Award Travel 101
Oh P2- What Did You Do?
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:
- ANA First Class "NERD ALERT" for 73K
- Business Class for $2,627 round-trip to India
- Business Class to Istanbul and beyond for 45K
You can find these at ThriftyTraveler.com/Premium
Post of the Week
Zee Stacy received a 1099 from Chase and was quite concerned. Is this normal?
News
- Delta card changes - are the changes all bad?
- Marriott promo - promo runs February 13 - April 29
Trip Updates
- Angie
- Boys trip?
- Montana?
- Canada or San Diego?
- Slovenia and Croatia
- Mike
- New Orleans - used World of Hyatt points and AAdvantage miles
- Pancake Run canceled
- Australia!
- Work travel - Capital One Vs Centurion Lounge.
What bonuses did we get?
- Angie
- Wyndham Rewards Business Earner -
- Denied Capital One Venture X Business and P2 got Amex popup (meaning no welcome offer) on Amex Business Gold
- Could the Bank of America Alaska card do the trick?
- If not I’ll use my 0% APR cards and my Amex Hilton Business to earn a FNC for my upcoming large spend
- Mike
- Amex Business Checking -
- Capital One Venture X -
- Chase Ink Cash - always a perennial favorite in the Award Travel 101 community
- Next card… Bonvoy Brilliant?
Highlight feature: Getting Player Two (P2) Into Award Travel
- What is a P2? Do you have to be married?
- Keep it simple! Mike started card labeling for P2 and she still struggled, so now strategy is KISS (Chase Freedom Unlimited and Chase Ink Unlimited)
- Keep P2 in the loop
- Set a dollar threshold
- Teach shopping portals
- Suggestions from our P2’s: “tell me which card to use”
Tip of the week
Marry a P1 (kidding). Shopping portal strategy for valentines day presents.
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:
- ANA First Class "NERD ALERT" for 73K
- Business Class for $2,627 round-trip to India
- Business Class to Istanbul and beyond for 45K
You can find these at ThriftyTraveler.com/Premium
Post of the Week
Zee Stacy received a 1099 from Chase and was quite concerned. Is this normal?
News
- Delta card changes - are the changes all bad?
- Marriott promo - promo runs February 13 - April 29
Trip Updates
- Angie
- Boys trip?
- Montana?
- Canada or San Diego?
- Slovenia and Croatia
- Mike
- New Orleans - used World of Hyatt points and AAdvantage miles
- Pancake Run canceled
- Australia!
- Work travel - Capital One Vs Centurion Lounge.
What bonuses did we get?
- Angie
- Wyndham Rewards Business Earner -
- Denied Capital One Venture X Business and P2 got Amex popup (meaning no welcome offer) on Amex Business Gold
- Could the Bank of America Alaska card do the trick?
- If not I’ll use my 0% APR cards and my Amex Hilton Business to earn a FNC for my upcoming large spend
- Mike
- Amex Business Checking -
- Capital One Venture X -
- Chase Ink Cash - always a perennial favorite in the Award Travel 101 community
- Next card… Bonvoy Brilliant?
Highlight feature: Getting Player Two (P2) Into Award Travel
- What is a P2? Do you have to be married?
- Keep it simple! Mike started card labeling for P2 and she still struggled, so now strategy is KISS (Chase Freedom Unlimited and Chase Ink Unlimited)
- Keep P2 in the loop
- Set a dollar threshold
- Teach shopping portals
- Suggestions from our P2’s: “tell me which card to use”
Tip of the week
Marry a P1 (kidding). Shopping portal strategy for valentines day presents.
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.