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The document is from a Travel Hacking Academy event and provides information about earning, redeeming, and optimizing travel rewards. It includes tips on credit card strategies, earning through dining and shopping portals, maximizing elite status benefits, and booking award travel. Breaks are scheduled and attendees are encouraged to ask questions and use the event hashtags to connect with others.
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- 1. Travel Hacking Academy WDS 2014 World Domination Summit 2014 #WDSTravelHacker #WDS2014
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- 3. #WDSTravelHacker #WDS2014 TheTravel Hacker Manifest
- 4. • There arebathrooms & emergency exits! • Need help? Ask a volunteer! • We’ll stop for two breaks ! • There will be questions! That’s great.! • Use our Academy Hashtag & #WDS2014! • Have fun & meet the people around you #WDSTravelHacker
- 5. Strategize! Earn &Optimize! Go Amazing Places The Flight Plan
- 6. take ! ACTION Travel Hacker Action Steps =
- 7. List o’ Links ! wanderingforgood.com/travelhackinglinks
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- 10. Travel Hacker Trivia Hawaiian
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- 13. #WDSTravelHacker Travel Hacker Trivia Qantas
- 14. #WDSTravelHacker Travel Hacker Trivia Qantas Qantas
- 15. #WDSTravelHacker Travel Hacker Trivia Qantas Qantas OneWorld
- 16. Travel Hacker Trivia #WDSTravelHacker
- 17. Travel Hacker Trivia #WDSTravelHacker Ethiopian
- 18. Travel Hacker Trivia #WDSTravelHacker Ethiopian Star Alliance
- 19. What’s your FrequentFlyer IQ?! #WDSTravelHacker
- 20. Fact or Fiction: You have to fly a lot to earn a lot of miles & points
- 21. Fact or Fiction: Travel hacking is all about cheating the airlines and hotels
- 22. Fact or Fiction: You have to get a lot of credit cards to be a successful hacker
- 23. Fact or Fiction: Travel Hacking is only possible if you live in America
- 24. Fact or Fiction: Millions of miles expire every year because they are so difficult to redeem
- 25. Fact or Fiction: Lounge Access is only for the elite
- 26. Fact or Fiction: Traveling on a budget means you’ll always be uncomfortable
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- 31. Starwood! Hilton! Hyatt! Marriott! Carlson! Kimpton! IHG! A-Club Hotel Groups
- 32. Sign up forthree airline mileage programs - one in each Alliance (TIP: Start with United, American and Delta if you aren’t sure) Take Action
- 33. Strategize! Earn &Optimize! Go Amazing Places you are here
- 34. strategies! goal setting! Strategize
- 35. strategy & goals help you prepare for your travel hacking journey #WDSTravelHacker
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- 41. photo: Daz/Swan Man140,000 Miles
- 42. “The only! impossiblejourney ! is the one ! you never begin.” -Anthony Robbins
- 43. Determine your firstor next travel hacking goal and write it down.! ! Put it somewhere you’ll see it every day Take Action
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- 45. Strategize! Earn &Optimize! Go Amazing Places you are here
- 46. the best travelhacking strategy is to optimize your life so everything you eat, drink, buy and do turns to miles. “
- 47. Earn & Optimize Ongoing Deals! Promotions! Purchasing Miles! Credit Cards
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- 55. Register for atleast one ! Dining Miles & Online Shopping Mall program ACTION Take Action
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- 59. Quick Tip Surveysare one of the quickest ways to keep miles from expiring
- 60. Register with a Survey Service that Take Action awards miles Tip: e-rewards, e-miles or Opinion Miles are good places to start - the links are on the resource page Take Action
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- 66. cost # ofmiles = cpm
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- 69. Deal Tracking FlyerTalk & Mile Point Forums! ! BoardingArea Bloggers! ! Hotel and Airline Email lists! ! Travel Hacking Cartel
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- 72. Earn & Optimize Ongoing Deals! Promotions! Purchasing Miles! Credit Cards
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- 74. Earn & Optimize Ongoing Deals! Promotions! Purchasing Miles! Credit Cards
- 75. Travel Hacker Trivia Which airline has an onboard shower in their first class cabin? #WDSTravelHacker
- 76. Travel Hacker Trivia #WDSTravelHacker Emirates Which airline has an onboard shower in their first class cabin?
