{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The 5 Best Award Search Tools | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep296 | 3-7-25","description":"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 and check out our podcast Episode239 about paying taxes to earn rewards. (05:45) - Capital One Venture X Business cards have a Rideshare Protection benefit (which you can  read more about here.) (08:00) - Hilton cards offer free night thru 4\/29 (which you can  read more about here.) (10:29) - Wyndham Earner cards big bonuses Read more about these  Wyndham Earner bonuses here. (13:39) - Citi: accidentally credited a client\u2019s account with $81 trillion when it meant to send only $280 (Read  more about this here.) (15:22) - American Airlines made a huge blunder which you can  read about here. (19:25) - Marriott StudioRes (26:00) - Southwest for the win Read more about Southwest  slashing points earning on Wanna Get Away fares here. (29:52) - Alaska starting to roll out mixed partner awards  Read more about this here. (32:23) - Aeroplan Family Points Sharing Returns  Read more here. (35:20) - Hilton adds more and more SLH properties (38:06) - Find current transfer bonuses here. (41:14) - Read our post about award search tools here. (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&amp;nbsp;these other tools) (1:08:15) - Worth mentioning (1:12:17) - Discounts available in&amp;nbsp;our post about which award search tool is best here. (1:12:28) - What should you do with your Capital One miles?  Visit&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/frequentmiler.com\/subscribe\/&amp;nbsp;to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don\u2019t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit \u2013 \u201cOcean Deep\u201d by&amp;nbsp;Annie Yoder ","author_name":"Frequent Miler on the Air","author_url":"https:\/\/frequentmiler.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/35578935\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/185450185"}