0:42 Bank of America $300 Personal Checking Bonus (HT DoC)

• Requires $4,000 Direct Deposit in 3 months
• You need to have a checking account with BofA to quality for their Preferred Rewards program (which provides up to 75% uplift for spending on certain personal BofA credit cards)

1:30 Banco Popular Avianca Vuela Visa 60,000 Offer (HT US Credit Card Guide)

• $149 AF not waived the first year
• 40,000 first use
• +20,000 with $1,000 spend in first 3 months with code SB4060
• Deal or not a deal?

3:53 Cathay Pacific Asia Miles Credit Card 50,000 (HT DoC)

• 30,000 after $2,000 in spend first 90 days
• 20,000 after additional $6,000 spend in first 6 months
• $95 AF not waived first year
• Issued by Synchrony Bank
• Deal or not a deal?

7:10 Stop & Shop gas rewards for groceries?

• Trial for now
• Has anyone been targeted?
• 100 = $1 off groceries. 
• Not as good as gas rewards for all but the smallest tanks (10 gallons = this)
• If you find yourself with expiring rewards this is a way to 'cash out' at 10/(your fill up in gallons). 
• Very similar to the Safeway rewards we've discussed.

10:02 Airline Shopping Portal Bonuses (HT Frequent Miler)

• United 2,500 for $600 ends 8/18
• Alaska 1,500 for $600 ends 8/11
• Southwest 2,000 for $550 ends 8/18
• AA 2,000 for $500 ends 8/18
• Smaller bonuses for lesser amounts of spend as well

10:36 Amex Adds Weekend Night Certs to $95 AF Hilton Cards + 130,000 (HT DoC)

• Surpass/Business 130,000 + Free Weekend Night
• Both available for referral
• Free Weekend Night cert for every $15,000 spent per *calendar* year, post quickly after spend threshold met
• A whopper of a deal I say

13:12 BofA Amtrak 40,000 + $100 (HT DoC)

• Some serious value he re if you’re up for Amtrak travel
• Amtrak points are worth 2.9 cpp towards non-Acela
• 2.5 cpp towards Acela
• 10,000 Amtrak points gets you 4 one-way upgrade certs
• Semi-related: You can redeem bank points for Amtrak through a roundabout method with up to 1.64 cpp of value
• Deal or not a deal?

16:07 Free Topic: Is Hotel Status an even bigger trap than airline status?

Robert: Recent stay at Waldorf Astoria Chicago

• Near total bust from a status standpoint
• Concierge emailed ahead of time and said status entitles you to 1-level upgrade *if* space is available
• Concierge pi

Today we're back with what turns out to be a meaty review of core Milenomics philosophies, but first the news...

0:30 Citi Double Cash to Earn TYP? (HT DoC)

• Coming later this year
• Unclear what the conversion ratio will be

1:10 Citi Going to 48-Month Waiting Period on AA Cards (link)

2:10 BofA Alaska Personal 40,000 + $100 Statement Credit (HT DoC)

• Direct link
• Can’t get the card if you’ve had it in the preceeding 24 months

2:55 3x Fuel Rewards on VGCs at Stop & Shop/Giant 7/12-7/18

3:20 5 Things the Points & Miles Community dislikes more than they should

• Paying fuel surcharges

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0:30 Q3 5x Categories Announced

1:20 Office Depot $10 off $100 in Select Happy Cards (link)

2:25 Stop & Shop 8x Fuel Rewards Happy Cards

2:40 Safeway J4U $10 off of $100 or more Visa GC

 3:30 Amex Qantas Transfer Bonus and Targeted Qantas Transfer Bonus: Do they stack?

15:25 80,000 Signup Bonus Southwest Business Credit Card (FM link)

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Today we’re answering questions posed by ‘future’ listeners of this very podcast.  These are questions from those of you new to points & miles, and maybe you haven’t yet found this site.  Along with these 4 questions we tackle the news and of course an entertaining look at the world of points & miles.

News

0:30 [Targeted] Amex Business Platinum 50,000 Upgrade Offer (link DoC)

03:55 “Public” 150,000 Upgrade Offer *from* No-Fee/Ascend *to* Aspire (link)

05:15 [Targeted] Amex MR Transfer Bonuses 40-50% for British Airways, JetBlue or Marriott

07:12 Airline Portal Shopping Bonuses (link FrequentMiler)

07:37 Safeway stores: $15 off of $100×2 MCGC

7:50 Stop & Shop Buy $100 in 3rd Party GCs get $15 off Next Grocery Order (link)

08:40 Free Topic: We Tackle Travel Miles 101 Facebook Group Questions (link) 

Q: Ok – so my son, now 12 –

We’re back with news, and a discussion around credit cards you should never close.  Share your ‘must keep’ cards in the comments below, and enjoy!

0:33 25% Transfer Bonus from Citi (others, but not Amex) (link MilesTalk)

2:12  Qantas 20% Transfer Bonus from Amex (link DansDeals)

3:19 Heightened Amex Incognito Referral Offers Found Working on Business Cards

4:35 Free Topic: 6 Credit Cards you should NEVER cancel

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News

2:33 [Robert] Speedway: $15 voucher for Speedway gas GC when purchasing $100 3rd party GC

4:43 [Sam] Rakuten closing accounts buying GC in-store(link)

6:30 [Robert] Amex Membership Rewards now transfer to Qantas (link)

8:29 [Sam] Amex Priority Pass No Longer Work at Airport Restaurants (link)

10:17 [Robert] Amex Delta Sign Up Bonuses at All-Time Highs

14:19 [Sam] Barclays Asking for Proof of Business After Credit Card Approval (link)

15:53 [Robert] Hertz Devalues Award Chart (

A fun week here on the No Annual Fee Podcast, where we’re discussing the following:

News

0:32 Italian-issued Tickets for Fun and Profit (link)

1:46 Citi ThankYou Points 30% Bonus to Virgin Atlantic (link)

Main Topic

2:26 5 Best: Credit cards to put in your spouse’s wallet

Counterpoint:

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