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Episode Description:

As a reminder you can watch this show as well at: https://www.youtube.com/@20minutetravel

This week brought a lot of bad news in the travel space as Delta continued to struggle from their meltdown. We also learned about some potentially negative changes to Amex Gold and Bilt's Rent Day. To pile on, Southwest announced a ton of major changes as well, although these might be seen as positive by a lot of people. Bye bye cattle call boarding!

In other news Wyndham has a great new promo where you can buy points at an insane discount. We also discuss "surveillance pricing" and why you don't want it, insane travel surcharges, the worst motel brands in America and a Dubai party jet you have to see!

Episode Guide:

• 0:00 Hilarious Olympics social media trend
• 1:11 United windfall? $2500 vouchers to get off of the airplane
• 2:21 Our best airline voucher scores
• 3:18 Should you accept an airline voucher or push for cash & voucher gotchas
• 4:21 United’s very unfriendly Basic Economy policy - Getting worse or better?
• 6:14 Does United need to change their approach to keep up with their competitors
• 7:27 Airline social media scams - Be aware
• 9:01 Why you have to be on your toes at all times in 2024
• 9:49 Bilt’s take on their recent Rent Day devaluation
• 11:30 How Bilt is reallocating their marketing budget after these changes
• 12:27 Why the recent changes hurts the math on pursuing Bilt status
• 13:33 Easy $200 bonus - Melio offering bonus on first payment
• 15:29 6 new bank transfer bonuses - Up to 70% more
• 16:36 Largest urban zipline in the world
• 17:33 Different safety protocols when traveling

About the Show:

We love to travel and love to laugh! 20 Minute Travel is designed to get you all of the info you need to supercharge your travel by utilizing credit cards, travel rewards and other tricks to pay pennies on the dollar. 

Shawn Coomer is the founder of Miles to Memories and has traveled all over the world with his family utilizing miles & points. He has been writing and podcasting about miles, points and travel since 2013 and has earned and spent millions of points & miles across dozens of programs.

Mark Ostermann is the former Managing Editor of Miles to Memories and is the Managing Editor at Travel on Points. He has been writing about his travel experiences since 2017 and loves to dive into the weeds so you don't have to. He also enjoys a good beer and a laugh or fifty.

Each week tens of thousands of people tune into our MtM Vegas news shows at http://www.YouTube.com/milestomemories. If you like this show check it out!

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