Best cards for grocery, dining, gas, travel, Costco, and more | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep256 | 5-24-24

Frequent Miler on the Air

Everybody loves a one-size-fits-all answer, but today we're discussing which cards are best for which kinds of purchases: grocery, dining, gas, travel, Costco... Sure you can just keep one card in your wallet and earn on that card exclusively, but many of us switch it up depending on what we're purchasing. That's what we'll discuss in today's episode.

(01:45) - Datapoints about AA companion certificates (Mail Bag)

(05:32) - Hertz charging people to refill Tesla gas tanks (Crazy Thing)

(12:07) - Frontier and Spirit eliminate change fees (Award Talk)

(13:41) - Cool Alaska trick (Award Talk)

Read more here: https://thriftytraveler.com/news/airlines/book-business-class-less-alaska-miles/

(17:31) - Current Kimpton Hotel Secret Password May 24, 2024, to September 2, 2024. (Award Talk)

Main Event: Best cards for grocery, dining, gas, travel, Costco, and more

(18:54) - Best cards for grocery, dining, gas, travel, Costco, and more

(19:45) - Big box stores including Costco, Sams Club, Target, etc

Read more about the US Bank Altitude Reserve here: https://frequentmiler.com/USBAR/

(22:55) - Grocery Stores

Read more about the Citi Custom Cash here: https://frequentmiler.com/CustomCash/

(23:44) - Read more about Amex Gold here: https://frequentmiler.com/AmxGoldCard/

(24:49) - Read more about the Citi Strata Premier here: https://frequentmiler.com/TYpremier/

Read more about the Capital One Savor card here (https://frequentmiler.com/C1SV/) and the SavorOne here (https://frequentmiler.com/C1SVO/)

(25:28) - Read more about the Aeroplan card here: https://frequentmiler.com/Aeroplan/

(26:18) - Dining / Food Delivery

(27:38) - Read more about the Amex Business Gold card here: https://frequentmiler.com/AmxGoldBiz/

(29:13) - Read more about the Bank of America Customized Cash Rewards card here: https://frequentmiler.com/boaCR/

(31:06) - Gas

Read more about the Wyndham Rewards Earner Business Card here: https://frequentmiler.com/WyndhamEarnerBiz/

(33:36) - Read more about the Wyndham Rewards Earner Plus Card here: https://frequentmiler.com/WyndhamEarnerPlus/

(38:38) - Travel: Many cards offer enhanced rewards for travel booked through bank portal

(39:03) - General Travel

(39:50) - Read more about the Chase Sapphire Reserve here: https://frequentmiler.com/CSR/

Read more about the Chase Ink Business Preferred here: https://frequentmiler.com/CIBP/

(39:58) - Read more about the Amex Green Card here: https://frequentmiler.com/AmxGreen/

(40:00) - Read more about the Wells Fargo Autograph card here: https://frequentmiler.com/WellsFargoAutograph/

(41:37) - Airfare

Read more about the Amex Platinum card here: https://frequentmiler.com/AmxPlat/

(43:33) - Hotels

(43:44) - Read more about the Wells Fargo Autograph Journey card here: https://frequentmiler.com/WellsFargoAutographJourney/

(45:44) - Read what Greg keeps in his wallet here (https://frequentmiler.com/whats-in-gregs-wallet-2024-edition/) and what Nick keeps in his wallet here (https://frequentmiler.com/whats-in-nicks-wallet-2024-edition/)

(46:07) - See our Best Category Bonuses resource here: https://frequentmiler.com/best-category-bonuses/

(46:54) - Other notable category bonuses

(47:08) - Read more about the Ink Business Cash card here: https://frequentmiler.com/CIC/

(47:58) - Read more about the Chase Freedom Flex card here (https://frequentmiler.com/CFF/) and the Freedom Unlimited here (https://frequentmiler.com/CFU/)

(50:35) - One of our readers is interested in becoming a content creator and has questions about things to consider. If we were starting out today, what would we do differently? (Question of the Week)

(54:20) - Check out our Coffee Break episode on the origin story of Frequent Miler here: https://listen.frequentmiler.com/coffee09