Creating Memories Through Big AND Small Trips

EPISODE 3 - QUESTION OF THE WEEK (from the Award Travel 101 Community)

Jessica Stanek

NEWS & ENHANCED OFFERS

• Alaska Devalues award program 
• Amex Centurion Lounges limited to cardholder -
• IHG 175K Card Offer - 
• Ink 90K 

WHAT BONUSES DID WE GET?

• Ink Unlimited - Checkout this post on "What You Can Do With Your Chase Ultimate Rewards" 
• Amex Gold referral - How I pulled 124,000 Amex Membership Rewards from paying bills I already had to pay

TRIP UPDATES

Angie talked about rebooking her trip (how?) many times last week. Is it still on?

HIGHLIGHT FEATURE - BOOKING TRIPS SMALL OR BIG

1. Joe's recent trip with daughter 
2. Joe's Summer trip to Croatia with his almost 80 year old dad
   • United Polaris (CLE-EWR-LHR-ZAG) - Thrifty Traveler Premium Plus subscription notice - use CODE: AT101 to save $10
   • 5 different hotels from Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt - all on points
   • See Erin's "2 weeks in Croatia, Bosnia and Slovenia!" post that has been tucked away in my memory
   • Positioning Flight (DBV-VIE-MXP) - hardest piece to put together
   • Emirates A380 5th Freedom Route (MXP-JFK). Which leads us to...

WHAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW

Choice Hotels -  getting 2 Choice points for 1 Citi ThankYou Point AND booking awards (up to suites) all for the price of a standard award.

Where To Find Us

For questions, you can join us in the FREE 90,000+ member Award Travel 101 Community. If you want to dig into some of the less discussed strategies, our Award Travel 201 community is filled with those who want to dig into the weeds a little more. To book time with our team to discuss how to better your earning and burning strategies, check out Award Travel 1-on-1.

You can also Email us or find us on Twitter or

Where To Find the Award Travel 101 Community

For questions, you can join us in the free 100,000+ member Award Travel 101 Community.

1. For more intermediate and advanced strategies, join Award Travel 201 community
2. To book time with our team, check out Award Travel 1-on-1.
3. You can also email us at contactawardtravel@gmail.com.
4. Our next meetup is located in San Antonio, TX on April 26–28, 2024, and we’ve opened up a few more tickets for members! To learn more visit Taco 'Bout A Fiesta! on Eventbrite

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