Award Booking Artistry | Ep136 | 2-5-22

05/02/2022 1h 16min
Award Booking Artistry | Ep136 | 2-5-22

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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/ Join our email list: https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ Music credit: Annie Yoder

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