110 episodes

Welcome to the Award Travel 101 Podcast! Founded in 2013 with just 20 members, the Award Travel 101 Facebook group teaches members how to travel the world using points and miles. Today, a community of over 100,000+ people from around the world share, teach and learn how to travel anywhere on any budget. Where are you going with Award Travel?

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    • Society & Culture

Welcome to the Award Travel 101 Podcast! Founded in 2013 with just 20 members, the Award Travel 101 Facebook group teaches members how to travel the world using points and miles. Today, a community of over 100,000+ people from around the world share, teach and learn how to travel anywhere on any budget. Where are you going with Award Travel?

    Meet The Mods - Randy Clinton

    Meet The Mods - Randy Clinton

    This week Angie talks with newest Award Travel 101 moderator Randy Clinton. Randy discusses his background, what got him started in travel rewards and loyalty programs, some of the aspirational products he has flown and how he booked them. He also shares some of his tips for one of his favorite ways to travel, cruises and how to status match for the most benefits.Links to topics discussed:Emirates slashed economy partner award pricing by up to 20%Hilton Surpass 130K + Free Night AwardCruise S...

    • 50 min
    These Are a Few of Our Favorite Grumps

    These Are a Few of Our Favorite Grumps

    Joe is off cruising the Mediterranean so Mike and Angie are on this week. We talk about some news such as AA rolling back their unpopular changes to how loyalty points would be earned. Finally we ponder quirks in the award travel world that makes us grumpy from restrictive bank rules to the CPP Police. Some links to things we talked about:Targeted World of Hyatt PromosThe return of a popular welcome offer on the Bonvoy Business CardHilton cards are back with elevated bonusesCents P...

    • 55 min
    Thrifty Travel with Gunnar Olson

    Thrifty Travel with Gunnar Olson

    Joe talks with Gunnar Olson of Thrifty Traveler on how award travel has helped enrich his travels with his Player 2), and they've created fond memories flying some incredible products, by way of his work at Thrifty Traveler.Joe and Gunnar also discuss how the past 6 months have probably been more brutal than what we’ve seen in any other past period with award price hikes and no-notice changes from many of our favorite programs such as United, Turkish, Virgin Atlantic and World of Hyatt.Also l...

    • 45 min
    The Summer of Travel (Pt. 1 - Preparing for Travel)

    The Summer of Travel (Pt. 1 - Preparing for Travel)

    This week Joe and Angie discuss lots of news such as the rebranded Citi Strata Premier, Virgin Red Cruise deal, some SLH properties rejoining World of Hyatt via Mr & Mrs Smith and more.Then then as the summer of travel heats up they discuss the their tips for getting ready for a trip. Something hopefully everyone we be doing soon and often this summer.Where to Find Us For questions, you can join us in the free 100,000+ member Award Travel 101 Community. For more intermediate and advanced...

    • 43 min
    Chicago is a Points/Miles Kind of Town

    Chicago is a Points/Miles Kind of Town

    The Award Travel 101 Podcast is brought to you in part by Thrifty Traveler Premium. Get Thrifty Traveler Premium deal/award alerts sent straight to your inbox. Use promo code “AT10” for $10 off your first year. Recent finds include:Business Class to Japan/S.Korea for 50K milesJetblue Mint to Rico for $796 R/TSingapore First Class Suites for 59KYou can find these at ThriftyTraveler.com/PremiumPost of the weekLong time member Erin shared a post discussing the best way to handle a potentially ov...

    • 48 min
    Workhorse Cards (In Our Wallet Right Now)

    Workhorse Cards (In Our Wallet Right Now)

    In this episode, we discuss the cards we're putting to work from our wallets. The Award Travel 101 Podcast is brought to you in part by Thrifty Traveler Premium. Get Thrifty Traveler Premium deal/award alerts sent straight to your inbox. Use promo code “AT10” for $10 off your first year. Recent finds include:Singapore First Class Suites for 59KRound-trip Caribbean for 17KBusiness class to Europe for 45KYou can find these at ThriftyTraveler.com/PremiumPost of the weekAward Travel wi...

    • 44 min

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