Amex Gold Overhaul, Premium Hotel Programs & Luxury Travel Advisors with Jason Lawenda

Miles to Memories - Conversations About Miles, Points & Travel

English - October 12, 2023 09:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 111 ratings
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Episode Description

On this episode Shawn is joined by Jason Lawenda of Mobius Journeys to discuss the hobby and luxury travel. Jason is a luxury travel adviser who has built a business helping others in the miles & points hobby book travel. We discuss whether becoming a travel agent is the "ultimate travel hack", why you might want to look at premium hotel programs like Impresario and Prive plus how American Express changed the Gold cards and what that means for the future of other cards.

Episode Notes

0:00 How the miles & points hobby has changed 08:21 Amex Gold card changes - New family rule coming to every card? 13:58 Business Gold revamp and 150K targeted offers 16:13 Luxury travel advisers and the miles & points hobby 23:29 Diving into luxury hotel programs (Prive, Impresario, etc.) 28:14 The Ultimate Travel Hack? 32:42 Jason’s current points earning strategies

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