Hilton delivers luxury through SLH | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep263 | 7-12-24

(00:00) - Hilton has brought on their partner Small Luxury Hotels of the World and this has been a little more exciting than we expected it would be. In today's Frequent Miler on the Air episode we'll discuss more.
(01:07) - a note about the alliteration in "pop-up prison" vs "pop-up jail" (Mail Bag)
(02:56) - IHG Premier 60K certs (Card Talk)
Read more about the IHG Premier 60K cert offer here: frequentmiler.com/chase-ihg-p...
(08:37) - Greg booked AA to fly to London and it didn't go very smoothly... (Crazy Thing)
Read about Greg's recent AAdventures (or misadventures) here: frequentmiler.com/my-aadventu...
(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: frequentmiler.com/AmxHiltonAs...
(1:04:25) - Read more about the Hilton Surpass card here: frequentmiler.com/hilton-hono...
(1:09:08) - How to find SLH award availability
(1:12:21) - Visit Rooms.aero here: rooms.aero/
(1:20:59) - Does the Chase Freedom Unlimited card double offer calculate even points that were transferred out? (Question of the week)

[@tuanletx]

Thank you for the tip, just book 3 nights Hilton SLH in Barcelona June 2025 at 1.46 cent / point.

[@iankm1]

LFG!!! This is exactly what I need right now! Took advantage of some new SLH properties the other day myself!

[@Re3iRtH]

Which ones??

[@iankm1]

@@Re3iRtH Greek islands!

[@jimmyjames6492]

Thanks for the info + video!

[@reneecopeland1095]

Thank you very much!

[@gideonp9762]

As someone who works for an airline, I must say fare rules suck on our end 😂😂

[@sgohsgoh]

There are limits for points pooling. 500k max out, 2m max in per person.

[@charliedurham4248]

Don't get excited. Increasing the certificate number just means they are going to devalue points in general

[@WealthOfOpportunity]

We live in the present. Make use of what you can now. Nothing is promised tomorrow. This post reeks of not having any FNCs

[@WhatsThePoints1]

My first thought as well

[@jameso7785]

I noticed that you can no longer cancel your IHG card and re-apply for a new bonus without waiting 24 months from card cancellation.

[@SmilingTruly888]

Not related to Hotel but wanted to ask about United Mile Play -do you know if United Mile Play “Trip” is defined as Either a one-way flight with the required fare of $200 (example) /or/ a round-trip flight with total of $200(example) ? As long as it is in a single United confirmation number?

[@frequent-miler]

@@SmilingTruly888 It can be either. Note that the fare must meet the threshold before taxes, so check the fare breakdown to make sure it's a base fare of at least $200. -Nick

[@Ryan-gs5og]

Can you actually top off the 60k IHG certs? I know this can be done with the 40k certs but I saw some folks stating that this can't be done for the 60k ones.

[@pannawatphijarnwanit6306]

same, i think ppl said 60k NO TOP OFF..

[@frequent-miler]

@@Ryan-gs5og no you can not. -Nick

[@jameso7785]

checkout stein erickson in park city, UT!

[@BobI-jb4rk]

Didn’t realize DTW offered complementary jump start service. Just plugged the phone number in my phone.

[@TravelBloggerBuzz]

What is the phone number? Lol

[@juliusc5531]

Can I use my Aspire Resort credit for SLH property?

[@frequent-miler]

We don't yet know for sure. It would obviously have to show up on the list of Hilton "resorts". So far, I think only a couple of the ~300+ SLH properties show up under the "resorts". Still, since the charge from one of those properties isn't from Hilton nor even from SLH, I would be pretty surprised if that worked. But we can hope! I'd definitely recommend figuring out how to do a test charge (like making an advance deposit) before counting on it. -Nick

[@Zenichiro]

@@frequent-miler there are some now that show up as resorts, but not sure if they will code as a resort

[@slen8988]

On 6/21/24 I opened a US Bank biz checking account with $800 bonus when deposit $25K within 30 days. Yesterday I deposited what would put me over the $25K, but they gave me a notice of hold and over $6K won't be available until 7/23/24, over 30 days from when opened account. Will I still qualify for the $800 bonus even though some of funds will be on hold at 30 days?

[@frequent-miler]

@@slen8988 I think you'll probably be OK. I expect that if you pull up your account, it will show two numbers - your account balance / ledger balance and your "available" balance. I suspect that the ledger balance will show the full amount but they are only making part of it available to use until it clears. -Nick

[@slen8988]

Thanks Nick! Appreciate your response, your right, ledger balance shows over $25k so hopefully will get bonus.

[@jameso7785]

and Greg- did you just have carryons?

[@jameso7785]

oh, you just answered a minute after I posted

[@gibranespinoza6603]

Chase 5/24 is the absolute worst.