Episode Details

In today's podcast episode, we'll talk about stacking dining credits, give a caution about

gifting Marriott free night certificates, and will resurrect expired Southwest credits.

Crazy Thing

(00:57) - Southwest shows different seatmap availability to different passengers

Read more about Nick's experience with Southwest's assigned seating here

Awards, Points, and More

(04:10) - Alaska Vacations adds discounts, VIP perks for elite members

Read more about this here

(07:05) - “Free” Norwegian cruise for Caesars Diamond Elite members

Read more about this here

(10:26) - Recent breaking news... Hyatt devaluation

Find out more about the Hyatt devaluation here

(14:43) - Wyndham Rewards added as new Chase Ultimate Rewards transfer partner

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(16:17) - Bilt has launched a transfer bonus

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Main Event: Gems from our Giant Mailbag

(28:05) - Bridget says: DEN is an airport that has the security reservation program (DEN Reserve)...

(29:44) - Chaim says: For Resy and Sapphire Reserve® Exclusive Tables credits you can buy gift cards online for lots of restaurants that trigger the credit. Therefore, you can bank up multiple hundreds of dollars, and then when it works with your plans, you can splurge on an amazing dinner or two...

(32:47) - Mark says: I just finished listening to the January 2 podcast. With regards to your answer for the question of the week about which cards you keep in your digital wallet, I recently discovered something about Apple wallet specifically that might be of use, at least to Greg since he is the only one of you using Apple...

You can catch that episode here

(36:16) - Nathan says: I just listened to episode 343 and wanted to share a data point regarding the $500 Gift of College gift cards...

You can catch episode 343 here

(39:29) - Mike says: If you look up IHG Destined One Night On Us, there's no result directly from IHG, but multiple hotel booking agents' websites reference a stay x nights get 1 night free promotion for participating hotels. For example: https://bonvivant.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Q3-IHG-Destined-Stay-Pay-Promo-HFP.pdf

(44:42) - Panayot says: Convert expired SWA credit to a LUV voucher...

(48:51) - Tracy says: I have a data point relevant to your episode on gifting points and miles...

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