Tips for finding impossible awards | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep360 | 5-29-26

May 29
49 mins

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Episode Description

Today's episode will provide a whole grab bag of tips for how to find those impossible award bookings for your award travel goals.

(02:32) - Here's a grab bag of techniques, and keep in mind it's often necessary to use multiple

(03:09) - Be flexible!

(06:48) - Look towards the end of the booking schedule: use points that can book farther out

(08:26) - Positioning flights

(20:59) - Programs that reserve more space for their own members

(22:22) - Programs that reserve more space for elite members/cardholders

(24:17) - Programs that allow more awards for more points

(26:47) - Married segment logic awards (e.g. san-lax-tyo available, but lax-tyo not available)

(35:07) - Consider programs that allow a stopover

(39:04) - Award tool Alerts

(41:44) - Paid flights

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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder

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