Milenomics ² Podcast - No Annual Fee Edition

By Sam Simon and Robert Dwyer

A Milenomics Production-- News related to Points and Miles. Tips & Tricks on how to Earn More miles, Maximize Credit Card Rewards, and Travel more than ever before.... more

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March 02, 2019Episode 17: Chase Closed All My Accounts, Help!
Update (3/15): We update the story in this podcast about a Chase Shutdown in Episode 19. Including how the listener was able to convince Chase to reopen her personal CC account.
We’re back with another jam-packed “free” episode this week…
0:40 $600 Citizen’s Bank Checking Bonus (link)
Requires recurring/single (?) $2,000 Direct Deposit
Expires May 16th, 2019
1:50 [Targeted] $500 Bank of America Banking Bonus (link)
$300 Checking/$200 Savings
$4,000 in Direct Deposits within 90 Days
Probably best to go just for the checking offer (savings offer requires $20,000 in new funds)
2:55 $400 Wells Fargo Checking Bonus (link)
Requires $3,000 in combined monthly Direct Deposit
Eligible if haven’t gotten WF banking bonus in last 12 months
Pairs well with needing to be a customer for Business Plat CC worth $750 towards air travel (link)
4:15 Hyatt category changes don’t go into effect until March 18 (link)
Robert: Booked Premium Suite at Hyatt Coconut Point for 30,000 (twice the 15,000 for a standard room, going up to 20,000)
Room goes for $859/nt in peak-ish season
Some ideas on things to book (link)
Hyatt allows booking 395 days out
6:00 Marriott changes go into effect March 5 (link)
Play here is high end hotels now capped at 60,000 Marriott/nt that will go up as high as 100,000
Marriott allows booking 50 weeks out
7:00 Way to make Amex Bonvoy card (formerly SPG personal) earn 1 SPG point again (link)
Card can now earn 2x Marriott rather than 3x it did previously
With this promo you earn 1 additional point for spending in round increments of $25,000 up to 100,000 points
Gotta love the psychology here
8:15 Chase Shutdown Story
Shared episode about Chase Southwest Companion Pass promo with friend (
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29min
February 21, 2019Episode 16: “Should I Ever Buy Airline Miles? Ebates Now Partnering with American Express, $750 Wells Fargo Business Credit Card Offer & More”
We’re back with a Jam Packed show this week. New Ebates/MR partnership, Negative changes from AA/Amex, and A new reader question.
0:40 Ebates Membership Rewards partnership (link)
Can existing customers convert to MRs? No.
Can you spin up a new account? It’s against T&Cs to have 2 accounts, but you can try.
Can you refer for the MR-earning account? I don’t think so?
I signed up spouse who has never had an Ebates account (H/T JJ)
Ebates can now earn 1 MR instead of 1 cent?
Does Ebates pay out of MCGCs from giftcards.com?
What about the 3x Ebates card? Does it earn 3x at giftcards.com?
Do you have to use an Amex card? T&Cs say so (link)
04:00 Amex Bonvoy Brilliant 100,000 Available for Referral (link)
Referral with Business Gold 20k MR + 100k Marriott
$450 annual fee– $300 Marriott credit
05:13 Wells Fargo Business Platinum 50,000 Offer (worth $750) (link)
08:58 AA GCs not triggering Amex air incidental credits (FlyerTalk link)
Changing your airline selection mid-year
Podcast episode where we covered some options here
09:50 Amex Ameriprise Platinum no longer first-year fee waived (60,000 bonus instead) (link)
Bad News: If you’ve been churning this card
Good News: if you’ve never had the card (Another 60k Platinum card)
12:05 Hyatt Hotel Category Changes (link)
Seasonally miscategorized Hyatts
Andaz Papagayo: 15,000 -> 20,000
Hyatt Coconut Point: 15,000 -> 20,000
Park Hyatt Milan: Unchanged at 30,000
Park Hyatt
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21min
February 21, 2019Episode 16: “Should I Ever Buy Airline Miles? Ebates Now Partnering with American Express, $750 Wells Fargo Business Credit Card Offer & More”
We’re back with a Jam Packed show this week. New Ebates/MR partnership, Negative changes from AA/Amex, and A new reader question.
0:40 Ebates Membership Rewards partnership (link)
Can existing customers convert to MRs? No.
Can you spin up a new account? It’s against T&Cs to have 2 accounts, but you can try.
Can you refer for the MR-earning account? I don’t think so?
I signed up spouse who has never had an Ebates account (H/T JJ)
Ebates can now earn 1 MR instead of 1 cent?
Does Ebates pay out of MCGCs from giftcards.com?
What about the 3x Ebates card? Does it earn 3x at giftcards.com?
