Mid-year check-in time on the public feed. Kristoff and Raymond take a step back to assess the state of the game in mid-2026. But first, we have some alliance moves, award travel findings, and a Paze promo that got way out of hand. Our main topic is how we’re feeling, a sort of ‘meta’ discussion in which we come away with the overall takeaway of: the game isn't dead. It's just asking more of you.

We hope you enjoy the show! -TPP

01:52 - Philippine Airlines Is Joining OneWorld

09:01 - Alaska Airlines Removes Status Point Accrual on 'Saver' fares

11:54 - Alaska Infant Tickets For Partner Awards

17:39 - United MileagePlus Points Pooling Discussion

22:20 - Chase Sapphire Preferred UR to Hyatt Transfer Ratio Now 4:3

30:24 - Paze: Spend $10, get $10 back — up to 10x per card

39:23 - Main Topic: Mid-Year Check-in – A 'Meta' Discussion + Trend Lines

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Intro/Outro Music Credits:

"Vibing Over Venus"

Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Hey there TPP Listeners,

In this show, we focus on a new Amex Graphite Business Charge Card (the 2x), 5x opportunities in Q2 as well as a 5x platform that's going away, and we also get into a crazy 57x Rove booking stunt that could turn into a way to buy JL miles at ~1.1 - 1.2 cpp.

In our main discussion, we talk about how Kristoff spun up a brand new player to the churning game (and how we got spun up ourselves)

Timestamps:

01:09 - Amex Graphite™ Business Cash Unlimited Card

04:41 - Q2 reminders (5x cards)

07:43 - FutureCard (evicted by their banking partner)

11:14 - 57x back on Rove on Prepaid Booking (transfer to JL at 1:1.5 before 3/31/26)

21:39 - Spinning up brand new players to the game

We hope you enjoy the show! -TPP

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Intro/Outro Music Credits:

"Vibing Over Venus"

Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Hey TPP listeners,

It’s January and you know what that means, we’re getting to work on incidentals, but also we’re taking some time to think about how we approach incidentals.

Other than this, we have some feelings about all the Bilt v2.x noise.

We end the show with upcoming vacations we’re (still) gardening. We hope you enjoy the show! -TPP

Timestamps

• [01:30] - BILT v2.1
• [15:20] - Incidental Season
• [36:24] - Calendar Year Product Downgrades and Cancellation
• [42:40] - BofA Alaska Ascent to Summit PC
• [48:40] - Booking Vacations / Award Gardening