Update 4/13/26: Reminder that this event is coming up this weekend. Come hang out with Greg and me in Toronto! We will both be speaking at this event, where we also have plans to record a Coffee Break episode live during the event.
If you are interested in meeting up with Greg and me and spending a weekend chatting points and miles with our Canadian friends, registration is open for Points Travel Festival Toronto, which will be happening on April 18, 2026 (with an optional add-on party the night before). Super Early Bird pricing is available through today, so if you are interested, you may want to consider registering before the price increase.
Ticket information
- Points Travel Festival Toronto will be happening this weekend, April 17-18, 2026. Greg and I will be among the speakers at this event. Current event pricing is:
- $299 CAD (~$216.51 USD at the time of writing) for the one-day event ticket, to include 9am-5pm sessions, lunch, two networking snack breaks, and an evening event to include one drink ticket and hot appetizers.
$99 CAD (~$73 USD) for an optional Friday evening party to include two drinks and hot appetizersSold out
- Direct link to this deal (our affiliate link)
Points Travel Festival Toronto Event Details
Location and schedule
Friday, April 17 (add-on ticket required):
Location: Sheraton Gateway Hotel in Toronto International Airport, Terminal 3 Toronto Amf, Toronto, ON L5P 1C4
6-9 pm evening party, including two drinks and hot appetizers
Update: The Friday add-on is sold out.
Saturday, April 18:
Location: Hilton Garden Inn Toronto Airport, 3311 Caroga Dr, Mississauga, ON L4V 1A3
- 8-9 am registration and networking
- 9-5 pm conference sessions, including lunch and two networking snack breaks
- 5-6 pm pre-party networking
- 6-9 pm evening party, including one drink ticket and hot appetizers
Speakers
- Greg Davis-Kean (Frequent Miler)
- Nick Reyes (Frequent Miler)
- Patrick Sojka (Rewards Canada)
- Reed Sutton and Josh Bandura (co-founders Frugal Flyer)
- Peter Suen, Amy Tung and Rachel Yuan (Prince of Travel)
- Andrew D’Amours (Flytrippers)
- Ben Komenkul (Ben’s Big Deal)
- Tara McAndrew (Travel with TMc)
- Moli (Maple Miles)
- Sarah Ramkissoon
- Graeme Bligh (The Canadian Jetsetter)
- Shabbir Hakim (cardZtravel)
- Jayce Loh (PointsNerd)
- Sash Bhavsar (Points Partners)
- Barry Choi (Money We Have)
- Advait Vaidya (Miles Beyond Borders)
- Fatima (Fatima Flying Free)
Topics
Topics covered are expected to be Canada-centric, though we expect there will also be a fair amount of content that is more broadly rewards program-based and as such may be of interest. Some of the topics likely to be discussed include:
- Maximizing Aeroplan Stopover Awards
- RTW with BA Avios Multi-Carrier Awards
- Buying Groups
- ITIN for US Credit Cards in 2026 – Challenges and Workarounds
- Booking First Class Awards for Family Travel (2+ seats)
- Booking All-Inclusive Resorts on Points
- The Ultimate Flexible Points Travel Program
- Airline Status Match and Why It Matters
- Earning Airline Elite Status in Canada
- VIPorter Airline Partners, and Redemption options
Quick Thoughts
Greg and I will be speaking together at this event (topic forthcoming), and we look forward to meeting readers and listeners and chatting about points and miles.
While I expect that the topics at this event will lean toward being more Canada-focused, there are numerous broadly-useful topics like Aeroplan stopovers and Avios multi-carrier awards that will surely appeal across borders. I spoke at last year’s Travel Summit in Toronto and met many US-based readers who seemed to find that conference broadly useful. I imagine that many folks will find enough topics of interest to fill a day, even if they are coming from the US.
While most of the speakers hail from Canada, there are some names on the list that you may recognize. I love following Ben’s Big Deal on Instagram, and have learned some great tips from Ben over the years. Tara McAndrew of Travel with TMc was one of my favorite presenters at Travel Summit, and it’s great to see her in the lineup. Prince of Travel has a few speakers in the list, and I have long found their content helpful in learning to maximize opportunities like Aeroplan stopovers and the British Airways multi-carrier award chart.
It’s always hard to answer whether or not a points-and-miles conference will be worthwhile to you, but my experience has long been that attending conferences like these has helped me build valuable connections with folks from whom I have learned a ton (not just during the conferences, but often in message exchanges afterwards). Obviously, the Canadian topics covered may not be of interest to many readers this time around, so whether or not this is a fit for you really comes down to how much you value spending a weekend around other miles-and-points folks. If spending all day talking about miles and points sounds like fun to you, you’ll probably enjoy being surrounded by like-minded, friendly folks for the weekend. If your primary goal is to learn the deep secrets of the local credit union cards of the American Southwest, this probably won’t be the conference for that (no, that isn’t really a thing…to my knowledge, anyway).
Both Greg and I will be attending the Friday evening event for those who buy the add-on, and we will obviously be around all day on Saturday. If you attend, please come say hi; we love meeting folks from our community!
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The seminars and presenters are great but the company and friendship is exceptional. Not to be missed.
Please say hi and introduce yourself to me as I will be helping out at the registration desk.
Nick is there a schedule where you and Greg have for speaking engagements. I did not know about this one and would have loved to attend. Also any plans for anything in Boston, we would love to have you guys visit and share your knowledge in person.
We do have an events schedule, but it looks like I had forgotten to add this and the Points Travel Festival Chicago to it. I will fix that.
We did post about this Toronto event back in January (I just updated and republished today) and put it in the week in review that week, but I understand that a single post (or two) is easy to miss. I will get this and Chicago added to our events schedule here:
https://frequentmiler.com/frequent-miler-event-schedule/
I’m not aware of any events taking place in Boston. Generally speaking, we are open to coming to an event to speak when others take on the event planning aspects, but we haven’t wanted to dedicate the time and resources to being event planners ourselves (additionally, it can sometimes be difficult for us to coordinate travel schedules for all of us to attend). All that is to say that we’re open to doing events in different areas, but we aren’t looking to run event planning at this point.
In addition to Points Travel Festival Toronto, the entire Frequent Miler team will be attending Points Travel Festival Chicago in October. However, that event has been sold out since sales opened almost a year in advance. If and when they expand capacity, we will certainly post about it.
Nick, I diddnt find the calendar above thanks for pointing this out. I hear you on the event schedule for you guys must be a nightmare with the show and everything else you both do.
I love the show and look forward to your podcast and coffee break every week. You guys are the best and most entertaining travel show out there. Keep up the good work and inspiring people. Also thanks for taking a few minutes to respond to my question. Have a great day.
I hope to someday make one of these events! I would love to meet you guys in person! I have learned a lot from the FM team and I appreciate all you guys do for the community!
There’s your list of weekly podcast ideas covered for a few months.
Aww. That’s so cool. Have fun everyone!
Is there a similar event in the US? Sounds fun
Yes, there are from time to time. There’s a Points Travel Festival Chicago in October, but that one sold out very quickly.
Canada sucks.
Oh, Dr. Toboggan. Not this again…
Canada is lovely. Get over it.
No chance of StubHub ticket sales??? 😉
Weekend at the Hilton garden Toronto airport shoot me now lol
*pew pew*
“…topics of interest to (film) a day even if they are coming from the US.”
Hmmm…I’ll bring my. VHS camcorder!
Definitely meant fill a day — I’m sure that speakers will not want their sessions filmed :-). Thanks for the correction – fixed!
Although, that said, if you bring a VHS camcorder, maybe I’ll make an exception for you :-).