Up in the Air

Imagine if no matter where in the world you are, at pretty much any airport lounge, you could find people who knew who you were. That’s what life is like for Brian Kelly, better known as The Points Guy. In 2010 he started a blog which has blossomed into a travel media company that teaches millions of people how to travel more and to travel better. When I was applying for my first credit cards, I read as much as I possibly could about the process and how to use my points on their site. Fast forward about eight years and I found myself creating a video series with them called Have Points Will Travel teaching people how to do the same. Brian and I chatted about all things miles and points, what we can expect from the new TPG app, what his favorite ways to spend his miles are, and how to travel safely during the pandemic.

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In a normal year, a commercial airline pilot might fly 450,000 miles, might! For my guest today, that’d be nothing, in one month in 2019, he flew 166,000. Tom Stuker runs a car dealership consultancy and travels frequently to meet with his clients worldwide. He’s based in Newark, New Jersey, but travels to Australia and Asia several dozen times per year. This pace has earned him a space in United Airlines’ exclusive status program called Global Services, a tier of loyalty without any published requirements which guarantees the airline will do just about anything you ask of them. Beyond the upgrades and special airport privileges, United and Tom have a special relationship as Tom has flown almost 22 million miles on their planes, and that’s butt-in-seat miles (or BIS, as you’ll hear Tom call it). I spoke with Tom and his friend Jason Divenere, a fellow Global services and multi-million miler on United, during a rare moment when they were both on the ground to hear where Tom is at on his way to breaking 22 million.

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In this trailer for the show, I break down what you can expect from the podcast and the guests I have on it.