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The Award Travel 101 podcast is back with more on many of the tools we use in the group and for our own personal travels on a weekly (if not daily) basis. If you want us to air your question, send us an email or reach out to us in the Award Travel 101 Facebook Community.
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Award Travel 101 Podcast Show Format
We break each show into six sections:
- Question/Win of the Week — asked or shared by members of the Award Travel 101 community
- News & Enhanced Offers
- What Bonuses Did We Get — which will tell you what credit cards we're working on and why
- Trip Updates
- Highlight Feature
- What You Didn't Know — a feature dedicated to a big or small tip that will help you better maximize the value you receive from your rewards.
How to Listen to the Award Travel 101 Podcast
Previous Episode Show Notes
- 1 — Meet Award Travel 101 Community Administrators Angie & Joe
- 2 — Booking a Dream (African Safari) Trip
- 3 — Creating Memories Through Big And Small Trips
- 4 — 8 Steps to Better Award Travel
- 5 — Cruise (on Points), Racking and Stacking, and Keep or Kick it to the Curb
- 6 — Transfer Bonuses, Hyatt Bonus Journeys, and Benefits of AwardWallet
- 7 — So Many Program Changes with AwardWallet’s JT Genter
- 8 — Hyatt Changes, AA Domestic First Class Routes, and Meet the Mods (Jackie Wisniewski)
- 9 — Sapphire Lounge Opening, New Bonuses, Meet the Mods (Jerod Morales), and Business Class for Six
- 10 — When to Part with Points and Angie's Safari Trip
- 11 — AvGeeks, Spreadsheets, & Cheatsheets – Meet the Mods (Mike Zaccheo)
- 12 — Status Matching for More Value
- 13 — How Often Do You Get a New Card
- 14 – Incredible Trip to New Zealand on Points, Plus a Trip to the Freddie Awards
- 15 — Best Card for Groceries & Award Travel Community Meetup
- 16 — Citi Product Change Rules and Meet the Team: Allison Caraway
- 17 — Husband Cashes in All Their Points AND Programs To Book Round The World Flights
- 18 — Gorgeous Pictures from Iran, Cards That Earn Status
Award Travel 101 Podcast Episode 19 Show Notes
Post of the Week (From the Award Travel 101 Group)
Mike Zaccheo shared in the group the new Chase Sapphire Lounge in Boston as well as the eight upcoming Chase Sapphire Lounges. But more importantly: the entrance rules for those lounges. This brings some added value to the Chase Sapphire Reserve® that had lost a bit of its luster.
News & Enhanced Offers
Several reports of Chase shifting credit limits without asking for member approval and reports of Chase Ink cards appearing on personal credit reports.
Highlight Feature: The Tools We Use
- In-person meetups
- ExpertFlyer – Live video explainer & post on AwardWallet
- Point.me
- Roame.travel – Live video explainer
- Flight Connections
- Straight to the Points
- Thrift Traveler Premium (use code AT101 to save $10)
- FlightRadar24
- Flightaware
- Wikipedia
- Google Flights
- Open Hotel Alert
- Stay With Points
- MaxMyPoint
- Awayz
What You Didn't Know
Which airlines offer a full-month calendar search:
- United
- Delta
- Virgin Atlantic – if you know how to access (Video in Award Travel 201) or on select routes
- Qantas
- LifeMiles
Where To Find the Award Travel 101 Community
For questions, you can join us in the free 95,000+ member Award Travel 101 Community.
- If you want to jump into more intermediate and advanced strategies, our Award Travel 201 community ($89.99 annually) is filled with those who want to dig into the weeds, looking for more outsized value.
- 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 at contactawardtravel@gmail.com.
- Meetup sold out, but you can waitlist
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