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Award Travel 101 Award Travel 101 Team
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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?
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Boneheaded Mistakes
In this episode, Angie and I cover news of the week along with mistakes we’ve made or we’ve seen friends and family make.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 Paris for 50,000 pointsRound-trip JetBlue Mint for 44,000 pointsRound-trip to Hawaii for $399You can find these at Thrif...
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Eye Opening Travel
Mike and Joe discuss new airport lounges, Hilton and Hyatt independent hotel affiliations, tipping culture and the broader featured topic of how travel teaches us new things about every place we visit.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 Stockholm for 54,000 pointsRound-trip to Rome ...
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50% Off Thrifty Traveler Premium Alert Service Flash Sale
BREAKING news from our partners at Thrifty Traveler!Starting right now through Thursday, June 20th at 11:59PM Eastern, NEW subscribers can get 50% off their first year of their Thrifty Traveler Premium flight deal alerts by entering promo code FIFTY which can be customized from more than 200 US and Canadian cities.You can even opt-in for INSTANT TEXT Alerts for special “mistake” fares or the rarest “Unicorn deals.” In the last month alone, Thrifty Traveler Premium has sent over 3 alerts...
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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...
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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. Links to topics discussed:Targeted World of Hyatt PromosThe return of a popular welcome offer on the Bonvoy Business CardHilton cards are back with elevated bonusesCents Per Point (C...
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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...