Award Travel 101
Unique and Aspirational Flights
Get Thrifty Traveler Premium deal/award alerts sent straight to your inbox. Use promo code “AT101” for $10 off your first year. Head to ThriftyTraveler.com for more details and check out their Google Flights guide. Recent finds include:
- Business Class to Europe and North Africa for 30K
- Round-trip to Europe in Economy for 27K
- Business Class to New Zealand for 49K
- Business Class to Tokyo for 60K
You can find these at ThriftyTraveler.com/Premium.
Post of the week
Kevin Wilson - another reminder of what Award Travel is about
News
- Year-end Strategies for Top Hotel Elite Status
- Best Miles and Points for flights to Hawaii
- Air Canada Aeroplan Sues seats.aero
- Hyatt Sweet Spots
Trip updates
- Mike
- Labor Day Niagara Falls
- Rebooked Flights to Sydney for 3rd Time AA Flagship Business saver awards for 60K each
- AA Flagship Business from JFK for 32k each
- Austin/San Antonio - Beer BBQ, Buc-EEs + Driverless Car
- Joe
- How I saved 47K miles United miles
- Still working on father/son trip with dad
- Booked vacation rental - stacked with UA through VRBO to earn miles
What bonuses did we get?
- Mike
- Ink Preferred + received 3 referral bonuses (120k)
- Citi AA Business Card
- Finished $15k spend on Hilton Business Card for the Uncapped Free Night Award
- Joe
- earned 175K Loyalty Points (earning a Milestone Choice Benefit) and I’m deciding if I should push to 250K. What would you do?
Highlight feature: Unique Flights
Alaska Pancake Run - CLE-PIT-SEA-CLE one member referred to it as a domestic “5th Freedom.”
- $500 for two (with companion fare)
- Alaska lounge access via our Citi AA Executive cards
- Check off Hyatt brand explorer. Hyatt at Olive 8.
- The Museum of Flight holds one of the largest air and space collections in the US
Tip of the week
How I Saved more money with CardPointers. If you want to start saving more using the cards you already hold, check out CardPointers today.
Send us a text message to share your thoughts about this episode.
Where to Find Us
For questions, you can join us in the free 110,000+ member Award Travel 101 Community.
- To book time with our team, check out Award Travel 1-on-1.
- You can also email us at 101@award.travel
- Our next meetup is located in SEATTLE on AUGUST 16–18, 2024. For more details and to purchase tickets, visit "Out to SEA" on the award.travel website.
Get Thrifty Traveler Premium deal/award alerts sent straight to your inbox. Use promo code “AT101” for $10 off your first year. Head to ThriftyTraveler.com for more details and check out their Google Flights guide. Recent finds include:
- Business Class to Europe and North Africa for 30K
- Round-trip to Europe in Economy for 27K
- Business Class to New Zealand for 49K
- Business Class to Tokyo for 60K
You can find these at ThriftyTraveler.com/Premium.
Post of the week
Kevin Wilson - another reminder of what Award Travel is about
News
- Year-end Strategies for Top Hotel Elite Status
- Best Miles and Points for flights to Hawaii
- Air Canada Aeroplan Sues seats.aero
- Hyatt Sweet Spots
Trip updates
- Mike
- Labor Day Niagara Falls
- Rebooked Flights to Sydney for 3rd Time AA Flagship Business saver awards for 60K each
- AA Flagship Business from JFK for 32k each
- Austin/San Antonio - Beer BBQ, Buc-EEs + Driverless Car
- Joe
- How I saved 47K miles United miles
- Still working on father/son trip with dad
- Booked vacation rental - stacked with UA through VRBO to earn miles
What bonuses did we get?
- Mike
- Ink Preferred + received 3 referral bonuses (120k)
- Citi AA Business Card
- Finished $15k spend on Hilton Business Card for the Uncapped Free Night Award
- Joe
- earned 175K Loyalty Points (earning a Milestone Choice Benefit) and I’m deciding if I should push to 250K. What would you do?
Highlight feature: Unique Flights
Alaska Pancake Run - CLE-PIT-SEA-CLE one member referred to it as a domestic “5th Freedom.”
- $500 for two (with companion fare)
- Alaska lounge access via our Citi AA Executive cards
- Check off Hyatt brand explorer. Hyatt at Olive 8.
- The Museum of Flight holds one of the largest air and space collections in the US
Tip of the week
How I Saved more money with CardPointers. If you want to start saving more using the cards you already hold, check out CardPointers today.
Send us a text message to share your thoughts about this episode.
Where to Find Us
For questions, you can join us in the free 110,000+ member Award Travel 101 Community.
- To book time with our team, check out Award Travel 1-on-1.
- You can also email us at 101@award.travel
- Our next meetup is located in SEATTLE on AUGUST 16–18, 2024. For more details and to purchase tickets, visit "Out to SEA" on the award.travel website.