Award Booking Artistry | Ep136 | 2-5-22
Frequent Miler on the Air
English - February 05, 2022 11:28 - 1 hour - 95.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 414 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture Leisure Aviation points creditcards miles travel Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Getting the best deal on an award ticket is rarely done by going to one airline's website and searching round trip. Greg & Nick discuss the artistry that goes into building a masterpiece of a booking.
1:28 Giant Mailbag
5:57 What crazy thing did Radisson do this week?
10:17 Mattress Running the Numbers: Should you product change to the IHG Premier? https://frequentmiler.com/its-time-for-a-new-ihg-credit-card-strategy/
26:58 Main Event: Award Booking Artistry 31:47 Mixing and Matching Airlines on a single trip
33:38 Look at other International Gateways
36:30 Look at using partner miles
39:11 Throw-away return tickets
43:42 Skiplagging https://frequentmiler.com/skiplagging/
47:25 Nested Trips
51:27 Alaska stopover rules https://frequentmiler.com/alaska-airlines-companion-fare-guide/
53:41 United Excursionist Perk https://frequentmiler.com/maximizing-and-understanding-united-excursionist-perks/
56:37 Leveraging off-peak pricing
1:00:00 Upgrades
1:03:48 Post Roast
1:09:47 Question of the Week: What's up with the American Airlines eShopping portal? https://frequentmiler.com/how-to-earn-american-airlines-loyalty-points-without-flying-cheat-sheet-to-play-the-elite-status-game/
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Music credit: Annie Yoder