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.Â
00:00 Intro
01:52 Giant Mailbag
06:08 Card Talk: Bank of America Alaska Airlines credit cards
20:10 What crazy thing….did Delta do this week?
Delta may walk back some of their recently announced changes
26:09 Award Talk: Alaska and JetBlue status matches for Delta elites
(EXPIRED) Alaska Airlines offering status match to draw disappointed Delta frequent flyers
(Expired) 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
45:18 Hyatt / SLH partnership
49:04 Earning more points for paid stays
55:21 Room upgrades
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