The 5 Best Award Search Tools | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep296 | 3-7-25

(00:00) - In today's episode we'll talk about how American Airlines out-crazies Citi, Southwest out-bonvoys Marriott, and we'll talk about what we think are the 5 best award search tools that make it much easier to find those coveted awards. (01:25) - One reader shares their concerns about tax payments made by an American Express card not counting towards sign up bonus spending. (05:28) - Read more about paying taxes with a credit card here: https://frequentmiler.com/pay-taxes-v... and check out our podcast Episode239 about paying taxes to earn rewards: https://frequentmiler.com/pay-taxes-e... (05:45) - Capital One Venture X Business cards have a Rideshare Protection benefit (which you can read more about here: https://frequentmiler.com/psa-capital...) (08:00) - Hilton cards offer free night thru 4/29 (which you can read more about here: https://frequentmiler.com/hilton-amex...) (10:29) - Wyndham Earner cards big bonuses Read more about these Wyndham Earner bonuses here: https://frequentmiler.com/all-3-wyndh... (13:39) - Citi: accidentally credited a client’s account with $81 trillion when it meant to send only $280 (Read more about this here: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/ny...) (15:22) - American Airlines made a huge blunder which you can read about here: https://viewfromthewing.com/american-... (19:25) - Marriott StudioRes (26:00) - Southwest for the win Read more about Southwest slashing points earning on Wanna Get Away fares here: https://frequentmiler.com/southwest-s... Awards, Points, and More (29:52) - Alaska starting to roll out mixed partner awards Read more about this here: https://frequentmiler.com/alaska-mile... (32:23) - Aeroplan Family Points Sharing Returns Read more here: https://frequentmiler.com/aeroplan-fa... (35:20) - Hilton adds more and more SLH properties (38:06) - Find current transfer bonuses here: https://frequentmiler.com/current-poi... Main Event: The 5 Best Award Search Tools (41:14) - Read our post about award search tools here: https://frequentmiler.com/which-award... (42:47) - Live Searches vs. Cached Discovery (47:23) - Alerts are KEY (50:25) - Flexible Live Search is very important (51:59) - Which is Best? (54:57) - Runner up (59:07) - Best for Beginners (1:02:28) - Best for advanced people (1:05:10) - Best add on (to use in addition to these other tools) (1:08:15) - Worth mentioning (1:12:17) - Discounts available in our post about which award search tool is best here: https://frequentmiler.com/which-award... Question of the Week (1:12:28) - What should you do with your Capital One miles? Visit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder