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Welcome back to the Award Travel 101 Podcast — from the original Facebook community created for miles and points enthusiasts. Angie and Joe jump on the pod to discuss news, their newest cards, trip updates, and to review what 2023 has brought them.

Welcome back to the Award Travel 101 Podcast — from the original Facebook community created for miles and points enthusiasts. Angie is back with Joe to discuss news, their newest cards, trip updates, and to share some of the lingo used in the community.

Welcome back to the Award Travel 101 Podcast — from the original Facebook community created for miles and points enthusiasts. With this week's guest (Justin Vacula), we are departing from the normal format. Justin fell into travel rewards programs accidentally as he was working his way through various casino programs. Listen as he and Joe discuss some of the dead deals of the past to learn more about what you can look for in the future.

Welcome back to the Award Travel 101 Podcast — from the original Facebook community created for miles and points enthusiasts. Angie's back to catch up on all of the news and to discuss how we can better manage all of our award programs.

Welcome back to the Award Travel 101 Podcast — from the original Facebook community created for miles and points enthusiasts. For this episode, we part ways (temporarily) with the traditional format to bring you a special guest. Award Travel 101 Podcast partner and founder of Thrifty Traveler Premium, Jared Kamrowski, joins Joe to discuss how Award Travel fundamentally changed his life and experiences.

Welcome back to the Award Travel 101 Podcast — from the original Facebook community created for miles and points enthusiasts. Mike and Joe jump on the podcast to discuss news, their newest cards, trip updates, and to discuss how one crazy, unique flight turned into a fun weekend trip.

Welcome back to the Award Travel 101 Podcast — from the original Facebook community created for miles and points enthusiasts. Angie and Joe jump on the podcast to discuss news, their newest credit cards, trip updates, and to discuss how their trips to respective meetups went.

The Award Travel 101 by AwardWallet Facebook community is celebrating reaching 100,000 members! We are taking this opportunity to look back on our history -- and to offer some exciting giveaways. Here's what you need to know about this exciting threshold, how you can join the community if you haven't already, and what you need to know about signing up for the giveaways.

Welcome back to the Award Travel 101 Podcast — from the original Facebook community created for miles and points enthusiasts. Angie and Allison jump on the podcast to discuss news, their newest cards, trip updates, their trip to Bali, and how they made it happen.

Good things came in threes on this trip, as I took my son to California. This trip included three days, three hotels, and three flights. Here's how I used points and miles to make this happen for just $54.05 out of pocket.

Welcome back to the Award Travel 101 Podcast — from the original Facebook community created for miles and points enthusiasts. Angie's back, and she and Joe jump on the podcast to discuss the state of American Express, new credit card bonuses, trip updates, and under-appreciated award currencies.

Welcome back to the Award Travel 101 Podcast — from the original Facebook community created for miles and points enthusiasts. Sophie and Joe jump on this episode to discuss news, credit cards, trip updates, and how Sophie has transitioned into the travel business.

Welcome back to the Award Travel 101 Podcast — from the original Facebook community created for miles and points enthusiasts. Angie and Joe are off traveling this week, so Mike takes over the podcast with community member Erin Kilpatrick to talk about her “mid-life renaissance” this year, which would not have been possible without award travel.

Welcome back to the Award Travel 101 Podcast — from the original Facebook community created for miles and points enthusiasts. What happens when you're too loyal to a program — are they loyal back? Angie and Joe discuss many of the most interesting stories this week, along with what bonuses they've earned, trips they're taking, and how to prep.

If you're looking for a simple path to elite status that offers complimentary perks for you and your traveling companions, it doesn't get much simpler than this. You can buy Frontier Airlines Elite 20K status, and there's even an option to buy it with an all-you-can-fly pass.

Welcome back to the Award Travel 101 Podcast — from the original Facebook community created for miles and points enthusiasts. Angie and Joe jump on the pod to discuss news, their newest cards, trip updates, and to share the key to unlocking so many more miles/points: business credit cards.

In this episode of the Award Travel 101 podcast, Angie and Joe are back to discuss their most recent card bonuses, planning upcoming travels, and how to track numerous credit cards — or whether having that many cards is even necessary in the first place.

In this episode of the Award Travel 101 podcast, Mike and Joe are back to discuss their most recent card bonuses, a recent meetup in the Twin Cities, and an announcement of the next meetup for readers and listeners.

In this episode of the Award Travel 101 podcast, Angie and Joe are back to discuss their most recent card bonuses, what they're keeping in their wallets these days, and how to deal with burnout from points and miles.

In this episode of the Award Travel 101 podcast, Angie and Joe are back to discuss their most recent card bonuses, some of their favorite card perks, and how Joe managed to combine multiple card offers/discounts plus earn rewards totaling thousands of dollars!

Welcome to the Award Travel 101 Podcast, from the original Facebook community created for miles and points enthusiasts. In this episode, Mike Zaccheo jumps on the pod with Eric Holly, a fellow Award Travel community moderator who lives on the west coast, is a retired firefighter, a fan of Alaska Airlines, and — most importantly — a pancake machine aficionado.

Welcome to the Award Travel 101 Podcast, from the original Facebook community created for miles and points enthusiasts. Our goal for this podcast and our community is to help you learn how to maximize your travel rewards, no matter your destination or budget. In this episode, we discuss some of the new bonus transfer opportunities along with cards that have travel protections and which one we prefer.

The Companion Pass allows you to fly with one other person for free (plus taxes and fees). To help you plot your strategy, we’ve summarized the ways you can accelerate your progress towards earning the Companion Pass this year.

Welcome back to another episode of the Award Travel 101 Podcast, from the original Facebook community created for miles and points enthusiasts. In this episode, I chat with my wife Jessica about our recent trip to the Andaz Mayakoba in Mexico and how we navigated various obstacles and opportunities, from traveling with a child on the spectrum to scoring upgrades on both our flights and hotel.

Welcome back to another episode of the Award Travel 101 Podcast, from the original Facebook community created for miles and points enthusiasts. In this episode, we discuss loyalty program changes, dig into what different award points and miles are worth, recap of this week's news and offers, and which card offers we are taking advantage of.

The Award Travel 101 podcast is back with Award Travel 101 community moderator Mike Zaccheo LIVE from the Polaris Lounge. Plus, is American Airlines Executive Platinum elite status worth chasing? Or is Platinum Pro the new sweet spot? And since Mike is calling in live from a lounge, we discuss all of the ways to access airline lounges.

The Award Travel 101 podcast is back with a discussion about our favorite airline, hotel, flexible point, and even car rental reward programs. Plus, a guide to the many abbreviations in the points and miles field, new card offers and transfer bonuses, and tips on how to save on reservations you've already booked.

The Award Travel 101 podcast is back with a discussion about how to get started in award travel, a discussion on whether or not to make speculative points transfers, and more about Joe's first class trip to Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Italy with his father.

The Award Travel 101 podcast is back with a crafty way that to see Taylor Swift, a roundup of ways to earn hotel free night credits, and answers to your questions. Plus, whether you should book one-way or round-trip awards, top points and miles news of week, and credit cards we signed up for.

The Award Travel 101 podcast is back with new lounges, great new offer from Bask Bank, and how to avoid some of the issues we've made. Plus reports from AT101 members who visited recently renovated lounges, exciting new transfer bonuses and card offers, and a tip about changing your companion on the Southwest Companion Pass.