Award Travel 101

Strategies for Building Healthy Credit and Better Offers

01.26.2024 - By Joseph PetrovicPlay

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Get Thrifty Traveler Premium deal/award alerts sent straight to your inbox. Use promo code “AT101” for $10 off your first year. Head to ThriftyTraveler.com for more details and check out their Google Flights guide. Recent finds include:Business Class to Europe for 55K pointsPremium Economy to Singapore for $1,249 R/TBusiness Class to Portugal for 45K milesYou can find these at ThriftyTraveler.com/Premium

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John Buchan - Is there an over-emphasis on the Chase Ink sign ups? NewsAlaska cancels 20% of their flightsUnited Offers (Outrageous) Premier Elite Status Buy-Up OffersNew Alaska Consumer & Business cards as well as  Hyatt Consumer & Business offersDid Marriott just #Bonvoy MGMNew Lounge opening - who can get in?Trip updatesAngie -Tulip girls coming to Tampa for GasparillaKeeps checking for flights to "Taco 'Bout a Fiesta" San Antonio meetupLooking at flights for Montana-would love to piggyback a trip with P2P2 mentioned he’d love to do a cruiseJoe -Booked a trip to Japan and Korea trip as a result of a “missed” Thrifty Traveler Premium alert that retails for $31K for less than $250What bonuses did we get?AngieFinished Minimum Spending Requirement (MSR) on Ink CashApplied for Wyndham Business and eventually approved approved! JoeFinished MSR on the Wyndham Business Earner cardShared a tip on how I plan to get 25% off an $1,800 purchaseP2 -100K Ink Preferred40K referralHighlight feature: Strategies for Building Healthy Credit and Better OffersGuide to Building Healthy CreditCredit Card StrategyApplication Rules of 4 Major IssuersTip of the week Don’t sleep on lesser known partner programs. I provided an example of how you can use Etihad Guest miles for less in Award Travel 201. FULL DISCLOSURE - it is a subscription group, and runs from $9.99 monthly to $89.99 annually AND provides complimentary AwardWallet Plus. Where To Find the Award Travel 101 Community

For questions, you can join us in the free 100,000+ member Award Travel 101 Community. For more intermediate and advanced strategies, join Award Travel 201 community To book time with our team, check out Award Travel 1-on-1. You can also email us at [email protected]. Our next meetup is located in San Antonio, TX on April 26–28, 2024. If you want a waitlisted ticket, see this post in AT101. Support the AT101 Podcast/Community

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