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M² Episode 142: Constant Change, Fourth Quarter Follow-Up and New Ultra-Premium Cards

Follow Up

0:21 Stockpile Sputtering

  • Big wave of BINs now blocked for stock purchases this past week
  • Heartbreaking really, as it was prev...

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M² Episode 141: 4-For-All Referrals, Mistakes Were Made, Keep Or Cancel & More

0:20 Bravo 2% Dies

  • Starting 10/20/2021 < $500 transactions went from 2% to 3.5% + $0.30
  • Even on old versions of the app
  • Still “emergency” utili...

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The Manifesto Episode 29: Childcare, Au Pairs and more with xgerman

Hello, and welcome to The Manifesto with Gideon, the Free-quent Flyer, on the Milenomics Podcast Network. I’m Gideon, the Free-quent Flyer, and I’m joined today by long-time reader, German. Ger...

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M² Episode 140: The Smoke Clears on Amex -- The Path Forward & More

0:20 Amex Shutdowns Follow-On

  • Community is still on edge
  • Most (but not all) shutdown reports seem tied to applying through one rep over the phone, but there ar...

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The Manifesto Episode 28: Hilton Timeshares, J4U Scaling, Vegas & More with Justin V

Hello, and welcome to The Manifesto with Gideon, the Free-quent Flyer, on the Milenomics Podcast Network. I’m Gideon, the Free-quent Flyer, and I’m joined today by returning guest, from the Hur...

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M² Special Edition: A New Wave of Amex Shutdowns

With all of the news coming out this week Robert and I sit down to discuss the Amex Shutdowns, our thoughts and what to take away from the situation on this special edition of the Milenomics² Podc...

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M² Episode 138: Amex’s October Surprise, Q4 5x Opportunities, and the [hopefully temporary] Death of a Liquidation Channel

0:27 Amex “October Surprise”: Revamped Referral Program (4-for-us)

  • Referrals have been extensively covered on this show, as recently as last week we said to be sure...

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M² Episode 137: Heightened Bonvoy Bonuses, What We’ve Been Up To and a Recap of our MSP Meetup

News

0:36 Amex Bonvoy Business 125,000 + Two 50k Certs

  • $5,000 min spend in 3 months
  • $125 AF (not waived first year)
  • 35k cert on...

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Checking in Episode 6: Luxury Family Travel on Emirates Premium Cabins, Athens, Santorini, Waldorf Astoria Maldives and Dubai with Mike C

6:30 Outbound Flights

  • Emirates business: EWR to ATH to MLE (stopover in DXB)
  • 117.5k miles + $275 fee pp
  • Just before the trip, I read an article on OMA...

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M² Episode 136: Amex Pays Out, Liquidation Challenges and S.F. & Orlando Trip Reports

0:22 Amex Pays Out on Old 25k/10x Upgrades!

  • Sept 3, 2021 they seemed to pay out on both the 25k and the +9x at grocery and dining for early adopters of this upgrade View Post

Checking in Episode 4: Mallorca, the Amalfi Coast, and Rome Trip Report with Garth Grawburg

Today I chat with Garth Grawburg about his anniversary trip with his wife to Mallorca, the Amalfi Coast, and Rome.

4:00 How I booked flights✈

Outbound

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The Manifesto Episode 23: Reunion Show With Joe, Robert & Dan

Hello, and welcome to The Manifesto with Gideon, the Free-quent Flyer, on the Milenomics Podcast Network. I’m Gideon, the Free-quent Flyer, and I’m joined today for a reunion show by three of t...

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M² Episode 108: 2020 Year in Review with Special Guests Garth & Gideon

We invite over Garth (of the Milenomics Second Podcast) and Gideon (from the Manifesto Podcast) to talk 2020 year in review.  To keep the show exciting we'll refrain from detailed show notes, ...

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M² Episode 107: Amex Financial Reviews, Account Shutdowns and Continued Trip Planning

We sit down one day after Robert receives news of his American Express Financial Review to discuss all the hard decisions moving forward and more. 


0:21 “W...

