Bilt Palladium Review: 6 month checkpoint | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep364 | 6-26-26

Frequent Miler on the Air

In today's episode, we'll talk about Qatar's crazy new rules if you want to redeem rewards for friends & family, how Wyndham is going to devalue (but it might not be so bad), and we'll take a look back at the first 6 months of Bilt 2.0: The good, the bad, and where things stand now.

Bilt Palladium Review: 6-month checkpointGiant Mailbag

(01:13) - Gary Leff has a couple of minor interesting notes on our recent ‘question of the week’ podcast episode

Find our recent Question of the Week episode here

Crazy Thing: Qatar Airways Privilege Club

(07:51) - Want to use Qatar Avios to book flights for friends or family? Good luck!

Read more about this Qatar Avios restriction here

Bonvoyed by Wyndham

(15:36) - Learn more about Wyndham Rewards new award pricing here

Awards, Points, and More

(19:43) - Learn about Bilt adding I Prefer 1:2 here

(23:24) - Learn more about the Hyatt / Under Canvas Promo: 15% points rebate on award stays here

(28:59) - Necker Island has new award pricing: 250K per night for 2 adults

(35:08) - Random tips from Nick

Main Event: Bilt Palladium Review: 6 month checkpoint

(41:16) - Background: Bilt changed card issuers and moved from 1 card to 3

(51:39) - Palladium card details

(54:10) - Bilt Elite Status details

(55:41) - Bilt Cash details

(1:01:48) - Nick's Review

(1:10:49) - Greg's Review

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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder

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In today's episode, we'll talk about Qatar's crazy new rules if you want to redeem rewards for friends & family, how Wyndham is going to devalue (but it might not be so bad), and we'll take a look back at the first 6 months of Bilt 2.0: The good, the bad, and where things stand now.

Bilt Palladium Review: 6-month checkpointGiant Mailbag

(01:13) - Gary Leff has a couple of minor interesting notes on our recent ‘question of the week’ podcast episode

Find our recent Question of the Week episode here

Crazy Thing: Qatar Airways Privilege Club

(07:51) - Want to use Qatar Avios to book flights for friends or family? Good luck!

Read more about this Qatar Avios restriction here

Bonvoyed by Wyndham

(15:36) - Learn more about Wyndham Rewards new award pricing here

Awards, Points, and More

(19:43) - Learn about Bilt adding I Prefer 1:2 here

(23:24) - Learn more about the Hyatt / Under Canvas Promo: 15% points rebate on award stays here

(28:59) - Necker Island has new award pricing: 250K per night for 2 adults

(35:08) - Random tips from Nick

Main Event: Bilt Palladium Review: 6 month checkpoint

(41:16) - Background: Bilt changed card issuers and moved from 1 card to 3

(51:39) - Palladium card details

(54:10) - Bilt Elite Status details

(55:41) - Bilt Cash details

(1:01:48) - Nick's Review

(1:10:49) - Greg's Review

Subscribe and Follow

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

2026-06-26 85 min
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