New Year's (Award Travel) Resolutions

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Post of the week

Ira Serkes asks, "How many trips do you take each year, and what is your longest trip in 2023?"

News

• Book Hilton Free Night Awards via Chat
• Amex Adds Family Language to Marriott cards
• Changes to Bilt Rewards Status

Trip updates

• Angie
  • Can you believe that she only has one trip planned?
• Joe
  • Stayed at the Ritz Carlton for New Year's Eve
  • NZ with help from seats.aero

What bonuses did we get?

• Angie
  • Just received the bonus for an Amex Business Platinum
  • Working toward an Chase Ink Business card bonus
• Joe
  • Failed NLL application
  • Barclay's Wyndham Business card (for opportunities like this)
  • Upgraded to Bonvoy Brilliant
  • Transferred 200K Amex MR to Virgin Atlantic with 30% Bonus

Highlight feature: 2024 (Award Travel) Resolutions

• Angie -
  • Update and use all/more features of Award Wallet
  • Clean up Google Photos
  • Clean up multiple email accounts
  • Create a spreadsheet of all my cards
  • Explore casino matching for free cruises
• Joe - Here are some other things I need to work on
  • Citi/Barclays AA companion certs - never use
  • (4) UA Club passes - making sure to use
  • (2) Gold monthly Dining credits - I rarely use these
  • (2) Amex Platinum Streaming credits with only one in use and (4) Walmart Plus subscription credits with one in use

Tip of the week

Take some time to look at all the cards and ensure you’re using all of your credits and benefits and see if your strategy should be tweaked.

Where To Find the Award Travel 101 Community
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