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M² Episode 106: All Things Amex Chat with CF Frost

Hilton Aspire No Fee Upgrade and All Things Amex w/CF Frost

Robert chats with Milenomics community member CF Frost about the recent Amex Hilton Aspire No Annual Fee upgra...

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M² Episode 105: Amex Highs and Lows, News You Can Use & Planning Travel for 2021

0:30 Amex Shutdowns

  • We were talking about PPK->Plastiq
  • Seems to be related to PPK payments to Amex?
  • Gets back to the alchemy discussion. Fusing thi...

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MSP Episode 16: Catching up with Larry

Garth and Larry sit down for a chat, and along the way discuss: 

0:39 Reactions to Amex shutdowns

5:31 With some liquidation avenues drying up, what’s next?

7:48 Simon Mall...

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M² Episode 104: At Home Liquidation Down, but Not Out, WInterization and Thanksgiving Trip Reports

News

0:25 PayPal Key

  • Plastiq Dead
  • Died for many 11/25 sometime after around 3:30pm eastern
  • Debrief?
  • W...

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The Manifesto Episode 16: 3 Tips and Tricks on Gideon's Mind

Hello, and welcome to The Manifesto with Gideon, the Free-quent Flyer, on the Milenomics Podcast Network. I’m Gideon, the Free-quent Flyer, and due to some intercontinental scheduling conflicts I...

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MSP Episode 15: Orginization You Game With Raymond

Organizing your game with Raymond

1:44 Keys to a good record keeping system

6:20 Starting a new system

9:15 Tracking transactions

12:29 How Raymond breaks o...

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M² Episode 103: Credit Card Approvals, Amex Clawbacks, and Thanksgiving Travel

Follow Up

0:23 Amex Personal Platinum 100k + 10x Update

The Manifesto Episode 15: Travel Outlook with Stefan Krasowski from RapidTravelChai and Joe Cheung

Editor's note (Sam):  The audio of this episode has been removed. My apologies to Stefan, Joe  and Gideon for this issue. I also want to say thank you to the...

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M² Episode 102: Good News/Bad News, A Clawback Comeback, and Stockpile or Cashout?

We break format to cover some late breaking news, update on what we've been up to and take a Listener Question.  Be sure to share your take on these topics on slack!

0:23 Bad Ne...

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MSP Episode 14: A Deeper Discussion into Buyer's Clubs with Mason

Mason swings by to discuss Buyer's clubs.  If you haven't heard his appearance on the Milenomics² podcast earlier this year be sure to 2020-11-11 21:55:03 +0000 UTC View Post

M² Episode 101: Ongoing Deals, New Offers, Cautionary Tale

0:24 Amex +3x Referrals

  • How did we do?
  • What is our spend plan going forward?
  • Wishful thinking/baseless theory: The reason Amex clawed back on earlier ...

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M² Episode 100: Milenomics the Blog, The Podcast Network and the Community

We're celebrating 100 episodes with a special episode about all things Milenomics, and more about us personally. 

1:00 Milenomics The Blog

  • Founded Augus...

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The Manifesto Episode 14: Interivew with Jordan Hurder from Windbagmiles.com

Hello, and welcome to The Manifesto with Gideon, the Free-quent Flyer, on the Milenomics Podcast Network. I’m Gideon, the Free-quent Flyer, and I am joined today from the Windbag Miles blog, the ...

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M² Episode 99: Last Call for 3-for-all, Cash Out Trials & Tribulations and the Importance of Setting Daily Goals

0:23 Last Call for Amex +3x Referrals

  • Last day to refer is 10/28
  • Unclear when exactly the cut-off is, so save the links for winter if they continue to work (id...

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MSP Episode 13: Sedona and San Diego Trip report, 3-for-all Updates and More

A double trip report and a look at the current MS landscape with Robert Dwyer

1:22 The most wonderful time of the MS year? What’s the MS favorability index?

10:40 Trip report #1 - Sed...

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The Manifesto Episode 13: Deep Dive into Galveston, TX with Kelly de Schaun

[0:00] Intro