Milenomics² Podcast [NOAF] Episode 82: New Citi, Chase and Amex Offers

Stick around at the end for an extra clip from a patreon show! 0:20 Citi announces JAL as 1:1 Transfer Partner for Strate Premier and Elite

• The rumor has come true
• 1:1 on their higher end cards
• 30% transfer bonus between now and October 24 to celebrate
• Discuss what we think of this
• Will this put pressure on Capital one to match 1:1
• Plenty of places to earn JAL miles now.
• Aligns with JAL’s guidance that they want to double the number of miles they issue by 2030 (source, in Japanese)

10:32 Citi Strata Elite Retention Offers

• This card seems to have been populated with retention offers now (wasn’t before)
• 12,500 TYP -or- $100 statement credit for $2k spend per month for 3 months
• Limiting to one Strata welcome bonus lifetime (across their entire Strata product family)?

14:20 Chase Sapphire Reserve Personal 10 Year Anniversary

• Direct Link
• Chase celebrates 10 years of this card with strange collection of perks, each leaving me slightly concerned they’ll not work as I hope..
• DoorDash
• NEW: $15 monthly promo on any qualifying DoorDash order (starts Oct 1, 2026)
• Two $10 promos each month for groceries, daily essentials and more (is normal takeout included?)
• Offers (require activation)
• Cardmembers who activate the following Chase Offers®, then complete payment on the partner’s website by Dec. 14, 2026 will get:
• $250 back on $1,000 Miraval/Alila (would this work in person?)
• $200 back on $200 JSX semi-private jet (what if the jet is fully private?)
• $125 back on $500 Sixt premium car rental (would this work for a standard car rental?)
• $350 back on $1,500 Wander exceptional vacation home (what if it’s just a regular vacation home?)
• $125 back on $500 IHG (US only, expires earlier than the rest, Oct 16)

18:52 Chase Sapphire Reserve *Business* Increasing The Edit Credits to 4x $250

• Starting Jan 1, 2027 (visible in T&Cs online)
• Still requires 2-night minimum stay
• Still requires paying cash (rather than points) for minimum of $250 of each stay
• For some reason I thought this was broken up into 6-month increments, but I think you can use these all at once, so you could conceivable book an 8-night stay by stringing together four 2-night stays
• But $250 off 2-night stays at expensive The Edit hotels doesn’t seem like a very good discount 🙁

23:36 Chase 70% Transfer Bonus to Marriott

• Have seen utility in this for both Marriott bookings (in ideal situations) and for transfers to airlines for miles
• With JAL news at the top end of the show might not be worth doing vs. using TYP

25:36 Amex 175k Personal Platinum NLL (̶l̶i̶n̶k̶ ̶now dead)

• These come and go and seem to appear when Amex needs new cardholders
• This lasted just 3-4 days before being pulled
• Does indeed bypass lifetime language and can auto approve and include a sign up bonus even if you have had the card in the past. 
• Shutdown risk? Are these legitimate? 

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28:10 SF Trip Report, or: How Sonesta is taking over our worlds

• Sam: Family trip
• Talked about this quick getaway and ho