Award Travel 101
by Award Travel 101 Team
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Award Search Tools We Love
Oct 16, 2026
46m 18s
IHG Credit Card Refresh
Oct 9, 2026
51m 27s
European Vacation Recap
Oct 2, 2026
55m 27s
Citi to Japan Airlines Transfer Bonus Sweet Spots
Sep 25, 2026
36m 34s
Travel Tips From a Nomad
Sep 18, 2026
56m 50s
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- 🇺🇸United States · Places & TravelHOME#3696K to 508K
- 🇹🇭TH · Places & Travel#201.3K to 6.9K
- 🇪🇸Spain · Places & Travel#73747 to 4.0K
- 🇬🇷GR · Places & Travel#16516 to 84
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98K to 519K🎙 ~2x weekly·224 episodes·Last published 3d ago - Monthly Reach
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196K to 1.0M🇺🇸98%🇹🇭1%🇪🇸1% - Active Followers
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/16/26 |  Award Search Tools We Love | In Episode 194 of the Award Travel 101 podcast, Cameron Laufer and Angie Sparks discuss recent travel news, points redemptions, and their latest trip updates before diving into award search tools. News highlights include Southwest extending its promotion for Rapid Rewards credit cardholders to earn double Companion Pass-qualifying points on select categories through October, Japan Airlines offering targeted members up to 10,000 bonus miles per segment on eligible transpacific flights, and Ame... | 46m 18s | ||||||
| 10/9/26 |  IHG Credit Card Refresh | Episode 193 of the Award Travel 101 podcast covers a busy week of points-and-miles news before diving deep into the major revamp of the IHG One Rewards credit card lineup. Cameron and Angie discuss October Flying Blue Promo Rewards, several transfer bonuses from Amex, Capital One, Citi, and Rove, the new Air France/KLM card offer, the United Explorer bonus, and Bilt’s upcoming devaluation of transfers to Hyatt. They also share personal updates, including Angie’s successful Brilliant welcome b... | 51m 27s | ||||||
| 10/2/26 |  European Vacation Recap | Episode 192 of the Award Travel 101 podcast features Angie Sparks sharing highlights from her recent 18-day European adventure through Istanbul, Switzerland, and Lake Como. The episode covers current points-and-miles news, including an elevated Southwest business card offer that can help build toward Companion Pass, Citi’s move to lifetime language on some Strata cards, and Bilt adding Amtrak as its 25th transfer partner. Angie and Cameron also discuss their current credit-card spending goals... | 55m 27s | ||||||
| 9/25/26 |  Citi to Japan Airlines Transfer Bonus Sweet Spots | Episode 191 covers several timely points-and-miles updates, along with practical travel tips and trip-planning updates from Cameron and Mike. The hosts discuss strategies for staying healthy while flying, including wiping down seats, using hand sanitizer and masks, staying hydrated with electrolytes, and taking vitamins or supplements. In the news, they cover upcoming changes to the Chase Sapphire Reserve Business card, Qatar Airways easing restrictions on its friends-and-family booking lists... | 36m 34s | ||||||
| 9/18/26 |  Travel Tips From a Nomad | Episode 190 features Erin Kilpatrick sharing how she has built a fully nomadic lifestyle around points, miles, and travel. After selling her home, car, and belongings and moving to Ecuador in 2023, Erin has spent the past several years living one to three months at a time in different countries. Award travel is a major part of making that lifestyle possible, covering roughly 80% of her flights and 30% of her lodging, while she also maximizes credit-card offers, shopping portals, credits, and ... | 56m 50s | ||||||
| 9/11/26 | loyalty programstravel rewards+3 | Bridgette Birk | American AirlinesQatar Airways+4 | South America | pointsmiles+6 | — | 44m 31s | ||
| 9/4/26 | travel rewardspoints and miles+3 | — | Capital One milesCiti | — | Capital One milestravel dashboard+3 | — | 48m 44s | ||
| 8/28/26 | meetup recappoints and miles+3 | — | HiltonCiti+1 | MilwaukeeHo Chi Minh City+1 | Milwaukeemeetup+4 | — | 43m 47s | ||
| 8/21/26 | Japan travelcredit card news+3 | Joe Petrovic | U.S. BankFlying Blue+2 | Punta Cana | Japantravel news+4 | — | 1h 15m 09s | ||
| 8/14/26 | travel technologycredit cards+3 | Xan Tanner | Gondola AIInstacart+6 | — | Gondola AItravel updates+6 | — | 48m 04s | ||
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| 8/7/26 | travelpoints and miles+3 | Cameron LauferApril Rose | British AirwaysAmerican Express+1 | — | Greecepoints and miles+3 | — | 47m 58s | ||
| 7/31/26 | points and miles newsaward travel strategies+3 | — | Singapore AirlinesCiti+2 | — | Membership Rewardspoints+5 | — | 48m 29s | ||
| 7/24/26 | points and milessafari+3 | — | Virgin RedAmex+1 | Kenya | pointsmiles+6 | — | 49m 55s | ||
| 7/17/26 | travel dealsairlines+3 | — | Norse AtlanticAmerican Airlines | OrlandoLondon Gatwick | travel dealsNorse Atlantic+5 | — | 54m 33s | ||
| 7/10/26 | travelNapa Valley+4 | — | DeltaAlaska Atmos Rewards+1 | Punta CanaJapan+4 | Napa ValleyDelta Miles Headstart+4 | — | 56m 20s | ||
| 7/3/26 |  Are They Still Skypesos? | Hosts Angie Sparks and Justin Walter open with a member highlight—Lori’s Northern Lights trip to Finland with her son—before diving into a busy news week. Wyndham Rewards is overhauling its award chart to four fixed tiers (5,000–45,000 points/night) starting September 15, 2026, with most hotels expected to stay in the lower tiers. Asiana Airlines will exit Star Alliance on December 16, 2026 as part of its Korean Air merger, though bookings and elite benefits continue as normal until then. One... | 33m 08s | ||||||
