In this episode, Greg and Nick review some of the hotel and flight awards that stood out for each of them in 2024 so they can determine the best of the best for their 2024 award travels.
Main Event: Greg & Nick’s Favorite 2024 Awards
Giant Mailbag
(01:06) – Bilt buy house benefit correction
See the previous episode where Greg talked about the Bilt buy house benefit here.
Read more about the Bilt Buy House benefit here.
(02:42) – Greg’s latest experience booking Preferred hotels with Choice points
See the previous episode here.
Million Mile Madness Update
(10:17) – Greg: “You’re a SAS EuroBonus Millionaire!”
(11:56) – Nick: Yikes!
(19:24) – Stephen: 1 more needs to be credited
Card News
(21:32) – Business Platinum gains $200 Hilton credit!
Crazy Thing
(29:48) – IRS temporarily displayed lower fees for paying taxes by credit card
Mattress Running the Numbers
(32:04) – Should Greg mattress run 1 Marriott night?
Awards, Points, and More
(37:24) – Alaska news
Read more about Alaska Airlines launching premium card here.
(41:48) – Waldorf Astoria New York now bookable with points and free night certificates.
Main Event: Greg & Nick’s Favorite 2024 Awards
(44:22) – Greg’s candidates for top awards in 2024 – flights
(52:20) – Nick’s candidates for top awards in 2024 – flights
(56:59) – Best flight pick overall
(1:00:32) – Greg’s candidates for top awards in 2024 – hotels
(1:11:07) – Nick’s candidates for top awards in 2024 – hotels
(1:21:05) – Beat hotel pick overall
(1:22:54) – Other top experiences in 2024
Question of the Week
(1:30:07) – Which airline would you prioritize to fly and earn miles with: American, United, or Southwest?
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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder
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Nick I am glad you brought up how Jet Blue Mint looks like a great product but is far from it for families (at least with young children). I think this is a point often overlooked in considering what business class options are the best by most reviews and bloggers. Our family flew Hawaiian A330 business this summer and it was great for us to have an easily accessible seat next to our young daughter – but their hard product will usually suffer in recommendations because the privacy is less than ideal if you are a solo traveler. I avoided booking Jet Blue to Dublin for next year because I didn’t think a 7 hour flight with our kid on their own would go well, and your experience matches what us as parents were worried about!