Description

Angie is back with Joe to discuss card offers, news, trip updates, and the answer to whether having so many cards will ruin your credit.

Links to topics discussed

• New Transfer Bonus
• How far out do airlines open their schedules?
• If this guy is switching loyalty, should you?
• Joe redeemed 153K points worth of Free Night Award certificates
• Use tools to identify Premium planes not serving Premium routes

Tip of the Week

Alec Legg -
"A weird tip for those who book partner awards and have trouble booking seats. Try putting the PNR on other airline's "manage booking" tool. I just booked China Airlines through KLM and the China Airlines site wouldn't let me choose seats or even let me pull up my record. I read to try Saudia but that didn't work but I tried Garuda Indonesia and it let me pick my seats!"

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2. To book time with our team, check out Award Travel 1-on-1.
3. You can also email us at 101@award.travel
4. Buy your Award Travel 101 Merch here
5. Reserve tickets to our Spring 2026 Meetup in Phoenix now. award.travel/phx2026

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