The Upgrd Podcast
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Upgrd 90: End of Year Mileage Planning
By Upgrd Podcast - Upgrd Podcast In this frequent flyer podcast we discuss Matthew's secret connecting city, some special offers, and then answer listeners questions. Topics include: Sale on Delta Club Passes and United Club Passes Hilton's reward bookin
Upgrd 89: Method to the Madness
By Upgrd Podcast - Upgrd Podcast In this week's frequent flyer podcast, we are joined by Nicholas Kralev to discuss his new book Decoding Air Travel. We discuss how you can construct your own airfare by looking at the airline tariffs and inventory bucket
Upgrd 88: Credit Card Churning
By Upgrd Podcast - Upgrd Podcast In this week's frequent flyer podcast we are joined by Rick, frugal travel guy, to discuss churning credit cards for the most frequent flyer and hotel points. Listen as we discuss: How you can apply for up multiple credit
Upgrd 87: Social Flights
By Upgrd Podcast - Upgrd Podcast In this week's frequent flyer podcast we are joined by Allen of Corporate Flight Management to discuss their new program socialflights.com. On social flights, individuals can group together to secure a corporate jet to fl
Upgrd 86: Springtime Travel
By Upgrd Podcast - Upgrd Podcast In this episode of our frequent flyer podcast we welcome Seth from The Wandering Aramean blog to discuss: A recap of the Frequent Traveler Awards and Luncheon Lufthansa A380 SFO inaugural Starwood SPG new promo AAdavantag
Upgrd 85: Our Travels
By Upgrd Podcast - Upgrd Podcast In this episode of our frequent flyer podcast we discuss some recent trips and airline news including: Captain Denny flight with a number of travelers from Flyertalk Behind the scenes tour at SFO before the flight Th
Upgrd 84: So Much News
In this week's frequent flyer travel podcast we catch up on the current mileage redemption, elite status, and airline industry news. We discuss: Free Star Alliance Silver Status (offer now dead) - what did that get you? Matthew's newest mileage run Delta
Upgrd 83: Getting Bumped
In this week's month's quarterly podcast we discuss taking a bump on oversold flights and the compensation involved. We discuss: Air New Zealand SkyCouch US Airways Bump Compensation woes Getting your name on the list to volunteer for bumps Typical
Upgrd 82: Airline Predictions 2011
Following on from our review of last year's predictions, we are back to discuss out frequent flyer predictions for 2011. Unfortunately due to some breaking news during recording, the episode is cut a bit short. <shakes fist towards LH> We try to di
Upgrd 81: Not so Psychic
In this week's frequent flyer podcast we take a look back at our predictions this time last year including The United Airlines unlimited domestic upgrade program (UDU) The merger of United and Continental Airlines and more... What predictions do you have