Roll your own hotel elite status | Ep222 | 9-30-23

Want to get elite treatment at hotels without investing the time and effort in enough nights for elite status? Instead of spending fifty or sixty nights a year in hotels with one brand, you can simulate status with some simple tricks.  00:00 Intro 01:52 Giant Mailbag 06:08 Card Talk: Bank of America Alaska Airlines credit cards https://frequentmiler.com/as/ https://frequentmiler.com/asbiz/ https://frequentmiler.com/alaska-airlines-companion-fare-guide/ 20:10 What crazy thing....did Delta do this week? https://frequentmiler.com/delta-may-walk-back-some-of-their-recently-announced-changes/ 26:09 Award Talk: Alaska and JetBlue status matches for Delta elites https://frequentmiler.com/alaska-airlines-offering-status-match-to-draw-disappointed-delta-frequent-flyers/ https://frequentmiler.com/jetblue-offering-very-generous-status-match-to-delta-elite-members/ 33:56 Award Talk: PointsYeah improvements 38:23 Main Event: Roll your own hotel elite status 41:02 Preferred Partner Hotel Booking programs https://frequentmiler.com/getting-the-elite-experience-without-elite-status-via-luxury-partner-programs/ 45:18 Hyatt / SLH partnership 49:04 Earning more points for paid stays 55:21 Room upgrades https://frequentmiler.com/how-best-to-book-hyatt-luxury-suites/ 1:11:38 Free Breakfast 1:13:28 Is elite status worth it? 1:18:43 Question of the Week: What kind of manufactured spending is safe? Music credit: Annie Yoder