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Award Travel 101 — 212 episodes

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Where to Go With 100K Ultimate Rewards

2

1-Day, 4 City Bar Crawl (Chicago Seminars Too!)

3

Hyatt Award Chart Change Reaction

4

Workhorse Credit Cards

5

You Asked, We Answer

6

Best Hilton Redemptions With Transfer Bonus

7

Quick Trip Wins

8

Phoenix Meetup Recap

9

Using Award Travel to Help Aging Parents

10

Best Cash Back Credit Cards

11

Meet the Mods- Laura Kofoid

12

Unheralded Credit Card Perks

13

Unique P1/P1 Relationships

14

Chile and Patagonia Recap

15

Hyatt-ageddon?

16

Family Punta Cana Trip Recap

17

Expert Flyer Tool- Deep Dive

18

Cruise Recap- And How Points Can Help

19

Destination: Kauai

20

How Roame Travel Can Help Finding Flights

21

Bilt 2.0 Reaction

22

This and That -- Travel Quirks

23

Choice Hotels Deep Dive

24

2026 Points and Travel Strategies

25

What Points Did We Earn & Burn in 2025?

26

ZorkFest Recap

27

Year End Planning Checklist

28

Program Deep Dive: Marriott Bonvoy

29

Earning Points on Black Friday Shopping

30

Oh Air Canada!

31

Chicago Seminars 2025 Recap

32

Credit Card Credit Rundown

33

JetBlue 25 for 25

34

Deep Dive Into Delta

35

Rove Miles with Carissa

36

Leaf Peeping in New England

37

Destination: Dolomites

38

Miami Meetup Recap

39

Program Deep Dive: Hilton Honors

40

Seats.aero with Founder Ian Carroll

41

Southwest Companion Pass- Now's the Time

42

Atmos Rewards

43

Destination: Italy

44

I've Got Points, Now What?

45

Ants Marching... On Miles

46

EU261 Explained

47

London is Calling

48

Comparing Premium Travel Cards

49

Time To Re-Evaluate Our Wallets

50

Program Deep Dive: United MileagePlus

51

Destination: Alaska

52

Iceland With Points & Miles

53

Chicago Seminars 2025

54

Member Questions

55

Learning All About CardPointers

56

A Magnificent Meet Up

57

Trip to Slovenia & Croatia

58

Remaining Sweet Spots

59

Points After Death

60

Award Travel In Retirement

61

American Airlines Recap

62

Destination: Japan

63

What's It Like to Run a Facebook Group

64

Is Hyatt Still Our Favorite?

65

Gaming Award Travel

66

What's In Our Wallet?

67

Comparing Award Search Tools

68

What We Pack

69

Self Care Trips

70

Skiing With Points

71

How Award Travel Enables Adventure

72

Family Travel, Teenage Edition

73

New Years Travel

74

Budget Travel

75

2025 Strategy

76

Diversifying your Points

77

2024 Year End Wrap Up

78

Successful Family Travel

79

Girls Just Wanna…Travel

80

Year End Strategies

81

College Visits With Points and Miles

82

Shopping Smart – Holiday Strategies for Points and Savings

83

Post Trip Blues

84

Love It or Leave It

85

Passing the Torch

86

Award Travel 101; Who We Are

87

History of Award Travel 101

88

Giving Back

89

Meet The Mods - Maria

90

From Award Travel Hobby to Career

91

The Key to Getting the Best Offers... Your Credit Score

92

Meet The Mods - Justin Walter

93

Challenging the Norms

94

Chicago Seminars; Second City, but First in Points and Miles

95

Out to SEA Meetup

96

Meet The Mods - April Rose

97

How to Talk to Muggles

98

Around-the-World Adventures

99

Meet The Mods - Cameron Laufer

100

Life Changes

101

Halfway Point - Where Have We Been, Where are We Going?

102

Our Airport Lounge Obsession

103

Boneheaded Mistakes

104

Eye Opening Travel

105

Meet The Mods - Randy Clinton

106

These Are a Few of Our Favorite Grumps

107

Thrifty Travel with Gunnar Olson

108

The Summer of Travel (Pt. 1 - Preparing for Travel)

109

Chicago is a Points/Miles Kind of Town

110

Workhorse Cards (In Our Wallet Right Now)

111

Nice to Meetcha

112

Largest Hotel Chains - Which One's Right for You?

113

The Most Powerful Tool in Award Travel

114

When to Hold 'em and When to Fold 'em

115

How You Doing?

116

Points Down Under

117

First International Business Class Flight

118

Finding Award Space

119

Never Earn (Just) One Point Again - Maximizing Spend for the Most Rewards

120

Card Strategies - Let’s Get Crafty

121

Budget Travel with John Ryan

122

Flexible Over Fixed Points

123

Oh P2- What Did You Do?

124

Close-in Booking with Allison Tackette

125

Strategies for Building Healthy Credit and Better Offers

126

Award Travel to Forbes

127

How Many Points Did We Earn in 2023

128

New Year's (Award Travel) Resolutions

129

Globetrotting - 197* Countries with AwardWallet's Ryan Smith

130

Festivus, Yes! Devaluations, No!

