Dots, Lines & Destinations

Dear 2012: So long, and thanks for all the incredible experiences! This week’s episode is a (relatively) quick trip down memory lane for the PointsHoarder crew. We’re talking about a few quick news pieces (Air China is going to fly to Houston and Virgin America is going to fly to Newark) but that’s not the […]

      

Welcome to episode 17 of the PointsHoarder podcast. This time around we’re talking a lot about hotels. Why? Because three major chains all made changes to their policies in the past few weeks. Hilton, Hyatt and Priority Club all changed their rules, either related to qualifying for status or the benefits received. Most folks would […]

      

So, who is to blame when a deal dies? That debate is all the rage these days and it seems that the discussions quickly lead to rage, at least amongst some participants. There’s money to be made – LOTS of money – from credit card sign-ups and many bloggers are big in that space these […]

      

Welcome to episode 15 of the PointsHoarder podcast. This week we’re exploring an award type that none of us know anything about. OK, maybe that is a bit dramatic, but we’re talking about the oneworld distance-based award charts and how there are some very interesting options available, assuming you’re willing to put in a bit […]

      

Episode 14 of the PointsHoarder podcast is now up! In this episode Fozz takes the helm and walks us through the announcement that Alitalia will honor (some of) the mistake fares they issued, Singapore Airlines canceling the two longest non-stop routes in the world, American adding new (and old) routes, Turkish cutting their economy plus […]

      

Welcome to episode 13 of the PointsHoarder podcast. We’ve got a lot of news to cover in this edition. At the time of the recording I thought it was mostly good news. Listening to it again as I went through the editing there seems to be a bit more depressing than I had originally remembered. […]

      

Episode 12 of the PointsHoarder podcast is all about earning points. We’re talking about a couple different mileage runs, one that Seth booked to Hawaii for dinner and one that Fozz booked home from Myanmar in first class. Those are the specific trips but the real meat is in the details we discuss, particularly about […]

      

Episode 11 of the PointsHoarder podcast focuses on open-jaws and stopovers on reward trips and a few news stories making their way around the internet, including United’s turning off of “expert mode”, Delta telling AwardWallet to bug off and Frontier taking the low road when it comes to 3rd party bookings. One note, in editing […]

      

In Episode 10 of the PointsHoarder podcast Seth and Stephan record in an airport lounge. Why? Because we can. Plus, we were wrapping up a whirlwind weekend mileage run trip to south east Asia and we had a few hours left until our flight was ready to leave. Listen in to get some thoughts on […]

      

In Episode 9 of the PointsHoarder Podcast the hosts, Stephan, Fozz, and Seth, discuss different reward booking tools, some of the different routing rules out there, and a random factoid on how to avoid the reciprocity fee in Argentina. Length: 35 minutes Show Notes Award Search Tools: KVS ExpertFlyer Wandering Aramean Travel Tools AwardNexus ANA […]