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If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating . That helps us grow our audience! Watch us on YouTube ! Julian Kheel, the founder of Points Path , joins Richard and I again this week to tackle a question asked by so many people. What are your airline miles really worth?   Points Path has data from millions of searches with their Chrome plug-in. They've aggregated that d...

If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating . That helps us grow our audience! Watch us on YouTube ! Julian Kheel, the founder of Points Path , joins Richard and I again this week to tackle a question asked by so many people. What are your airline miles really worth?   Points Path has data from millions of searches with their Chrome plug-in. They've aggregated that d...

If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating . That helps us grow our audience! Watch us on YouTube ! Tokyo Disney is on Ed's radar for a family trip, so we're pulling in a few Disney experts to help Ed out. Leslie Harvey of Trips With Tykes and the Disney Deciphered podcast joins Summer Hull from The Points Guy to walk us through the best way to plan a Tokyo Disney t...

If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating . That helps us grow our audience! Watch us on YouTube ! Big thanks to our sponsor, Thrifty Traveler , for their support of the show. Use the code "GO10" to get $10 an annual subscription. Kyle Potter from Thrifty Traveler joins us to talk about the recent trend of increased award availability for summer travel. He shares w...

If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating . That helps us grow our audience! Watch us on YouTube ! Big thanks to our sponsor, Thrifty Traveler , for their support of the show. Use the code "GO10" to get $10 an annual subscription. Stay tuned for more details about their new hotel alerts! Richard is back from his Amanyara stay, an ultra-luxury resort in Turks & Caic...

If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating . That helps us grow our audience! Watch us on YouTube ! Big thanks to our sponsor, Thrifty Traveler , for their support of the show. Use the code "GO10" to get $10 an annual subscription. Stay tuned for more details about their new hotel alerts! Richard is back from his Amanyara stay, an ultra-luxury resort in Turks & Caic...

If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating . That helps us grow our audience! Watch us on YouTube ! We start this week catching up on Richard's latest Frontier Tales and the magic of his niece's first flight. Ed borrows Richard's soapbox to talk about an upcoming change at Disney World. We also take a look at the first SLH hotels that are integrated into Hilton Hono...

If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating . That helps us grow our audience! Watch us on YouTube ! Richard made the smart choice to ditch us this week and hang out with his family at Disney World. That means we're stuck with Julian Kheel, founder of Points Path , stepping up to the microphone to fill in. We wanted to know what was in Julian's wallet and also figure...

If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating . That helps us grow our audience! Watch us on YouTube ! How long is too long on a 737? Richard and Ed disagree on whether they would fly one of the longest routes on a 737. Vasu Raja is out at American Airlines amidst a rocky road ahead for the airline. Ed recaps his recent stay at Chicago Athletic Association, a historic...

If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating . That helps us grow our audience! Watch us on YouTube ! We're starting off the show this week catching up on Richard's trip to Chicago with his kids. He dives into a great stay at the Park Hyatt Chicago and his first time at Wrigley Field. After that, we dig in to the refunds Richard and I did (and did not) receive from Un...

If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating . That helps us grow our audience! Watch us on YouTube ! It's a crazy travel day for both Richard and Ed. Richard ended up stuck in Houston and....Frontier saved the day? We're also discussing Frontier's move to eliminate most change fees and to restructure their flight bundles. Richard wasn't the only one to get stuck on t...

If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to  leave us a rating . That helps us grow our audience! Watch us on YouTube ! We are covering A LOT of ground this week with a ton of travel stories. Here's what's on our radar this week: Congress Wants Automatic Refunds For Flight Cancellations New Wells Fargo Business Credit Card Marriott Homes And Villas: Earn 50,000 Points For Paid Stay Ai...

If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to  leave us a rating . That helps us grow our audience! Watch us on YouTube ! African safaris are one of the most aspirational trips people plan. For many, it's a once-in-a-lifetime experience that can break the bank. We're joined by Howie Rappaport this week to help you use miles and points to defray some costs on what may be the most expensi...

If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to  leave us a rating . That helps us grow our audience! Watch us on YouTube ! Richard is sharing his Bonvoy moment, scoring baseball tickets using his Bonvoy points. Ed is sharing pictures of a Slack community member's great trip to Algarve.  He also recaps his son's behind-the-scenes trip to Disney World They're also discussing the rollout of...

If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to  leave us a rating . That helps us grow our audience! Watch us on YouTube ! NOTE: Even if you don't watch us on YouTube on a regular basis, this short episode is highly visual.  Screenshots and pics of new properties. We're trying a new format for some breaking news. Hyatt announced the rollout of the first Mr. And Mrs. Smith properties to j...

If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to  leave us a rating . That helps us grow our audience! Watch us on YouTube ! Plenty to discuss this week! First up, we're answering a question from the Slack community about Hyatt's Guest of Honor benefit. From there, we're talking about a great new benefit for Bilt members , including a free helicopter ride for Bilt Platinum members! We're a...

If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to  leave us a rating . That helps us grow our audience! Watch us on YouTube ! We're back to telling stories. Richard and Ed are sharing how they developed their love of travel and how they've earned and redeemed millions of miles to get where they are today.   They also dig in to this year's Daily Getaways deals. If you're looking for a way to...

If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to  leave us a rating . That helps us grow our audience! Watch us on YouTube ! Ed and Richard are telling stories this week. They're both digging into their travel history to share stories they haven't talked about in detail on the podcast before. If you're looking for a way to support the show, we'd love to have you join us in our Travel Slack...

If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to  leave us a rating . That helps us grow our audience! Watch us on YouTube !   We've got a VERY full docket today. We're going to zoom through a bunch of stories:   Hyatt has a double elite night promotion Richard and Ed recap their Hyatt NYC stays this week United seat alert feature United mileage pooling is live Priority Pass changes for Ch...

If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to  leave us a rating . That helps us grow our audience! Watch us on YouTube !   United launches two new features this week. They launched the ability to pool miles amongst a group of family members or firends. United also launched a seat alert feature that will notify you if a better seat becomes available and, in some cases, move you to a bet...

If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to  leave us a rating . That helps us grow our audience! Watch us on YouTube ! On the heels of Bilt Rewards losing American Airlines' Aadvantage as a partner, they announced a new partnership with Alaska Airlines.  If you don't know why that's a big deal, you'll definitely want to listen to this episode. I also pose the question to Richard, wou...

If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating . That helps us grow our audience! Watch us on YouTube ! Click here if you want to contribute to Ed's daughter's fundraiser. Richard lucked his way into a free Disney VIP tour and shares his opinions of the value (if you're a paying customer). Ed was at the Rio in Las Vegas this week and got to experience the newly renovate...

If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating . That helps us grow our audience! Watch us on YouTube ! We're talking about Marriott's big credit card bonuses this week.   Hyatt has released their award chart changes for 2024.    Bilt has a new benefit for Platinum members.   And, Cap One Venture X has a new 5X earning category. If you're looking for a way to support th...

If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating . That helps us grow our audience! Watch us on YouTube ! Richard is back from overseas and we're breaking down his MSC cruise.  Bilt Rewards is offering up their own bracket for March Madness.....and you can redeem points for Final Four tix! Ed notches his 49th state, he and Richard compare notes on speakeasy visits. And, a...

If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating . That helps us grow our audience! Clint Henderson joins the show while Richard is off galavanting in Europe. He just got off a Starlux flight from Taipei and he shares his initial thoughts.   Clint also wants to defend recent Delta AMEX changes, and we can't wait. We also review Bilt Milestone Rewards and the recent bad ne...