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Michael's Miles Round-Up Previous Issues Table of Contents: NMT · News · SUBs · Promos · Txr Bonuses Note: This newsletter may include affiliate links. If you make a purchase through one, I might earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you). Thanks for the support! Happy Friday Reader! Listen to this segment on: Spotify or Apple Podcasts Last week, I shared that one way to get around Qatar’s new restrictions is by transferring flexible points to your spouse/partner and then booking from...

Michael's Miles Round-Up Previous Issues Table of Contents: NMT · News · SUBs · Promos · Txr Bonuses Note: This newsletter may include affiliate links. If you make a purchase through one, I might earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you). Thanks for the support! Happy Friday Reader! Listen to this segment on: Spotify or Apple Podcasts Some quick updates: I'll be traveling for the next month! I still plan on releasing these newsletters and biweekly videos, but if I mess anything up,...

Michael's Miles Round-Up Previous Issues Table of Contents: NMT · News · SUBs · Promos · Txr Bonuses Note: This newsletter may include affiliate links. If you make a purchase through one, I might earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you). Thanks for the support! Happy Friday Reader! Listen to this segment on: Spotify or Apple Podcasts Of all the domestic airlines to book with points and miles, American Airlines is one of the more complicated ones to book when using transfer partners,...

Michael's Miles Round-Up Previous Issues Table of Contents: NMT · News · SUBs · Promos · Txr Bonuses Note: This newsletter may include affiliate links. If you make a purchase through one, I might earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you). Thanks for the support! Happy Friday Reader! Listen to this segment on: Spotify or Apple Podcasts If you haven't yet heard there's been some big changes with Chase and the Sapphire Preferred, here's a summary: For those with the Sapphire Preferred &...

Michael's Miles Round-Up Previous Issues Table of Contents: NMT · News · SUBs · Promos · Txr Bonuses Note: This newsletter may include affiliate links. If you make a purchase through one, I might earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you). Thanks for the support! Happy Friday Reader! Listen to this segment on: Spotify or Apple Podcasts It's about that time for me. Every few months, or whenever an annual fee is coming up, it's worth going through your card portfolio and deciding what to...

Michael's Miles Round-Up Previous Issues Table of Contents: NMT · News · SUBs · Promos · Txr Bonuses Note: This newsletter may include affiliate links. If you make a purchase through one, I might earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you). Thanks for the support! Happy Friday Reader! Listen to this segment on: Spotify or Apple Podcasts Good news: the Hyatt devaluation isn't so bad. Yet. I'm optimistically pessimistic, and have been from the get-go. I was optimistic this deal wouldn't...

Michael's Miles Round-Up Previous Issues Table of Contents: NMT · News · SUBs · Promos · Txr Bonuses Note: This newsletter may include affiliate links. If you make a purchase through one, I might earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you). Thanks for the support! Happy Friday Reader! Listen to this segment on: Spotify or Apple Podcasts I can't believe it's already mid-May. We're in the thick of shoulder season for many popular travel destinations, which means now is the time to start...

Michael's Miles Round-Up Previous Issues Table of Contents: NMT · News · SUBs · Promos · Txr Bonuses Note: This newsletter may include affiliate links. If you make a purchase through one, I might earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you). Thanks for the support! Happy Friday Reader! Listen to this segment on: Spotify or Apple Podcasts If you're ever booking a trip to South America, business class works a little differently than booking flights to Europe or Asia. Not every airline and...

Michael's Miles Round-Up Previous Issues Table of Contents: NMT · News · SUBs · Promos · Txr Bonuses Note: This newsletter may include affiliate links. If you make a purchase through one, I might earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you). Thanks for the support! Happy Friday Reader! Listen to this segment on: Spotify or Apple Podcasts This week's news, and really the news for the past year and a half, contains more devaluations. Hyatt, Air Canada, and Avianca LifeMiles all made...

Michael's Miles Round-Up Previous Issues Table of Contents: NMT · News · SUBs · Promos · Txr Bonuses Note: This newsletter may include affiliate links. If you make a purchase through one, I might earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you). Thanks for the support! Happy Friday Reader! Listen to this segment on: Spotify or Apple Podcasts I call the Leading Hotels of the World the "forgotten transfer partner" of Citi, literally because I forgot to mention them in my video ranking Citi's...