Award Travel 101
Welcome to the Award Travel 101 Podcast! Founded in 2013 with just 20 members, the Award Travel 101 Facebook group teaches members how to travel the world using points and miles. Today, a community of over 100,000+ people from around the world share, teach and learn how to travel anywhere on any budget. Where are you going with Award Travel?
Award Travel 101
Life Changes
In this week's episode Mike and Angie discuss some of the recent hotel card offers then get into the main feature of handling major changes in their life such as a new house and a new job and how it affects their award travel strategy.
Links to Topics Discussed in This Week's Episode:
- Chase Ink Preferred 120k Offer
- IHG Premier Card 5 Free Night Award offer
- Chase Bonvoy Bold mediocre refresh
- Chase Sapphire Reserve giving 3 months of Bonvoy Gold status... meh
- Hilton rolls out 400 more SLH properties. Some good deals are to be found
- Double points on stays at Hyatt Place/Hyatt House
Post of the Week
Member David talks about mobile phone service abroad.
Where to Find Us
- The Free 110k+ 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
- Tickets are now ON SALE for our next meetup in Miami September 19-21. Secure your spot today at https://award.travel/miami2025
Our partner CardPointers helps us get the most from our cards. We love being able to automatically add all of our offers and quickly seeing the best card to use for every purchase. Signup today at https://cardpointers.com/at101 for a 30% discount on annual and lifetime subscriptions!
Lastly, we appreciate your support of the AT101 Podcast/Community when you signup for your next card!
Technical note: Some user experience difficulty streaming the podcast while connected to a VPN. If you have difficulty, disconnect from your VPN.