Today’s episode will provide a whole grab bag of tips for how to find those impossible award bookings for your award travel goals.
Main Event (evergreen): Tips for finding impossible awards
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(02:32) – Here’s a grab bag of techniques, and keep in mind it’s often necessary to use multiple
(03:09) – Be flexible!
(06:48) – Look towards the end of the booking schedule: use points that can book farther out
(08:26) – Positioning flights
(20:59) – Programs that reserve more space for their own members
(22:22) – Programs that reserve more space for elite members/cardholders
(24:17) – Programs that allow more awards for more points
(26:47) – Married segment logic awards (e.g. san-lax-tyo available, but lax-tyo not available)
(35:07) – Consider programs that allow a stopover
(39:04) – Award tool Alerts
(41:44) – Paid flights
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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder
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