| 6/26/26 |  Earning Points on College | Episode 178 of the Award Travel 101 podcast, hosted by Cameron Laufer and Eric Holly, focused on maximizing points and miles around one of life’s most expensive milestones: college. The episode opened with a discussion about the demise of a popular Paze/Newegg workaround that had allowed users to earn 10x Ultimate Rewards points through select Chase Sapphire and Freedom cards. While gift card purchases at Newegg are no longer eligible, Cameron and Eric reminded listeners that opportunities st... | 46m 40s | ||||||
| 6/19/26 |  Chase Sapphire Preferred Refresh Reaction | Episode 177 of the Award Travel 101 podcast featured Angie Sparks and Cameron Laufer discussing a variety of points-and-miles developments, along with a relatable highlight post from member Melissa about unexpectedly helping a 20-year-old replace a totaled car. While everyone was safe, the experience led to another large purchase charged to a Capital One card, adding to a family history that includes eight vehicle purchases since 2020. The hosts also covered several notable news items, includ... | 52m 11s | ||||||
| 6/12/26 |  Where to Go With 100K Ultimate Rewards | Episode 176 of the Award Travel 101 podcast kicked off with a fun discussion inspired by a member’s post asking which region of Europe or Northern Africa listeners would choose for an all-expenses-paid two-week vacation. The conversation highlighted how differently travelers prioritize destinations, with Angie favoring the expensive countries of Scotland, Norway, Finland, and Estonia, while Cameron debated between the broader sightseeing opportunities in Southern Europe and the appeal of Swit... | 1h 00m 49s | ||||||
| 6/5/26 |  1-Day, 4 City Bar Crawl (Chicago Seminars Too!) | In this episode, Mike is joined by former moderator Jackie and her P2 Brent to discuss one of the most creative uses of points and miles you'll hear about — the Mother's Ruin Challenge, a single-day bar crawl across four cities (New York, Chicago, Nashville, and Charleston) all completed to earn free drinks for life. Jackie and Brent break down the logistics, the planning, and how points and miles made the whole thing possible — turning what would have been an outrageously expensive last-minu... | 39m 32s | ||||||
| 5/29/26 |  Hyatt Award Chart Change Reaction | Episode 174 of the Award Travel 101 podcast focused heavily on Hyatt’s newly announced award chart changes and how travelers can adapt to them. Cameron Laufer and Mike Zaccheo explained that Hyatt is replacing its traditional fixed categories with a more dynamic five-tier structure across eight hotel categories, resulting in noticeable increases for many properties. Standard award rates are rising roughly 17–38%, while some peak pricing jumps could reach as high as 67%. Although a handful of ... | 53m 35s | ||||||
| 5/22/26 |  Workhorse Credit Cards | In Episode 173 of the Award Travel 101 podcast, Angie Sparks and Cameron Laufer covered a wide range of points and miles strategies, starting with two standout community posts. Angie highlighted an important discussion about insuring a complex trip booked across multiple credit cards to maximize welcome bonuses. The group recommended considering a standalone policy through companies like Allianz and using tools such as Squaremouth to compare coverage, while also putting the most expensive tri... | 1h 02m 27s | ||||||
| 5/15/26 |  You Asked, We Answer | In Episode 172 of the Award Travel 101 podcast, Angie Sparks and Cameron Laufer opened with a discussion inspired by member Leena’s safari planning post, where the community shared advice on destinations, timing, and operators for an unforgettable milestone birthday trip. The conversation reinforced how award travel can make extraordinary journeys — from Bali girls trips to Indian weddings and African safaris — suddenly attainable. The hosts also covered several major news items in the travel... | 44m 24s | ||||||
| 5/8/26 |  Best Hilton Redemptions With Transfer Bonus | Episode 171 of the Award Travel 101 podcast, hosted by Angie Sparks and Cameron Laufer, opens with a practical community highlight: a traveler facing a broken in-flight entertainment system on a United Premium Plus flight. The discussion reinforces that while compensation isn’t guaranteed, notifying a flight attendant can often result in goodwill gestures like bonus points. The hosts then run through a packed news segment, including Chase transfer bonuses to Flying Blue and Marriott, an eleva... | 52m 10s | ||||||
| 5/1/26 |  Quick Trip Wins | Episode 170 of the Award Travel 101 podcast, hosted by Cameron Laufer and Joseph Petrovic, blends timely travel news with a deeper discussion on the value of short, points-powered trips. The episode opens with a highlight on luxury hotel redemptions, including Cameron’s standout stay at Park Hyatt Niseko during ski season for just 45K points per night. In the news, they cover a range of updates: a Flying Blue promotion offering bonus miles on paid economy flights to Europe, a new IHG–ANA part... | 52m 14s | ||||||
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Chart history for Award Travel 101
Peaked at #20 in TH, currently #20 in TH.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TH | — | #20 | #20 | — |
| United States | — | #36 | #36 | — |
| Spain | — | #73 | #73 | — |
| GR | — | #165 | #165 | — |
Chart Positions
4 placements across 4 markets.
Chart Positions
4 placements across 4 markets.