Chase's Eye Opening Card Strategy, IHG Refreshes Everything & The 2 Browser Trick?!

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IHG and Chase just overhauled the entire IHG card lineup, with a brand new $350 Premier Select card, higher annual fees, and status getting pulled from a card a lot of you carry. We dig into who the new card actually makes sense for, the catch hiding in its food and beverage credit, and why the old $49 IHG card is about to cost a lot more. Plus Rakuten just posted its best Bank of America offer yet, Chase may let other banks approve the co-brand applicants it turns down, and some Sapphire Preferred cardholders are getting 75,000 point upgrade offers. Then we get nostalgic about the two browser trick and the Wild West days. Which IHG card is looking better for you? Let us know in the comments.

Episode Guide:

• 0:00 Welcome to MTM Travel
• 0:40 Rakuten's Best Bank of America Offer Yet
• 3:04 Denied by Bank of America & Waiting on Atmos
• 4:34 IHG's Big Card Refresh & the New $350 Premier Select
• 6:00 The Food & Beverage Catch & an Easy $200 Flight Credit
• 7:20 Diamond for $25K & the Premier Card Loses Platinum
• 8:28 Stacking Elite Nights & the $40K Free Night
• 11:13 Your $49 IHG Card Is Doubling & Why to Grab the Select Now
• 13:52 Fourth Night Free Gets Harder & Why IHG Is Undervalued
• 15:42 Melio: $230 Gift Card After a $500 Payment 16:19 Chase May Let Other Banks Approve Its Co-Brand Cards
• 18:20 Fintech Sweep Accounts & the FDIC Fine Print
• 21:56 Chase's 75K Sapphire Upgrade & a Possible 175K Stack
• 23:41 The Two Browser Trick & the Wild West Days
• 25:33 The AA Shutdowns & Executive Card Churners
• 26:24 Final Thoughts

Links

• IHG refresh - https://frequentmiler.com/all-the-existing-ihg-credit-cards-have-been-refreshed-here-are-the-changes/
• BofA Rakuten - https://milestomemories.com/rakuten-offering-extra-bonus-for-bank-of-america-cards/
• Old IHG $49 card - https://milestomemories.com/chase-updates-legacy-ihg-select-card/
• Chase upgrades - https://milestomemories.com/75k-upgrade-offer-to-sapphire-reserve/
• Chase second look idea - https://www.doctorofcredit.com/jpmorgan-chase-looks-to-open-second-look-applications-for-cobranded-cards/

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