Welcome to 2014, where lots of rules are changing and so are our travel patterns. Somewhat. Sorry we missed a couple weeks there over the holidays but we're back with a whole bunch of stuff to talk about. In this week's episode we're looking at our plans

Welcome to 2014, where lots of rules are changing and so are our travel patterns. Somewhat. Sorry we missed a couple weeks there over the holidays but we’re back with a whole bunch of stuff to talk about. In this week’s episode we’re lo

Welcome to the holiday episode of the PointsHoarder Podcast, so named mostly because we decided to mock the operational challenges American Airlines faced this past week with a bit of a jingle. You can enjoy that in the opening few seconds of the show. Be

Not really any miracles to speak of in the episode, but – like many things I write – it seemed like a good idea at the time. We’re coming to you a day early this week so when you’re stuck in an airport trying to get away for the holiday th

Is the sky falling? Are we reaching the end of a fantastic run? Or is this just a minor adjustment in the world of points & miles? That’s the main topic of this week’s PointsHoarder podcast as we discuss multiple devaluations which were an

Some of our listeners have asked for out-takes and other behind-the-scenes bits from our shows. My response has generally been that we don’t have any because I don’t really edit anything out of the recording so what you’re hearing is wha

We are on time this week but Seth is missing in Doha or maybe it's Dubai today. A bunch of topics are covered in episode 38, including: Delta's Stellar Earnings ($1.37 Billion) Double SkyMiles for Flights out of Seattle. As part of Delta's growth out of S

Sorry we're a little late to publish this time around; I blame the Hilton Garden Inn – Chelsea and their crappy internet connection for making the editing more work than usual. And now that I've gotten that out of the way, on to the details behind Episo

The past two weeks have seen a ton of news in the airline and frequent flyer space, so much that even after we cut out a bunch of stuff we wanted to talk about we still managed to ramble on longer than ever before. Sorry about that. This week's episode is

Welcome to lifetime status on British Airways. That is, if you can swing it. The lead story in this week's edition is the announcement by BA's Executive Club program that they are now offering both Gold and Gold Guest status lifetime qualification levels.