#166: Award search pros Greg Davis-Kean and Chris share insider tips to save hundreds (or thousands) of dollars when utilizing points and miles to book flights. They showcase practical use cases to help evaluate the pros and cons of the best award flight tools out there, both free and paid versions. They also discuss the best tools for flight trip monitoring and seat alerts.
Greg Davis-Kean) is the founder of Frequent Miler, a blog dedicated to helping people maximize their travel rewards and loyalty programs, mostly without flying. He is also the host of the Frequent Miler on the Air podcast.
Link to Full Show Notes: https://allthehacks.com/greg-frequent-miler-flight-award-tools)
Partner Deals
Superhuman: Free month of the fastest and best email with code ALLTHEHACKS)
Bilt Rewards: Earn the most valuable points when you pay rent)
NetSuite: Get a one-of-a-kind flexible financing program)
Gelt: Skip the waitlist on personalized tax guidance to maximize your wealth)
DeleteMe: 20% off removing you and your family's personal info from the web)
For all the deals, discounts and promo codes from our partners, go to: allthehacks.com/deals)
Resources Mentioned
Greg Davis-Kean: Frequent Miler) | Frequent Miler on the Air) | Twitter)
Flight Award Search Tools
AwardTool) ($20 off annual plans) with code ALLTHEHACKS)
-
point.me) (20% off annual plans) with code ALLTHEHACKS20)
Points Path) Chrome Extension
ExpertFlyer) (Free Seat Alerts)
Other Travel Tools
-
FlightConnections) (Find direct flights)
Frequent Miler Blog Post: Which award search tool is best?)
Award Search Tools Comparison Spreadsheet)
All the Hacks Episode #167: Best Tools for Booking Hotels with Points & Miles with Greg the Frequent Miler)
Full Show Notes
(00:00) Introduction
(02:30) Overall Episode Topic Breakdown
(06:41) Important Info to Know Before Using Award Flight Search Tools
(09:27) Essential Award Flight Search Tool Features
(12:34) Why You Should Always Set Flight Alerts
(14:59) The Best Award Search Tools (April 2024)
(20:43) How to Find Which Airlines Fly Direct
(22:45) Paid Features on PointsYeah & AwardTool
(23:33) Review of point.me)
(32:48) The Impact of Award Flight Search Tools
(39:11) Roame Travel
(40:09) Flight Discovery for the Best Deals
(44:39) Seats.Areo Review
(53:46) How to get Free Access to point.me)
(55:29) More Flight Tools
(59:23) ExpertFlyer for Seat Alerts
(1:00:34) Tools for Trip Monitoring
Connect with All the Hacks
All the Hacks: Newsletter) | Website) | Membership) | Email)
Chris Hutchins: Twitter) | Instagram) | Website) | LinkedIn)
Editor’s Note: The content on this page is accurate as of the posting date; however, some of our partner offers may have expired. Opinions expressed here are the author's alone, not those of any bank, credit card issuer, hotel, airline, or other entity. This content has not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any of the entities included within the post.
