Ask the Nerds: Booking Traps, Transfer Optimization and Card Strategy
About this episode
Hosts Sally French and Meghan Coyle answer listener travel questions while discussing the latest travel headlines.
Learn how to stretch modest points balances into business-class flights, and safer spending abroad. Hosts Sally French and Meghan Coyle answer travel questions from listeners to help you make smarter points, transfer and booking decisions. But first, they break down the latest travel headlines, including Chase Sapphire Lounge's exit from the Priority Pass and LoungeKey networks, Citi and American Airlines' refreshed Executive World Legend Mastercard, Amex Membership Rewards' new transfer partnership with Leading Hotels of the World's Leaders Club, and Citi and Mastercard's expanded Curated Table dining series for Strata Elite cardmembers. Then, Sally and Meghan open up the mailbag, with tips and tricks on turning a modest Delta points balance into a business-class trip to Italy, deciding whether a Wise account makes sense for a teen's summer abroad, weighing whether to transfer Wyndham points to airline partners, and sorting out how new United MileagePlus earning rules affect which card to use for a flight. Help us plan our next live event! Take our quick survey to let us know where you would be most excited to meet our hosts and fellow listeners…
People in this episode
Hosts: Sally French, Meghan Coyle
Topics covered
- travel tips
- points optimization
- credit card strategy
- travel news
- listener questions
- business-class travel
- spending abroad
Keywords
- points balances
- business-class flights
- travel headlines
- credit cards
- travel questions
- Citi AAdvantage
- Delta points
- Wyndham points
- United MileagePlus
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Chase Sapphire Lounge, Priority Pass, LoungeKey, Citi, American Airlines, Amex Membership Rewards, Leading Hotels of the World, Leaders Club, Mastercard, Delta
Products: Executive World Legend Mastercard, Curated Table dining series, Strata Elite
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