About this episode

The episode discusses recent developments in travel, including credit card offers and new flight routes, while providing travel advice and reviews.

Google Flights is making a big move into the points and miles game, United’s CEO’s egotistical comments, Delta’s weird (but arguably best-ever?) credit card offer, and a bevy of new Europe routes all headline a big news roundup to close out the summer. Tune in as Gunnar and Kyle dole out advice about transferring points to Hyatt, analyze the boom in flights to the slopes, look into some puzzling Chase Sapphire Lounge news, and review the Delta One Lounge in Seattle, KLM’s Premium Comfort seats, and Gunnar’s latest glamping adventure!

People in this episode

Hosts: Gunnar, Kyle

Topics covered

• credit card offers
• points and miles
• travel news
• flight routes
• travel advice
• lounge reviews

Keywords

• Delta credit card
• Google Flights
• points transfer
• Hyatt
• Chase Sapphire Lounge
• Delta One Lounge
• KLM Premium Comfort
• glamping

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google Flights, United, Delta, Hyatt, Chase Sapphire Lounge, KLM

Places: Seattle

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