Do you have to use an Amex card? T&Cs say so (link)
04:00 Amex Bonvoy Brilliant 100,000 Available for Referral (link)
Referral with Business Gold 20k MR + 100k Marriott
$450 annual fee– $300 Marriott credit
05:13 Wells Fargo Business Platinum 50,000 Offer (worth $750) (link)
08:58 AA GCs not triggering Amex air incidental credits (FlyerTalk link)
Changing your airline selection mid-year
Podcast episode where we covered some options here
09:50 Amex Ameriprise Platinum no longer first-year fee waived (60,000 bonus instead) (link)
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21min
February 11, 2019 Episode 15: Juicy Award Search Tool, Revived Ultra-premium Card, Avoiding Close-in Booking Fees and more
On this week’s show we discuss: 0:35 Juicy Miles Award Search Tool (link) Performs award searches across bank point and frequent flyer programs Some...
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12min
February 11, 2019Episode 15: Juicy Award Search Tool, Revived Ultra-premium Card, Avoiding Close-in Booking Fees and more
On this week’s show we discuss:
0:35 Juicy Miles Award Search Tool (link)
Performs award searches across bank point and frequent flyer programs
Some glitches, but tons of potential
Key concept: Many programs show better availability on their own metal than partners
I can’t stop using the service
If they add alerts, get the right filters set up, fix the glitches and avoid shutdown: Look out world
$10 for a 5-day trial, $29.99/month (Frequent Miler review)
2:15 Citi Prestige Available for 50,000 TYP Signup (link)
$495 annual fee
$250 easy travel credit (per calendar year, Dec statement close)
5x on flights and dining
4th night free hotel (book through Concierge through Sept 2019)
Keep in mind Citi’s crazy 24-month policy (open or closed, maybe product changed) for signup bonuses across ThankYou cards
3:45 American Express sending out 1099 for referral credits
Valuing them at $0.1 per piece for membership rewards points
Hilton points at 0.67 cents (who on earth is referring from a Hilton card?)
Possible these will be adjusted
5:10 4x Fuel Rewards on GCs at Stop & Shop (link)
Happy Lady
Do fuel rewards math (around 1.5 cents per piece if you can use them)
2/1/2019-2/14/2019
5:40 Listener Question: Avoiding $75 Close-in Award Booking Fees
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Like what you heard in the No Annual Fee version?
On this week’s Paid version of the podcast we explore:
How to turn the Amex Business Platinum annual fee increase into a positive
Maximizing the Plastiq 10,000 FFD promo
Skirting credit card churning restrictions
And more…
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12min
February 01, 2019Episode 13 & 14: A Deep Dive into American Express 5 Card Strategies
We’ve got a special “double episode” of the No Annual Fee version of the Milenomics² Podcast this week.
In this episode we do a deep dive into our personal card strategies with Amex. For this exercise:
Amex is limiting us to a total of 5 active *credit* cards (personal and business, charge cards don’t count)
We already have/have had a lot of the best Amex cards (so we’re going deeper into the Amex portfolio than someone newer to the game otherwise would)
We want to make use of Amex’s generous referral program
Amex 5 Card Strategy Template
Here’s a template we used if you want to play along for you own situation:
Current Charge Cards
• A
• B
• C
Current Credit Cards
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
Have had
• A
• B
Credit Cards Considering
• A
• B
Charge Cards Considering
• A
• B
• C
Cards I’m keeping an eye out for
• A
Final Answer
• #3 A
• #2 B
• #1 C
Spoiler alert
Sam’s picks:
#3 Blue Business Plus Credit Card
#2 Business Platinum Charge Card
#1 Plum Business Charge Card
Robert’s picks:
#3 Personal Green Charge Card
#2 Morgan Stanley Platinum Charge Card
#1 Simply Cash Plus Business Credit Card
You can visit our referral page for links to these cards, but read this first before using someone else’s referral links.
You’re probably better off with spousal referral, or trading referral links with a friend.
Subscribe to the Paid version of the Milenomics² Podcast
Like what you heard in the No Annual Fee version?
On this week’s Paid version of the podcast we explore:
The death of a Walmart
Lucrative targeted bank bonuses
Amex clawback fears
And more…
Subscribe to the paid version of the podcast:
https://www.patreon.com/milenomics
Subscribe to the No Annual Fee Edition
Subscribe below to the Free, No Annual Fee Milenomics² podcast on Apple Podcasts:

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39min
February 01, 2019Episode 13 & 14: A Deep Dive into American Express 5 Card Strategies
We’ve got a special “double episode” of the No Annual Fee version of the Milenomics² Podcast this week.
In this episode we do a deep dive into our personal card strategies with Amex. For this exercise:
Amex is limiting us to a total of 5 active *credit* cards (personal and business, charge cards don’t count)
We already have/have had a lot of the best Amex cards (so we’re going deeper into the Amex portfolio than someone newer to the game otherwise would)
We want to make use of Amex’s generous referral program
Amex 5 Card Strategy Template
Here’s a template we used if you want to play along for you own situation:
Current Charge Cards
• A
• B
• C
Current Credit Cards
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
Have had
• A
• B
Credit Cards Considering
• A
• B
Charge Cards Considering
• A
• B
• C
Cards I’m keeping an eye out for
• A
Final Answer
• #3 A
• #2 B
• #1 C
Spoiler alert
Sam’s picks:
#3 Blue Business Plus Credit Card
#2 Business Platinum Charge Card
#1 Plum Business Charge Card
Robert’s picks:
#3 Personal Green Charge Card
#2 Morgan Stanley Platinum Charge Card
#1 Simply Cash Plus Business Credit Card
You can visit our referral page for links to these cards, but read this first before using someone else’s referral links.
You’re probably better off with spousal referral, or trading referral links with a friend.
Subscribe to the Paid version of the Milenomics² Podcast
Like what you heard in the No Annual Fee version?
On this week’s Paid version of the podcast we explore:
The death of a Walmart
Lucrative targeted bank bonuses
Amex clawback fears
And more…
Subscribe to the paid version of the podcast:
https://www.patreon.com/milenomics
Subscribe to the No Annual Fee Edition
Subscribe below to the Free, No Annual Fee Milenomics² podcast on Apple Podcasts:

Or on Google Play Music:
...more
39min
January 18, 2019Episode 12: The Lemoney Saga Continues, $100 Fidelity 2% Card Bonus, Staples $200 Fee Free Cards & Chase Southwest Card Deal/Not a Deal Discussion
We’ve got a jam packed No Annual Fee version of the Milenomics² Podcast this week.
0:36 Lemoney follow-up (link)
Post seemed to trigger tracking of community commision for Feb-June 2018
But subsequent PayPal payments are now said to be held up for a week or two
What’s with this company?
2:38 $30 off $60 at Amazon for using 1 Amex Membership Reward point (link)
Works on 3rd party GCs
3:27 $100 Signup Bonus for the Fidelity 2% Cashback Card (link)
4:40 Fee-free $200 Visa GCs at Staples (link)
1/13-1/19/2019
5:10 New Chase Southwest Card Offers Easy Path to Companion Pass (link)
Sign up for personal card, spend $4k, get 30,000 points +
Companion Pass through 12/31/2019
Deal or Not a Deal?
Subscribe to the Paid version of the Milenomics² Podcast
For a deeper dive into topics like:
Amex application tricks
A $750 bank bonus
A credit card with 20 months of 0% APR
And more…
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Subscribe to the No Annual Fee Edition
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15min
January 18, 2019 Episode 12: The Lemoney Saga Continues, $100 Fidelity 2% Card Bonus, Staples $200 Fee Free Cards & Chase Southwest Card Deal/Not a Deal Discussion
We’ve got a jam packed No Annual Fee version of the Milenomics² Podcast this week. 0:36 Lemoney follow-up (link) Post seemed to trigger tracking...
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15min
January 13, 2019 Episode 11: Bank of America Anti-Churning, Lemoney Gets Juiced, Is the CNB Crystal the Best Premium Card?
We’re back discussing a few bonuses this week along with some terrible news from Bank of America. Along while discussing how and why to combine CNB points across household members we get sidetracked answering the question, “Is the CNB Crystal Infinite the best premium rewards credit card?
As we’ve said before, if you live outside the CNB footprint and are interested in the CNB card drop me an email, or a DM on twitter. (We receive no compensation for this referral)
Links discussed in this episode:
Lemoney Turns Sour, Community Cash Back Missing
Why and How : Combining CNB points
Chase $600 Checking/Savings account bonus.
GoBank $100 Bonus Terms:
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11min

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