Rewarding Giving | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep332 | 11-14-25
In this episode, we’ll talk about Virgin’s double-or-nothing bad math promo, how to fly to Europe for 88 miles, and how to earn more rewards while charitably giving.
Giant Mailbag
(00:56) – A fun story about Mariner tickets from a Capital One deal where the seats were almost too good.
Read more about Capital One Cardholder Exclusives Major League Baseball tickets here
Card News
(04:56) – Venture X offers. Learn more about the Capital One Venture X Business Card here
(08:48) – Learn more about Melio here
(09:34) – Learn how to pay taxes via credit card here
(10:07) – Learn more about the Capital One Venture X Rewards Card
(11:47) – Ink Business Unlimited® Credit Card and Ink Business Cash® Credit Card have added some concerning language to terms in the application flow
Learn more about the Ink Business Unlimited® Credit Card here (https://frequentmiler.com/CIBU/#Goto), and the Ink Business Cash® Credit Card here (https://frequentmiler.com/CIC/#Goto).
(15:19) – Chase offers Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card & Sapphire Reserve for Business℠ Card cardholders 1.5cpp for Apple products through Dec 7
Crazy Thing: Virgin shopping portal
(16:18) – Read more about Virgin’s shopping portal here: https://frequentmiler.com/virgins-shopping-portal-is-using-wyndham-math-for-its-double-points-promo/
Bonvoyed
(19:14) – SAS Devaluation
Awards, Points, and More
(22:53) – Wyndham gifting elite status bump or 5x rewards through the end of the year
(24:22) – Air France calendar now includes partners
(25:49) – Lufthansa Miles & More: economy flights to Europe for 88 miles + ~$200
(27:03) – Consider using our Rove link here: frequentmiler.com/rovemiles/
(30:21) – Jetblue 25/25 tracker (read more about the Jetblue 25/25 tracker here: https://frequentmiler.com/jetblue-has-added-a-25-for-25-progress-tracker-see-where-you-stand/)
(33:27) – Greg’s experience canceling a Preferred Hotel booked with/ Choice
(38:47) – (Targeted) Capital One Shopping offering up to 25.5% cashback on British Airways flights (read more about this targeted offer here: https://frequentmiler.com/targeted-capital-one-shopping-offering-up-to-25-5-cashback-on-british-airways-flights/)
(41:46) – Chase now lets you see all The Edit by Chase Travel℠ hotels
US credit card guide has a Map of all The Edit by Chase Travel℠ hotels. (See the map of The Edit hotels here: https://www.uscreditcardguide.com/a-map-for-the-edit-by-chase-travel/)
Main Event: Rewarding Giving
(43:58) – Read our post about rewards for charitable giving here: https://frequentmiler.com/rewards-for-charitable-giving/
(45:15) – Finding worthy charities
Charity Navigator (https://www.charitynavigator.org/)
Charity Watch (https://www.charitywatch.org/)
Guidestar (https://www.guidestar.org/)
GreatNonprofits (https://greatnonprofits.org/)
(46:48) – Or, let others assign the money where it will do the most good
GiveWell (https://www.givewell.org/)
(48:08) – Earn credit card rewards without passing along transaction fees to your favorite charity
PayPal Giving Fund Fundraiser Hub (https://www.paypal.com/fundraiser/hub)
(50:06) – Kiva microloans
(Learn more about Kiva or find our referral link here: https://frequentmiler.com/kiva/)
Question of the Week
(1:01:17) – A question about traveling with children
(1:03:03) – A question about whether or not it’s worth mattress-running 2 nights to get Club Access Awards for future travel
(1:07:11) – What happens when your flight gets canceled (especially if you booked it with one airline, but flew another?) And what are you entitled to?
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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder