Tips for finding impossible awards | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep360 | 5-29-26
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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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
Subscribe and FollowVisit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media.
Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder
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