How to Amass Amex Points | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep369 | 7-31-26

In today's episode we'll talk about how Amex has added a valuable new hotel partner, Seats.aero has added useful new tools, and we'll discuss the many ways to amass a Membership Rewards fortune. Giant Mailbag (00:59) - Ross: Another hidden gem card? Bonvoyed: JetBlue, Air Canada, LifeMiles (04:51) - JetBlue & Air Canada add basic fares to premium cabins (06:27) - Your Lifemiles+ free award changes/cancellations may end sooner than you think Awards, Points, and More (08:55) - Amex adds new transfer partner LHW (16:28) - Philippine Airlines flights now bookable with Alaska Atmos Rewards (Read more about this here: https://frequentmiler.com/philippine-airlines-flights-now-bookable-with-alaska-atmos-rewards-book-biz-class-from-75k-points/) (17:48) - United transcontinental business class from 27K miles for cardholders (19:14) - Seats.aero has added a few new tools for Pro members (24:00) - Nick's experience with The Edit by Chase Travel℠ Main Event: How to Amass Amex Points (26:26) - Amex Membership Rewards are suddenly interesting again (31:03) - Sign Up Bonuses (41:26) - Two Player Mode (43:55) - Read about multi-referrals here: https://frequentmiler.com/maximizing-value-from-amex-multi-referrals/ (48:31) - Amex offers Learn about Cardpointers here (https://frequentmiler.com/cardpointers/) or Savewise here (50:01) - Rakuten Shopping Learn about Rakuten referrals here: https://frequentmiler.com/rakuten-best-ever-5k-membership-rewards-50-referral-bonus-for-both-sides/ (53:21) - Category bonuses Get 15% of ESIM from our sponsor Saily This podcast episode is sponsored by Saily. Saily is an ESIM service app created by the security experts behind NordVPN. Instead of paying absurd daily rates to your home carrier or swapping SIM cards on arrival, Saily gives you flexible prepaid data plans in over 200 destinations worldwide. Download Saily from your app store and use our code FREQUENTMILER at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. https://saily.com/frequentmiler Subscribe and Follow Visit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This podcast is part of the Voyascape Network, a collection of some of the world’s best travel podcasts. Explore more at Voyascape.com. For advertising or sponsorship opportunities on this show and across the network, email [email protected] or you can find more information at Voyascape.com/advertsing.