POST OF THE WEEK (from the group)
Reva Palmer Cook: anyone need a free husband, LOL? While we kid, this situation is anything but funny. Husband cashed in all their points to pay the bill!! What would you do if this happened to you, and is there any way to recover?
NEWS & ENHANCED OFFERS
- Citi 25% transfer bonus to Flying Blue through 6/17
- Amex Hilton cards all have enhanced offers including a Free Night Award certificate after meeting the spend requirement
- United Increases the cost of Awards
- Purchase Lifemiles for 1.32 cents or Aeroplan miles for 1.24 cents each. Is it worth it?
TRIP UPDATES
- Angie - P2 (Player 2) has a reunion so we’ll be piggybacking a family trip on to that. Will use Southwest travel funds and Companion Pass to book the flights and Autoslash for the car.
- Joe - it's been over 2 months since kid's passport applications have been submitted. Hoping those come though. Looking to swap out hotel in Split - current property not great value in points + I can earn a nice chunk of miles (and Loyalty Points) toward American status
WHAT BONUSES DID WE GET?
- Angie - Chase Ink Unlimited, Citi AAdvantage -still working on both
- Joe - Nothing new
HIGHLIGHT (Main Feature)
RTW trips
- Carriers to use:
- Asia Miles
- ANA
- Aeroplan
- (Qantas and Aero Mexico can do it but pricier and more restrictions)
- British Airways (Oneworld Carrier chart) - Little bit of the "Juice" I share in Award Travel 201 - RTW in Business class for 140K
- Brief overview of each program such as number of segments, main rules to watch out for, idiosyncrasies of each program
WHAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW
If you have to cancel a trip and there’s a cancellation fee, see if there’s been a schedule change that gives you free cancellation now or can you actually change the ticket to a different date (with potentially a future schedule change) for less money. All carriers are different in terms of how much of a schedule change there needs to be and whether a change in your travel dates would be sufficient.
Where To Find the Award Travel 101 Community
For questions, you can join us in the free 94,000+ member Award Travel 101 Community.
- If you want to jump into more intermediate and advanced strategies, our Award Travel 201 community ($89.99 annually) is filled with those who want to dig into the weeds, looking for more outsized value.
- To book time with our team to discuss how to better your earning and burning strategies, check out Award Travel 1-on-1.
- You can also email us at contactawardtravel@gmail.com.
- Meetup sold out, but you can waitlist