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CategoryEpisode 68 – South America travel talk with Dia Adams, the Deal Mommy
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Dia Adams, aka the Deal Mommy, joins us to talk South America, Camp Mom, mom blogs, the new AMEX Hilton card, and more!
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Episode 67 – Spencer Howard talks Asia travel & redemption routes, credit cards, and more!
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We enter a Cortezless world by inviting Spencer Howard, miles aficionado, on to discuss trips to Korea, the Demilitarized Zone, overlooked redemptions, and re..
Episode 66 – Oktoberfest, 2/3/4, and RAT
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Trevor and the Joes talk Oktoberfest, Bank of America’s new “2/3/4” rule (h/t DoC), AMEX’s RAT, and a podcast announcement.
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1:36 – Joe
Episode 65 – Travel, Facebook Groups, and more with Richard Kerr from Award Travel 101
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THE Richard Kerr from Award Travel 101 joins Trevor and Joe Cheung to discuss living in Asia, the beauty of Asian low cost
Episode 64 – New co-branded airline credit cards
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With Joe Cheung pulled into emergency puppy sitting duty, Joe Cortez and Trevor discuss the pros and cons of the new co-branded Delta
Episode 63 – Jetblue Mint, reselling updates, and you!
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Trevor and Joe Cheung get together to recount Trevor’s Jetblue Mint experience, discuss how to deal with kids on planes who can’t control
Episode 62 – Shawn Coomer from Miles to Memories returns
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Shawn Coomer from @milestomemories returns to talk current earning and burning strategies, reselling, miles and points strategies for teenagers, and mor..
Episode 61 – Favorite and recommended credit cards
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The gang’s all here as we reset the table and talk about our favorite credit cards in a variety of categories, including best
Episode 60 – Ed from Pizza in Motion
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The Joes take most of the episode off, so Trevor interviews Ed Pizzarello from Pizza in Motion, the Freddies, and a litany of
Episode 59 – Skytrax World Airline Awards and You
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With Joe Cheung off celebrating his anniversary, the inmates were once again given the keys to the asylum. Unfortunately, they left Joe Cortez
Episode 58 – Discussing hosted media previews and bias with Leslie Harvey
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Trevor AND Joe Cortez (yay!) are off gallavanting, so I called up Leslie Harvey from Trips with Tykes to discuss hosted media previews
Episode 57 – A New Game Appears!
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We borrow a game from one of Joe Cheung’s favorite podcasts. What would we get rid of, keep, or ask for more of in
Observation Deck: Frustrating Customers or Frustrating Customer Service?
It seems like every week we see some new concerning experience reported through social media, whether its a passenger being dragged off a plane, or being removed because someone ..
Episode 56 – FIRE and Travel Hacking
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Ever wonder what FIRE stands for? Or consider how travel hacking may (or may NOT) be contributing to your overall wealth and financial
Episode 55 – Dealing with frustrating customer service
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Trevor and the Joes tackle our brave new world of social media, where every negative interaction on an airplane or otherwise gets filmed.
Episode 54 – Hong Kong, Freddies, AMEX Platinum
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Joe Cheung returns from Hong Kong to regale the boys with tales of…Hong Kong. Joe Cortez and Trevor share their biggest takeaways from
Episode 53 – Taxes for Hobbyists and Resellers with Matt Hague
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Matt, the newly minted tax expert, is back to talk tax implications of reselling, MS, small businesses, and more. He’s got some great
Episode 52 – No electronics for you
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With Joe Cheung on the DL, Joe Cortez and Trevor talk extensively about the electronics ban. Are we really safer? Why is Turkish
Episode 51 – Premium annual fee cards and wasted annual fees
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We get together to discuss and debate which of the premium cards (Platinum, Prestige, Preferred) most justifies its hefty annual fee. Then it’s
AMEX Centurion Lounge Changes, Qatar QSuite, 50th Podcast, Emirates-Etihad Merger?
The Weekly Travel News Roundup is a collection of headlines from around the internet that caught the attention of the Tagging Miles team. Content on these blogs do not necessarily
Episode 50 – Singapore, AMEX, and cheap Europe fares
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We celebrate 50 episodes chatting about Singapore devaluation, AMEX platinum “enhancements”, what to do with all these cheap Europe fares, and reflection on
Episode 49 – Family travel fails and more with Shawn Coomer
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Shawn Coomer from Miles to Memories is back and we’re talking family travel fails & conflicts, various trips we’ve been on, how your
Episode 48 – Hilton Honors and the place of politics
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Thanks to the Hilton Honors news, we discuss whether eliminating award charts is really all that bad. Then we discuss whether politics has