131

Rio, Copacabana, and Taylor Swift

132

2023 Trip Recaps

133

The Lingo

134

Building Your Point Balances with Justin Vacula

135

How Do You Track All of Your Rewards?

136

Let's Get Thrifty

137

Unique and Aspirational Flights

138

Chicago Seminars and Zorkfest Recap

139

QSuites, Longest Flight in the World, and Bali

140

Underappreciated Award Currencies

141

Starting in Award Travel - Meet the Mods (Sophie Keller)

142

I Quit...to Travel

143

Skymiles Devaluation & Managing Pre-Trip Chaos

144

The Power of Business Cards

145

40 Cards - Is it Necessary? Will it Ruin You?

146

Next Meetup Announcement & Let's Go Crazy with AT in the TC

147

What's in Our Wallet

148

Favorite Card Perks and Putting Them ALL Together

149

Pancakes and Points

150

Which Card Offers the Best Travel Protections

151

All the Upgrades & Traveling With Kids Who Have Special Needs

152

What Are Points Worth

153

LIVE From a Lounge & Is American Airlines Status Worth Chasing

154

Favorite Airline, Hotel, and Flexible Point (Loyalty) Programs

155

First Class Trip to Croatia and Should You Speculatively Transfer Points

156

Crafty Way to See Taylor Swift and Ways to Earn Hotel Free Night Certificates

157

Mistakes We've Made

158

The Tools We Use for "Free Travel"

159

Gorgeous Pictures from Iran and Cards That Earn Status

160

Husband Cashes in All Their Points AND Programs To Book Round The World Flights

161

Citi Product Change Rules and Meet the Team: Allison Caraway

162

Best Card for Groceries and The Award Travel Community (Cleveland) Meetup

163

Incredible Trip to New Zealand on Points, Plus a Trip to the Freddie Awards

164

How Often Do you Get a New Card

165

Status Matching for More Value

166

Avgeeks, Spreadsheets, & Cheatsheets - Meet the Mods (Mike Zaccheo)

167

When to Part with Points & Angie's Safari Trip

168

Sapphire Lounge Opening, New Bonuses, and Meet the Mods: (Jerod Morales) Business Class for SIX

169

Hyatt Changes, AA Domestic First Class Routes, and Meet the Mods (Jackie Wisniewski)

170

Get 90,000 Points Before They're Gone & Traveling the World with JT Genter

171

Tracking Your Points with AwardWallet, Chasing Hyatt Status, & Partner Award Sweetspots

172

Cruise (on Points), Racking and Stacking, and Keep or Kick it to the Curb

173

8 Steps to Better Reward Travel

174

Creating Memories Through Big AND Small Trips

175

Booking a Dream (African Safari) Trip

176

Meet Angie & Joe

177

Award Travel 101 Returns to the Air Soon!

178

Meet the AT 101 Moderators: Toni Perkins

179

Juggling, The Onion, and Award Travel with Sam Kemmis from NerdWallet

180

FOMO, Too Much Travel, and a NOLA Meetup with Mark from MTM

181

Five Different Miles and Points to Great Group Trip

182

From Picky Eater to Restaurant Owner: Traveling for Food with Kevin Lawler

183

Meet the AT 101 Moderators: Julie Breeze

184

Oktoberfest & Booking Awards for Big Events with Spencer Howard

185

Event Planning, Building Community & Traveling The World with Brandon Neth

186

How to Master Award Travel By Attending Events

187

Stand-up Comedy, K-POP and World Travel with Ray Noriega

188

10 Things You Don't Know About Jeff

189

Getting to Know Jeff’s Better Half + Ultimate Africa Trip

190

Delay Compensation And Protect Your Miles From Being Hacked

191

We're Deal Hunting This Week!

192

We Answer Your Questions & Bailing On Citi

193

An Exciting Day for Award Travel 101

194

Fireside Chat with Points and Miles Expert Spencer Howard

195

Making The Most of Miles And New Ways To Earn on Fuel

196

Seven Days in European Luxury

197

Best Ways To Save on Car Rentals and Gas

198

Getting MileagePlus'd and Spending $10k at a Dollar General

199

Bonvoy-age to the Perfect Anniversary Trip

200

The Gas Man Cometh: When Loyalty Programs Behave Badly

201

What It's Like To Marry A Points Nerd

202

Christmas in May! Time to Start Holiday Planning

203

Do We Know How Many Miles an Award Ticket is Going to Cost?

204

Life Behind the Keyboard

205

What Happens to Points After Death?

206

Never Pay Full Price for Gas

207

Marriott May Bonvoy You But Still get The Points

208

Can I Redeem Miles for Ambulance Rides?

209

Meet A Points and Miles Addict That's Afraid of Flying

210

Marriott Bonvoy And The Struggle Bus

211

How To Win Your Battle With Points and Miles

212

Intro to the Award Travel 101 Podcast