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The best credit card travel credits | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep366 | 7-10-26

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Episode: The best credit card travel credits | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep366 | 7-10-26
Pub date: 2026-07-10

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On today's podcast episode, if you couldn't get enough of Basic Economy, don't worry! Delta has introduced Basic Business. We'll share a potential trick for getting 25,000 AA miles for free, and talk about Credit card Travel Credits: which are worthwhile and which are worthless.

Giant Mailbag

(01:10) - Joaquin says, "One thing I haven’t considered before listening to you was to monitor the price of a hotel or flight after booking to cancel and rebook it if the price drops."

Bonvoyed

(07:40) - Delta introduces Basic Business (and Premium Select, and First)

Awards, Points, and More

(13:54) - Delta Stays is better than Greg thought

The best credit card travel credits

(23:27) - Many premium cards come with travel credits to justify their annual fees.

We rank them...

(24:31) - General travel credits

(26:16) - Airfare & Airline Fee credits

(32:03) - Hotel credits

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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder

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