Strategies for Building Healthy Credit and Better Offers

Award Travel 101

Get Thrifty Traveler Premium deal/award alerts sent straight to your inbox. Use promo code “AT101” for $10 off your first year. Head to ThriftyTraveler.com for more details and check out their Google Flights guide. Recent finds include:

• Business Class to Europe for 55K points
• Premium Economy to Singapore for $1,249 R/T
• Business Class to Portugal for 45K miles

You can find these at ThriftyTraveler.com/Premium
Post of the week

Beth Hanes Product changing gone wrong - Why does Chase hate me?
John Buchan - Is there an over-emphasis on the Chase Ink sign ups?

News

• Alaska cancels 20% of their flights
• United Offers (Outrageous) Premier Elite Status Buy-Up Offers
• New Alaska Consumer & Business cards as well as Hyatt Consumer & Business offers
• Did Marriott just #Bonvoy MGM
• New Lounge opening - who can get in?

Trip updates

• Angie -
  • Tulip girls coming to Tampa for Gasparilla
  • Keeps checking for flights to "Taco 'Bout a Fiesta" San Antonio meetup
  • Looking at flights for Montana-would love to piggyback a trip with P2
  • P2 mentioned he’d love to do a cruise
• Joe -
  • Booked a trip to Japan and Korea trip as a result of a “missed” Thrifty Traveler Premium alert that retails for $31K for less than $250

What bonuses did we get?

• Angie
  • Finished Minimum Spending Requirement (MSR) on Ink Cash
  • Applied for Wyndham Business and eventually approved approved!
• Joe
  • Finished MSR on the Wyndham Business Earner card
  • Shared a tip on how I plan to get 25% off an $1,800 purchase
  • P2 -100K Ink Preferred
  • 40K referral

Highlight feature: Strategies for Building Healthy Credit and Better Offers

• Guide to Building Healthy Credit
• Credit Card Strategy
• Application Rules of 4 Major Issuers

Tip of the week

Don’t sleep on lesser known partner programs. I provided an example of how you can use Etihad Guest miles for less in Award Travel 201. FULL DISCLOSURE - it is a subscription group, and runs from $9.99 monthly to $89.99 annually AND provides complimentary AwardWallet Plus.

Where To Find the Award Travel 101 Community
For questions, you can join us in the free 100,000+ member Award Travel 101 Community.

1. For more intermediate and advanced strategies, join Award Travel 201 community
2. To book time with our team, check out Award Travel 1-on-1.
3. You can also email us at [e-mail].
4. Our next meetup is located in SEATTLE on AUGUST 16–18, 2024. For more details and to purchase tickets, visit "Out to SEA" on the award.travel website.

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