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Episode 18: Is Award Travel Actually Getting ... Easier?

It’s the news every points and miles aficionado has been waiting for: After years of pain, award travel is, in fact, getting easier. Alongside an undeniable trend in red-hot cheap airfare, outstanding deals keep popping up to redeem your points - whether you’re on the hunt for a discounted economy deal or a notoriously hard-to-book lie-flat award ticket. So Gunnar and Kyle dig into what’s driving this lovely new trend and, most importantly, the dozen or so deals that have us thinking that award travel has finally turned a corner. We’re calling it (working title) “Hot Flight Summer.” Come for Hot Flight Summer, stay for Gunnar’s hot fireworks take, a revelation about Kyle’s reality TV viewing habits, and why Virgin Atlantic really ticked us off this week. 00:00 - Introducing … “Hot Flight Summer” 03:16 - Something Hot: Airfare prices continue to drop (think sub-$300 roundtrip flights to Europe!) https://thriftytraveler.com/deals/air... 08:45 - Something Cold: Virgin doubled taxes and fees on biz class awards https://thriftytraveler.com/news/poin... 13:50 - A word from our sponsor (us, and our Thrifty Traveler Premium service that’s finding more deals than ever!) 15:43 - The Extra Mile: Hot Flight Summer, or why we think award travel is (finally) getting easier 21:00 - The rise of the elusive “Unicorn Alert” (even if Emirates hates us) https://thriftytraveler.com/deals/fli... 24:30 - Business class award deals to Australia and across the Pacific are back! https://thriftytraveler.com/deals/fli... 29:15 - Gunnar gushes about the Cathay’s The Pier First Class Lounge https://thriftytraveler.com/reviews/a... 34:45 - Booking partner awards – including the rare Delta One redemptions 36:00 - And don’t forget about economy flights, too! 40:15 - The exceptions: Star Alliance, Iberia’s biz class devaluation, and Amex transfers to Emirates https://thriftytraveler.com/news/poin... 43:15 - Listener Questions: How to fly to Australia/New Zealand using points and miles, in biz class or economy 48:45 - On the Spot: A listener checks in from Kyle’s favorite hotel in the world while Kyle taps into his Love Island fandom to couple up with – and dump from the island – two recent deals Produced by Gunnar Olson & Jackson Newman Edited by David Strutt Show music: “All That” by Benjamin Tissot Support the show by leaving us a rating and a review wherever you get your podcasts! Have a question you want answered on-air or an idea for the show? Let us know at podcast@thriftytraveler.com Get 20% off your first year of cheap flights and points and miles deals with Thrifty Traveler Premium - use promo code TTPOD to save even more! https://thriftytraveler.com/premium/ 💳 Maximize your points & miles! Join Thrifty Traveler’s free Extra Mile newsletter for award travel news, credit card offers, and expert tips—delivered weekly. 👉 https://thriftytraveler.com/newslette... See what we’re all about at https://thriftytraveler.com