rove-miles-adds-air-canada-aeroplan-as-its-newest-transfer-partner/

(17:10) - How to combine Citi ThankYou accounts (and what might be getting in your way)

Learn more about combining your Citi ThankYou accounts here: https://frequentmiler.com/how-to-combine-citi-thankyou-accounts/

(22:43) - Qatar is limiting Avios redemptions in terms of who you can redeem for

Main Event: Transferable Points Changing Fortunes

(25:36) - "Trending up" doesn't mean it is now a better program than one "trending down". It might be, but it also might just be closing the gap a little.

(26:54) - Programs we think are trending down...

(41:07) - Programs we think are staying about even

(44:32) - Programs we think are trending up...

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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder