Hilton has brought on their partner Small Luxury Hotels of the World which has been a bit more exciting than we expected it would be. In today’s Frequent Miler on the Air episode we’ll discuss more.
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Main Event: Hilton delivers luxury through SLH
Mailbag
(01:07) – a note about the alliteration in “pop-up prison” vs “pop-up jail” (Mail Bag)
Card Talk
(02:56) – IHG Premier 60K certs (Card Talk)
Read more about the IHG Premier 60K cert offer here: https://frequentmiler.com/chase-ihg-premier-card-best-ever-offer-5-60k-free-night-certificates/
Crazy Thing
(08:37) – Greg booked AA to fly to London and it didn’t go very smoothly…
Read about Greg’s recent AAdventures (or misadventures) here: https://frequentmiler.com/my-aadventures-aatempting-to-fly-aa-to-london/
Award Talk
(21:38) – Escape lounge on arrival (Award Talk)
(26:19) – Digging in to fare class info when booking via Chase (Award Talk)
Main Event: Hilton delivers luxury through SLH
(32:28) – Overview: ~400 SLH hotels bookable through Hilton
(38:09) – Some SLH hotels have suites defined as standard rooms
(39:30) – Gold and Diamond members: space-available room upgrades and continental breakfast for up to two guests.
(42:01) – Excellent Hilton point value possible through SLH
(44:19) – Free night certs & 5th Night Free awards apply to SLH
(47:21) – How to get points
(1:01:50) – How to get free night certs
Read more about the Hilton Aspire card here: https://frequentmiler.com/AmxHiltonAspire/
(1:04:25) – Read more about the Hilton Surpass card here: https://frequentmiler.com/hilton-honors-american-express-surpass-card/
(1:09:08) – How to find SLH award availability
(1:12:21) – Visit Rooms.aero here: https://rooms.aero/
Question of the week
(1:20:59) – Does the Chase Freedom Unlimited card double offer calculate even points that were transferred out? (Question of the week)
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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder
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