Introducing “Starter Kit” - a dedicated series of special bonus episodes to help you get started in points and miles, become a true award travel “sicko” or just brush up on your skills and knowledge on all things cheap travel. Over the course of several episodes, we’ll walk through the basics of finding cheap flights, the best ways to earn tons of points, how to transfer and redeem miles for maximum value, and all the tools we use to stay organized and get ahead.
Introducing “Starter Kit” - a dedicated series of special bonus episodes to help you get started in points and miles, become a true award travel “sicko” or just brush up on your skills and knowledge on all things cheap travel. Over the course of several episodes, we’ll walk through the basics of finding cheap flights, the best ways to earn tons of points, how to transfer and redeem miles for maximum value, and all the tools we use to stay organized and get ahead.
Episode 1 of Starter Kit drops Tuesday, Aug. 25, with future installments coming every Tuesday into the fall. Each episode will appear right here on the Thrifty Traveler Podcast feed, wherever you get your podcasts as well as on YouTube!
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Show music: “All That” by Benjamin Tissot
Yo, Kyle, I want you to know this comes from a place of love, but I consider you kind of a sicko. Uh, you know I'm your boss, right? Yeah. No, hold on. Wait, wait, wait. What I mean is we've been steeped in the world of points and miles for years, and we love going deep into the weeds, finding cheap flights, using credit card points, and all things award travel, and I consider people who love this stuff like we do to be points and miles sickos. It's really a term of endearment. Okay. I see what you mean. Uh, it's true, we are both complete sickos, but, uh, it didn't start that way. We all have to start somewhere, right? How did you get started? I was lost in the wilderness. I was following random influencers and reading Reddit posts and just trying to figure out what was true and what wasn't. And what I really needed, Kyle, was a guide. I needed a points and miles Sherpa, if you will. And for me, you were that Sherpa. So that's exactly what I wanna do here. With Kyle and I as your guide, we're gonna devote five bonus episodes of the Thrifty Traveler podcast over the next five weeks to getting started in award travel and points and miles. We're gonna start with the basics and get everyone up to speed so that you can become a sicko, too. We're calling it Starter Kit: A Beginner's Guide to Points and Miles, and we're dropping all five episodes in the Thrifty Traveler podcast feed. The first one is coming next Tuesday. While this is geared towards points and miles novices, there will be plenty to soak up for even you points and miles sickos out there. Honestly, if Gunner, of all people, can figure out how to fly business class around the world using points, I think we can pretty much help every single one of you out there. That is, unfortunately, very true. And honestly, I'm just doing this myself so I can get a free refresher course in all things points and miles. But I hope you can use this series to get started in credit cards, get started in award travel. Send it to somebody that you know who should get started, or just brush up on your own points and miles knowledge. Catch the episodes on Thrifty Traveler YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to the Thrifty Traveler podcast.