- 77. Travel Hacker Trivia Which airline is home based at airport code! #WDSTravelHacker DOH
- 78. Travel Hacker Trivia Qatar Airways #WDSTravelHacker
- 79. BIG Credit Cards Bonuses
- 80. Credit Cards Cards& Bonuses! Credit Concerns! Maximizing Miles!
- 82. Apply for CreditCard(s)! Meet Minimum Spend(s) ! Earn Sign Up Bonus(es)! Repeat!
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- 84. Types of TravelsCredit Card Airlines Hotel Flexible Rewards Cash Back! Business!
- 88. Banks with thebiggest travel bonuses The Banks with the Biggest Bonuses Chase! ! AmEx! ! Citibank! ! Barclays! ! US Bank
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- 90. One Card #WDSTravelHacker Getting Started.
- 91. Basic Credit CardStrategy Get Points and Go #WDSTravelHacker
- 92. Koh Samui, Thailand On a basic credit card strategy!
- 94. Advanced Credit CardStrategy Get more cards and go further #WDSTravelHacker
- 95. 75,000 Ultimate Rewards First Class Lufthansa ! ADD-FRA-IAD-TPA
- 96. 90,000 AmEx MembershipRewards SQ Business Class: SFO-HKG-SIN
- 97. 22,000 Ultimate Rewards 1 night at Park Hyatt Tokyo!
- 98. Effect on CreditScore Declined Credit Annual Fees Meeting Minimum Spend Managing Multiple Cards Which cards to keep? Canceling Cards Getting Business Cards Bad for the Banks Too many miles! Credit Concerns
- 99. Meeting the MinimumSpend Maximizing Existing Expenses Coordinating Upcoming Expenses Utilizing Business Expenses Creating or Manufacturing Spend
- 101. ACTION Make afriend and swap Amazon Payments every month. Take Action Get your first credit card. If you already use cards for travel, make your plan to maximize this year.
- 102. FREQUENT TRAVELER’S WARNING: Your credit is an asset. Be responsible so you can travel hack for years to come.
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- 104. Strategize! Earn &Optimize! Go Amazing Places you are here
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- 106. Strategize! Earn &Optimize! Go Amazing Places you are here
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- 109. Elite Status &Lounges! Award Charts! Redemptions! Go Amazing Places
- 110. Elite Status FastTrack
- 111. Lounge access isfor the savvy.
- 112. Cards for Travel Credit cards can get you into lounges
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- 117. A very roughguide to redemptions 25,000 miles = US Domestic Economy! 50,000 miles = US Domestic Business/First! 60,000+ miles = International Economy! 100,000+ miles = International Business! 125,000+ miles = International First
- 119. Award Charts Regionalvs. Distance Awards! ! Carrier vs. Partner Awards
- 120. Get familiar withthe award chart for your favorite airline. Bookmark it.! Take Action
- 121. Simple: Earn onAmerican, Redeem on American! ! Partner: Earn on American, Redeem for partner flight on British Airways! ! Creative: Earn in Starwood, Transfer to American, Redeem for partner flight on British Airways! Redeem Award Travel
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- 123. cost # ofmiles = cpm
- 124. actual ! costof ticket # of miles = cpm redemption
- 125. Cost of Ticket Cost of Mileage Redemption 67,500 American AAdvantage Miles + tax
- 126. ! $16,176 67,500AA miles = .239 cents per mile
- 127. A Luxury Resourcefor Budget Travelers Coming soon from Unconventional Guides! www.chrisguillebeau.com/lux
- 128. You are NOTStandard
- 129. Redeem American FlyInternational
- 130. The Cathay Wing AAdvantage miles to fly Cathay
- 131. Singapore Suites DoubleBed Photo: Singapore Airlines United miles to fly Singapore
- 132. You can’t combine miles in programs
- 133. Search Research CallAgain Award Booking Look Online Call
- 134. Award Booking Tips& Tricks Know the airport codes Know the alternate routings Isolate the problem segment Book far in advance or close-in Call the elite number Put the itinerary on hold Fly to a different city and hop Book two one-way awards Avoid high taxes Book open jaws and stopovers
- 135. Travel Hacker Hot Seat
- 136. Throw Away Tickets! &! Glitch Fares
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- 141. List o’ Links ! wanderingforgood.com/travelhackinglinks