QSuites, Longest Flight in the World, and Bali

Award Travel 101

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 Rome for 58K
• Business class to Tokyo for 60K
• Premium Economy to Europe for 36K R/T

You can find these at ThriftyTraveler.com/Premium.

Post of the week

Elizabeth Holmes Hanes posted about needing to up her hotel redemptions. Was she blinded by status when there was a gorgeous Marriott right around the corner?

News

• Get Bonus Hilton points -Is it worth purchasing points? There's a 100% bonus, and it could make sense in certain situations.
• What's going on with certain Award tools? ExpertFlyer and Seats.aero are having issues. Expertflyer is removing all Star Alliance carriers, plus seats.aero received a cease and desist order from Aeroplan. Is Expertflyer becoming useless?

Support the AT101 Podcast/Community

Trip updates

• Angie - has both Australia and a safari booked but can she convince P2 to go?
• Allison - Still doesn’t love her Brazil flight. 2 options booked - which would you choose? Booked a hotel finally, Hilton Copacabana (5th night free). There was a JW Marriott with similar points price, so why did she choose the Hilton?

What bonuses did we get?

• Angie - closed first Business Platinum. Calling to start the Chase Sapphire Reserve product change
• Allison - has been holding steady. Should she get something new?

Highlight feature: Bali! Doing a $12k trip for less than $1500 out of pocket plus some points

How we Booked Flights

Both of us booked Qatar (QR) by transferring American Express Membership Rewards to British Airways. 100K plus $202

• Angie: DPS-SIN 14K Lifemiles plus $40.60 then SIN-JFK for 112.5K transferred from Chase Ultimate Rewards (took FOREVER) to Singapore Airlines (SQ) plus $59.92
• Allison: Same QR price, DPS-SIN was 8.5K SQ miles +$15.95 (transferred from AMEX), plus Etihad Business Class SIN-AUH-JFK was 87.5K and $122.63 booked through Aeroplan.

How we Booked Hotels

Angie and Allison dis

Where to Find Us
For questions, you can join us in the free 100,000+ member Award Travel 101 Community.

1. For more intermediate and advanced strategies, join Award Travel 201 community
2. To book time with our team, check out Award Travel 1-on-1.
3. You can also email us at [e-mail].
4. Our next meetup is located in SEATTLE on AUGUST 16–18, 2024. For more details and to purchase tickets, visit "Out to SEA" on the award.travel website.

Support the AT101 Podcast/Community
Thanks to our Sponsor Thrifty Traveler
The Award Travel 101 Podcast is brought to you in part by Thrifty Traveler Premium. Get Thrifty Traveler Premium deal/award alerts sent straight to your inbox. Use promo code “AT10” for $10 off your first year. Find them at:
ThriftyTraveler.com/Premium