Maximize your charitable giving by earning a great return while doing good in the world. From ways to give without causing your favorite charity to incur processing fees to ways to earn thousands of points for your donation, this week we talk about how to do your charitable deeds (better). 00:00 Intro 01:13 Giant Mailbag 03:32 Giant Mailbag #2: United Quest card details 07:22 Card Talk: Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card & Capital One Venture X Business Credit Card https://frequentmiler.com/venturex/ https://frequentmiler.com/VentureXBiz/#Goto 18:35 What crazy thing . . . did Marriott do this week? https://frequentmiler.com/apartments-four-points-express-more-details-about-these-2-new-marriott-brands/ 23:27 Award Talk 23:28 Alaska Mileage Plan March 2024 changes https://frequentmiler.com/huge-alaska-announces-unified-award-charts/ https://frequentmiler.com/new-alaska-award-chart-winners-losers-and-sweet-spots/ https://frequentmiler.com/alaska-us-anything-we-discuss-the-new-alaska-award-chart-video/ 37:06 Do you want to collect Alaska miles now? 39:06 Award Talk: Use JetBlue points to book Qatar flights https://frequentmiler.com/book-qatar-flights-with-jetblue-trueblue-points/ 42:15 Award Talk: Marriott free night certificate inside info https://frequentmiler.com/marriott-rules-for-extending-free-nights/ 46:55 Main Event: A good deed is its own reward, but we can do better. 47:15 How do you find charities that do good? (search tools) 48:20 GiveWell 50:03 PayPay Giving Fund 52:15 Kiva Microloans https://frequentmiler.com/why-i-love-kiva-for-earning-rewards-and-doing-good/ 55:29 How do you earn rewards on charitable gifts? 55:47 Ways to earn miles for donating through airline programs, etc 56:48 Credit Card Rewards 46:49 US Bank cards that earn 2x on charitable donations....meh 58:13 Bank of America 2.62% cash back 58:48 Credit Card Big Spend Bonuses https://frequentmiler.com/best-big-spend-bonuses/ 1:00:25 Buying Visa or Mastercard gift cards and using them to donate 1:03:17 Earn a new card welcome bonus https://frequentmiler.com/best-credit-card-sign-up-offers/ 1:06:25 Donating miles and points 1:08:20 Earn Air France elite credit 1:09:38 Question of the Week: Is it worth it to travel to Australia for just a week? Music credit: Annie Yoder