When You Travel on a Fixed Schedule with Jason from jasonsteele.com | Ep 172
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- čas přidán 16. 07. 2024
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Today, I'm chatting with Jason, one of the leading experts in credit cards and award travel.
In this episode we dive into different strategies you can use when you have specific travel dates, taking advantage of travel waivers, unique ways to get upgraded to business and first class and so much more!
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Timestamps:
00:00 - intro
03:01 - Get to know Jason
05:20 - Strategies to save money on work trips
08:35 - Getting status with work trips
09:09 - Expense reporting with travel
11:12 - Favorite airlines for non-flexible travel
12:29 - Airline with favorability for going abroad
15:00 - Speculative booking for flight deals
18:51 - Using weather waivers to your advantage
23:38 - Maximizing hotel flexibility
27:11 - Airlines that make upgrading the easiest
29:48 - Airlines with the most friendly upgrade policies
30:56 - Getting stuck with Emirates points?
33:43 - Best airlines/strategies for specific dates with a large family
36:53 - Car rental tricks
38:56 - Booking hotels with kids
40:53 - Jason's #1 tip for traveling with a family
41:52 - Shout outs
42:53 - Outro
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Great video!
thank you so much! glad you enjoyed it!
Great interview- I am still a little confused on that weather waiver he spoke of. In the case of an impending storm at you origin or destination- how do you know there is a weather waiver?
great question! with United specifically, they list all the current weather waivers on this site:
www.united.com/en/us/fly/travel/trip-planning/travel-alerts.html
@@geobreezetravel thanks! I may listen to to this one again!
Wow. Great interview. Good info. Airlines have changed some of my flights. Need to check what I can do with these, now, opportunities.
for sure! and thank you -- I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the episode!
Hark, surprise - Is Southwest just changed a flight time. Went online and picked a sweeter route for me!
I stumbled upon schedule change where I was able to cancel for full refund (which i wanted to do anyways, but this was much better than flight credit). Never thought i can try to game this
very nice! did you end up rebooking the flight with someone else or just cancelled altogether?
@@geobreezetravel i was going to cancel anyways for a flight credit. But before i did that, there was a 8 hour schedule change and i was offered to pick any other option available within +/- 7 days of the original booking. I enquired whether I could cancel for a full refund instead of flight credit and they were okay with that too! This was with Alaska airlines
Is this still the case with AA who just issued new restrictions on “authorized” travel agencies?
Which part? With AA, I would recommend booking direct as much as possible, especially if you want to maximize your loyalty points.
@@geobreezetravelmeaning I still can’t figure out if booking thru bank travel portals count as one of their “authorized” travel agencies for LP earn