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Airport Lounges Are Overrated, Chase's New Popup, Bilt/Wells Fargo Drama & Japan For Family Travel!

Airport Lounges Are Overrated, Chase's New Popup, Bilt/Wells Fargo Drama & Japan For Family Travel!

From20 Minute Travel


Airport Lounges Are Overrated, Chase's New Popup, Bilt/Wells Fargo Drama & Japan For Family Travel!

From20 Minute Travel

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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Jun 19, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Episode Description: As a reminder you can watch this show as well at: https://www.youtube.com/@20minutetravel This week the Wall Street Journal released an eye opening article about Wells Fargo and their relationship with Bilt. The Bilt Mastercard has become popular with certain groups of people, but it is seemingly costing Wells Fargo millions. Is this a good or a bad thing? In other news you may soon see a popup when applying for a Chase card and this might not be a bad thing. We also discuss more about Shawn's trip to Japan, why Tokyo is amazing for family travel, how airport lounges are simply overrated, a viral Simpsons like video from Six Flags and why dumb cruise hacking could get you banned. Episode Guide: 0:00 Cruise passenger banned for “bottle water hack” 1:28 A new deal for getting Clear better than free 3:40 Are airport lounges overrated? 5:35 How some people plan their travels around the airport lounge experience 6:46 Chase’s new popup is actually good news? 9:21 Hyatt Centric Tokyo - Expensive but best Centric anywhere? 10:49 Hyatt Regency Tokyo Bay - A budget alternative outside Tokyo 11:53 Why Japan might be the best family travel destination for Americans 14:00 Bilt/Wells Fargo drama - Is this partnership in trouble? 15:50 How Wells Fargo is changing their overall credit card strategy 17:35 Chase Freedom 3Q Categories and where to maximize them 19:04 Six Flags Simpsons Monorail parody - Brilliant social media? About the Show: We love to travel and love to laugh! 20 Minute Travel is designed to get you all of the info you need to supercharge your travel by utilizing credit cards, travel rewards and other tricks to pay pennies on the dollar.  Shawn Coomer is the founder of Miles to Memories and has traveled all over the world with his family utilizing miles & points. He has been writing and podcasting about miles, points and travel since 2013 and has earned and spent millions of points & miles across dozens of programs. Mark Ostermann is the former Managing Editor of Miles to Memories and is the Managing Editor at Travel on Points. He has been writing about his travel experiences since 2017 and loves to dive into the weeds so you don't have to. He also enjoys a good beer and a laugh or fifty. Each week tens of thousands of people tune into our MtM Vegas news shows at http://www.YouTube.com/milestomemories. If you like this show check it out! Enjoying the podcast? Please consider leaving us a positive review on your favorite podcast platform! You can also connect with us anytime at 20minutetravel@gmail.com.
Released:
Jun 19, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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The fun side of miles, points and travel! 20 Minute Travel discusses all of the important things you need to know about miles, points and travel. Hosted by Shawn Coomer and Mark Ostermann, 20 Minute Travel covers the latest happenings in the miles & points space while teaching you how to utilize rewards to travel for pennies on the dollar with some laughs mixed in. Mark & Shawn have a combined 18 years of experience covering these topics on Miles to Memories and Travel on Point(s) and are cohosts of the popular MtM Vegas Youtube Show on the Miles to Memories Vegas channel. Give us 20 minutes of your week and we will give you 20+ years of improved travel! Want to see our show along with all of the visuals? Make sure to check it out on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/@20minutetravel