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Catching up on the Saverocity Observation Deck

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For some reason, 2018 has been super busy for me. But, even with that, I’m still able to catch up with Joe of As The Joe Flies and chat travel every couple of weeks on the Saverocity Observation Deck. We’ve had some really great episodes covering a true smorgasbord of topics with a bunch of awesome guests over the last few months. I figured as we’re getting to mid-year, that it’d be good to take a moment and highlight some of the podcasts we’ve done.

Catching up with the Saverocity Observation Deck – The Elite Status Conundrum

We caught up with Sam of Milenomics, who’s made an incredible resurgence over the past few months with the help of Robert Dywer. 

As long time readers would know, I’ve long been on the Elite Status Hamster Wheel. Well, this was a great conversation that is starting to sway me just a bit, it was so much fun that we ended up doing a second. Part one was primarily focused upon airline status:


Part two, I think was a bit more of a challenging decision on hotel status:

Catching up with the Saverocity Observation Deck – On Hyatt Globalist Status

Continuing on the discussion of Elite Status, we linked up with Freequent (best pronounced Freeeeeeee) Flyer (FQF) to talk Hyatt Globalist Status and Best Practices Earning Ultimate Rewards.

Catching up with the Saverocity Observation Deck – Focus on Travel, not Points

We had the chance to chat with Becky Pokora on Mexico, and also on her rather unique approach to travel. I say unique because “SightDoing” is a unique approach and I think its absolutely awesome. In full disclosure, I try to push myself on travel, but I’m nowhere near Becky’s level just yet.

We also had the chance to chat with Cynthia Drescher where we talked about cruising, and started our Destination Focus, including festivals in Germany, and Vivid Sydney (which ironically I’ll be experiencing in just a few short days!!)

Catching up with the Saverocity Observation Deck – Hawaii with not one, but 2 special guests!

Now this may be biased, but, we had a really fun podcast on Hawai’i with Tim Brooks, where I surrendered my seat to a woman who was far more seasoned with Hawaii travel than I am, in fact, this wahine spent part of her childhood in Hawai’i; Rose (my wife) was awesome to step in and share tips for Hawai’i travel that I wouldn’t even have guessed. Really appreciative of Rose to step in and prevent me from stumbling through based on my memories of L & L’s Drive in or Tex’s Malasadas.

Wrapping Up

I hope you’ll enjoy some of these excellent podcasts.

You can find all Saverocity Observation Deck podcast episodes on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play! If you enjoy the podcast, it would be awesome if you left us a review and subscribed!

What is your favorite Saverocity Observation Deck Podcast episode?

 

 

 

 

Observation Deck: A Chat with Pizza in Motion

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Episode 60 of the Saverocity Observation Deck was a fun one for me, I had the chance to chat with Ed Pizzarello who writes Pizza in Motion. I hope you’ll enjoy this week’s observation deck podcast: a Chat with Pizza in Motion.

Joe provided some updates and some tips from his Chicago trip in the intro, then it was to Ed and I.

We covered a number of topics:

I shared some background on why I wanted to have the chance to sit down with Ed, other than fact that we’ve talked about doing this for a while. Referencing the Go Around Principle that I wrote a few weeks ago about one of the interviews from Tim Feriss’ Tools of Titans.

Ed travels a lot for business, so he’s legitimately a target for many of the airlines’ frequent flyer change like American’s Devaluation. Ed shared the evolution of his airline loyalty in light of these changes. Like many of us, he’d go out of his way with a connection in order to fly American Airlines, but not nearly as often, as his recent Airline Elite Status: Mid-Year Check indicates.

There’s also a tidbit on hidden city ticketing.

We talked about Ed’s experience with frequent traveler communities such as his time as a moderator for FlyerTalk‘s Omni forum and his involvement with the founding of Milepoint which became Inside Flyer. We also talked about how Ed got involved with the Freddie Awards, and really highlighted what the Freddie awards mean. 

We finished off the chat talking about Ed’s first trip to Australia, where he ranked the Bridge Climb as a bucket list item. As one who is ironically afraid of heights, this is one item that probably won’t make my bucket list!

Enjoy!

Saverocity Observation Deck: A New Game

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This podcast, the Saverocity Observation Deck team borrows the game “Get rid of it, Keep it, or more of it.”

We cover three core topics:

  • Travel Credit Card Benefits
  • Transferable Point Currency Partners
  • Airport Security Policies

There’s also a couple of fun tidbits here as well. For example, Joe Cortez shares his immense appreciation of Delta Air Lines. There’s also a short anecdote from a connection I made through London’s Heathrow Airport. 

As always, we sincerely appreciate any comments you want to share, either on the Observation Deck post, here, or via twitter to Joe Cheung, Joe Cortez, or myself. Finally, if you enjoyed this podcast, please take a moment to leave us a review on iTunes.

Saverocity Observation Deck – Talking TSA

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Late last week, the Joes and I recorded an episode of the Saverocity Observation Deck Podcast, Talking TSA.

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Its a fun episode. We covered TSA, some of its history, discussed the long lines, some possible options (as I’ve shared before). We also shared strategies for getting through faster – with an Up in the Air quote here and there!

As an added bonus, we talked a little about American Airlines’ AAdvantage Program changes.

Its certainly worth a listen as you prepare for your Independence Day holiday (in the US).

You can also check out all 33 of the Saverocity Observation Deck Podcasts via iTunes.

 

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