Husband Cashes in All Their Points AND Programs To Book Round The World Flights

POST OF THE WEEK (from the group)Reva Palmer Cook: anyone need a free husband, LOL? While we kid, this situation is anything but funny. Husband cashed in all their points to pay the bill!! What would you do if this happened to you, and is there any way to recover?NEWS & ENHANCED OFFERSCiti 25% transfer bonus to Flying Blue through 6/17Amex Hilton cards all have enhanced offers including a Free Night Award certificate after meeting the spend requirementUnited Increases the cost of AwardsPurchase Lifemiles for 1.32 cents or Aeroplan miles for 1.24 cents each. Is it worth it?TRIP UPDATESAngie - P2 (Player 2) has a reunion so we’ll be piggybacking a family trip on to that. Will use Southwest travel funds and Companion Pass to book the flights and Autoslash for the car.Joe - it's been over 2 months since kid's passport applications have been submitted. Hoping those come though. Looking to swap out hotel in Split - current property not great value in points + I can earn a nice chunk of miles (and Loyalty Points) toward American statusWHAT BONUSES DID WE GET?Angie - Chase Ink Unlimited, Citi AAdvantage -still working on bothJoe - Nothing newHIGHLIGHT (Main Feature)RTW tripsCarriers to use:Asia MilesANAAeroplan(Qantas and Aero Mexico can do it but pricier and more restrictions)British Airways (Oneworld Carrier chart) - Little bit of the "Juice" I share in Award Travel 201 - RTW in Business class for 140KBrief overview of each program such as number of segments, main rules to watch out for, idiosyncrasies of each programWHAT YOU DIDN'T KNOWIf you have to cancel a trip and there’s a cancellation fee, see if there’s been a schedule change that gives you free cancellation now or can you actually change the ticket to a different date (with potentially a future schedule change) for less money. All carriers are different in terms of how much of a schedule change there needs to be and whether a change in your travel dates would be sufficient.Where To Find the Award Travel 101 CommunityFor questions, you can join us in the free 94,000+ member Award Travel 101 Community.If you want to jump into more intermediate and advanced strategiesWhere To Find the Award Travel 101 Community For questions, you can join us in the free 100,000+ member Award Travel 101 Community. For more intermediate and advanced strategies, join Award Travel 201 community To book time with our team, check out Award Travel 1-on-1. You can also email us at contactawardtravel@gmail.com. Our next meetup is located in San Antonio, TX on April 26–28, 2024. If you want a waitlisted ticket, see this post in AT101. Support the AT101 Podcast/Community