20 Minute Travel

Amex Kills Popular Cards, China's Insane Drone Show, Alaska Transfer Drama, Tricky Hyatt & New 100K!


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Episode Description:

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This week American Express announced the death of several of their cards including the Cash Magnet and the popular Everyday cards. With the loss of Everyday, is Amex retooling their lineup in preparation of a new card or are they trying to push customers up to their more expensive Gold card?

In other news the Alaska/Hawaiian merger drama continued this week as transfers from American Express broke briefly, but then came back again. Some terms leave us a bit worried about the future of transfers, but the big question is whether it makes sense to move points now or not. We also discuss China's insane 10,000 drone show, where to use the Hilton Aspire credit, Aeroplan's new 100K welcome offer, 5% categories for the 4th quarter, Hyatt's fall promotion, a tricky Hyatt property and new Amex Offers you want to know about.

Episode Guide:

  • 0:00 Saving money for travel
  • 0:39 Alaska/Hawaiian transfer woes and developments
  • 2:44 Will Amex to Hawaiian transfers remain & should you transfer now?
  • 4:25 One Hyatt’s tricky “mandatory” charge
  • 7:10 Chase Aeroplan’s new 100K welcome offer
  • 8:30 RIP to Amex Everyday cards
  • 10:05 Will Amex replace the Everyday cards in their lineup?
  • 11:20 4th quarter 5% Categories for Chase, Citi and Discover
  • 13:24 Hyatt’s new fall promotion is sort of terrible
  • 14:37 Hilton Aspire Resort Credit - How to use it & where it works
  • 15:56 New Amex Offers for Marriott, Hilton, Lowe’s & Google Pay
  • 17:35 China’s INSANE 10,000 drone show

About the Show:

We love to travel and love to laugh! 20 Minute Travel is designed to get you all of the info you need to supercharge your travel by utilizing credit cards, travel rewards and other tricks to pay pennies on the dollar. 

Shawn Coomer is the founder of Miles to Memories and has traveled all over the world with his family utilizing miles & points. He has been writing and podcasting about miles, points and travel since 2013 and has earned and spent millions of points & miles across dozens of programs.

Mark Ostermann is the former Managing Editor of Miles to Memories and is the Managing Editor at Travel on Points. He has been writing about his travel experiences since 2017 and loves to dive into the weeds so you don't have to. He also enjoys a good beer and a laugh or fifty.

Each week tens of thousands of people tune into our MtM Vegas news shows at http://www.YouTube.com/milestomemories. If you like this show check it out!

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