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Milenomics² Episode 218: News, Booking Tools, and a Quick New York City Trip Report

0:25 Amex 5x Employee Card Links Not Working?

  • Was 20,000 for $4,000
  • Then dropped to 15,000 for $4,000
  • Recently I received a targeted email for 5,000 f...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 217: Spousal Entanglement in a World Where Nothing Works

0:30 Amex Welcome Bonuses and Hilton Free Night Certificates

  • Last show, said I was waiting on a bunch of welcome bonuses to post. They mostly posted.
  • Hilton FN...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 216: New Year, New Cards and More

0:30 How Are We Doing on 2024 Travel Credits?

  • BofA Elite
    • So Slow to post here. Last year I did a gym payment jan 5, posted jan 12. This year….
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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 215: Getting Going in 2024

0:32 Q1 5x Offers

  • Chase Freedom: Grocery, Gym, Self Care
  • Discover: Restaurant and Drugstores (PPBP compatible)
    <...

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Milenomics² Episode 214: Year End Review, 2024 Resolutions with CF Frost

0:18 Overview

We’ll cover our “favorite” item in each category (Hotel, flights Credit cards) of the year and then a resolution for 2024?

Recap Hotels in 2...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 213: “High Risk Fraud” and More

0:22 Amex High Risk/Fraud Team

Milenomics² Podcast Episode 212: Fluz News, Risky Business, and we Do it Live!…on

0:22 Fluz Time

  • Multi-use cards becoming available to more people, with a lot of hiccups along the way
  • Once they get them working for you, they’ve been quite ...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 211: Airline Mergers, Hotel Program Changes, Risky Business & More

0:22 Alaska and Hawaiian To Combine (Direct Link)

  • Expected t...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 210: The Highs and Lows of a Week in the Points & Miles World

0:21 Fluz

  • They made multi-use (“Brand”) cards available for people who weren’t on the Zoom call
  • They didn’t work reliable
  • 1-Time cards also di...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 209: Is Credit Card Churning Becoming More Difficult?

0:22 Amex Churning: Getting harder?

  • Cards previously with no popup (business cobranded) are showing a "have had" popup now
  • Gold Business showing popup as well....

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 208: News & Listener Questions Part 2

0:25 Hilton Surpass and Aspire Changes (FM View Post

Episode 207 of the Milenomics² Podcast: Listener Questions

0:47 Bryan G:

  • Good End of Year Double/Triple Dip Opportunities?
    • Business Platinums/Personal Platinums
    • Schwab without or with a sign up bonus
    • <...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 206: Status Matches, Card Approvals & Denials

0:21 Status Match Opportunities

Milenomics² Podcast Episode 205: The Status Trap, Fluz News, and More

0:19 “A Simpler and More Rewarding Skymiles”

  • Seems to be the straw the broke the camel’s back of even the most addicted loyalists (at least that’s what people a...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 204: News, Playing Chicken w/JetBlue, and a Lake Tahoe Trip Report…

0:20 Amex Welcome/Upgrade Offer Updates

  • Bonvoy Business
  • Welcome bonus back to 125,000 (was 3 x 50k certs, that didn’t last long)
  • $8...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 203: Three Hurricanes, Zero Trips

0:40 BermudAir Takes Flight

Milenomics² Podcast Episode 202: Amex Personal Platinum Changes, Follow Up, and a visit to the Park Hyatt New York

0:22 Amex Personal Platinum Changes

  • Churning language on Vanilla and Schwab card now states you “may not” be eligible for welcome bonus if you have/have had any var...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 201: News, The Best Thing Going With Amex?, and End of Summer Trip Planning...

0:22 Etihad Launching Boston Flights (OMAAT) View Post

Milenomics² Episode 200: Getting Back to it & More

0:27 Amex Employee Offers Back Up to 20k

  • 20,000 for $4,000 in 6 months, up to 5 employees
  • These were down to 5,000 for a while
  • Business Platin...

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Milenomics² No Annual Fee Edition Episode 67 Preview: Japan 2023 Trip report

We're back with a chat about Sam's 2023 summer trip to Japan.  This will be released on milenomics.com tomorrow, for now enjoy a preview here!

0:34 Overview: 14 days, spent as fo...

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Milenomics² Episode 199: News, Preparing for Japan, and a Quick Los Angeles Trip Report

0:43 Q3 2023 5x Categories

  • Chase Freedom
  • Gas Stations, EV Charging, Select Live Entertainment (?)
  • Discover
  • ...

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Checking In Episode 25: Hyatt, Airline Award Availability Trends, and Royal Caribbean Cruises w/Trevor and Tom

Trevor and Tom from Travel Stories join as we discuss:


4:40 Changing Travel Plans Close-In

10:25 Andaz West Hollywood vs Waldorf Astoria Beverly ...

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Milenomics² Episode 198: Ever-Changing Fluz 3.0, What We've Been Up to & Kauai Trip Report

0:20 Fluz: Absurd Edition

  • When things couldn't get more complicated…they do
  • Rolling 72 business hour $2k cap. No more instant access to $2k per day.
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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 197: News, Heightened Offers, and a Quick California Trip Report

0:30 Fluz Updates

  • Fees: initially very bad….Not at all what was promised. Almost all cards were between 3.3-3.75%
  • After 4 days rates have dropped to better l...

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Milenomics² Episode 196: A Southern CA Meetup, Fluz News and More

0:21 Meetup: US Open Golf Tournament in Los Angeles

  • Wednesday June 14 (practice round) and Thursday June 15
  • Tickets are surprisingly affordable at resale (rela...

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Milenomics² Podcast Episode 195: The Highs and Lows of Booking Travel...on

News:

0:21 Plastiq Bankruptcy/Restructuring (2023-05-29 23:55:49 +0000 UTC View Post

Milenomics² Podcast Episode 194: New Transfer Bonuses, Brokerage Bonuses, Credit Card Bonuses and More

0:21 A Couple Bits of Airline News

Milenomics² Podcast Episode 193: Assessing the Value of Chase Ultimate Rewards, an Evolving Game, and Amex Penalty Box Woes

0:33 Follow-Up: Ultimate Rewards and Pay Yourself Back

  • This game moves quickly sometimes.
  • Last week I was looking to clean up my UR situation
  • After ge...

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TravelStories Episode 10: What We're Doing

Episode 10: Show Notes.

It’s still relatively early in 2023, but we’ve decided to take a look at what Trevor and Thomas  have been getting up to this year in terms o...

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Milenomics² Episode 192: Observations from Chicago, Fluz Growing Pains, and a Quick Washington DC Trip Report

0:24 Chicago Pop Up Event Recap

  • Great to see everyone there
  • Discuss: Observations from in-person discussions. What stood out to you?
  • ...

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