About this episode

The episode discusses the decline of Chase Point Boost, changes in LifeMiles, and strategies for maximizing rewards on large spending.

In today's episode, we'll talk about how Chase Point Boost is going bust, how Avianca sucks some life out of LifeMiles, and rewards for spending BIG. Giant Mailbag (01:16) - Mike says "I have a subscription to Award Wallet Plus, and it has a “Merchant Category Lookup Tool,” where you can enter a merchant name and it will give the related merchant category name..." Find our Wells Fargo Journeys Forward episode 354 here (05:50) - Visit frequentmiler.com/awardwallet here Upgrade to AwardWallet Plus for 6 months (one time upgrade only): Click the down arrow next to your name within AwardWallet, and click “Upgrade Using a Coupon”, then enter: FrequentMiler (this will only work for those who have never upgraded before) Card News (07:18) - Royal Caribbean launches two new credit cards: Royal One and Royal One Plus Crazy Thing (10:20) - Finnair 18 month expiration Mattress Running the Numbers (17:37) - Buy Marriott Points for as low as 0.89 cents each Bonvoyed (21:33) - Chase Points Boost goes Bust Read more about Chase Points Boost going bust here Read more about Chase reducing redemption rates here (35:46) - Air Canada Aeroplan devaluation Learn more about Aeroplan devaluing their…

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