Description

This week as usual Joe and Angie talk trip updates and the bonuses they received or are working on. Additionally in the highlight feature they discuss their favorite loyalty programs in the following categories:

• Flexible Point
• Airline
• Hotel
• Car Rental

Also Angie talks about the ever important tactic of "gardening" your reservations. Hotels, flights, car rentals - everything in travel is very dynamic (means ever-changing) right now, and you can likely snag deals by periodically checking over your booked trips for lower prices or last minute award availability.

Links to latest news and enhanced offers

• New Chase Ink Preferred Offer
• Refer AwardWallet get points - after years of tracking almost 700 other programs AwardWallet now offers a referral program to earn points and transfers to 7 partners
• Real data driven info (DL1 on domestic routes) - 
• 30% Transfer Bonus to BA/IB - use GCMap & FlightConnections to see where this could take you. 

Where to Find Us

1. The Award Travel 101 Facebook Community.
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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