Travel Hacks: Eli Facenda, Tommy Lonergan - The Michael Sartain Podcast

Eli Facenda and Tommy Lonergan are the founders of Freedom Travel Systems. A company that helps people maximize their travel and use of credit cards. Tommy was formally an executive chef who currently travels the world. Eli is a former college baseball player from Austin.  They both help people maximize their travel experience, and teach people how to use credit cards in the most optimal way. ———————————————————— Ready to build a network of amazing women and high-status men? Michael's Men of Action is a one-on-one Master's program that teaches men how to create elite social lives by becoming higher status. Click this link to learn how you can have a High-Status lifestyle now: https://m.moamentoring.com/podcast Click here to join the Men of Action community and watch the High-Status Networking 101 course: https://m.moamentoring.com/moa-community Interested in joining the Men of Action sales team? Apply here: https://www.moamentoring.com/jobs/sales Men of Action has an affiliate program! Post pre-made content and get paid passively: https://www.moamentoring.com/affiliate ———————————————————— 0:00 Intro 1:26 Waste management 2:38 Getting into travel hacking 3:55 Justin Ross Lee 4:31 Becoming an executive chef 7:18 Flying for the Air Force 8:52 *Travel hacking methods 11:21 *Business vs personal cards 14:49 The main cards for travel hacking 18:37 *What the average person does wrong 24:09 Business vs personal points 27:14 Tax implications 28:16 Redeeming 20 million travel points 30:00 *How many cards are needed to maximize points 34:35 How is credit affected? 39:12 Business vs personal credit 42:04 Reasons why cards wouldn't be approved 45:05 Annual card fees 45:58 *Book last-minute flights 50:08 Comparing different airlines 54:41 *The multiples for flying First Class 57:57 *The best hotels 1:01:57 How to store all the cards 1:03:43 The most indestructible card 1:04:20 The Amex Black Card 1:05:04 Flying other people out 1:07:23 Traveling during COVID 1:10:40 Being open and flexible saves you money 1:12:36 Don't travel hack if you're in debt 1:14:32 Who gets the First Class upgrade? 1:16:36 Traveling with children 1:18:10 *Hacks for long flights 1:23:13 Networking at airport lounges 1:25:15 TSA pre-clearing 1:27:00 Service animals 1:29:38 Customer service 1:32:09 Cards for advertising 1:34:46 Contact info 1:36:40 Social media