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Amex Gold Overhaul, Premium Hotel Programs & Luxury Travel Advisors with Jason Lawenda
FromMiles to Memories - Conversations About Miles, Points & Travel
Amex Gold Overhaul, Premium Hotel Programs & Luxury Travel Advisors with Jason Lawenda
FromMiles to Memories - Conversations About Miles, Points & Travel
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Length:
42 minutes
Released:
Oct 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Episode Description On this episode Shawn is joined by Jason Lawenda of Mobius Journeys to discuss the hobby and luxury travel. Jason is a luxury travel adviser who has built a business helping others in the miles & points hobby book travel. We discuss whether becoming a travel agent is the "ultimate travel hack", why you might want to look at premium hotel programs like Impresario and Prive plus how American Express changed the Gold cards and what that means for the future of other cards. Episode Notes 0:00 How the miles & points hobby has changed 08:21 Amex Gold card changes - New family rule coming to every card? 13:58 Business Gold revamp and 150K targeted offers 16:13 Luxury travel advisers and the miles & points hobby 23:29 Diving into luxury hotel programs (Prive, Impresario, etc.) 28:14 The Ultimate Travel Hack? 32:42 Jason’s current points earning strategies Enjoying the podcast? Please consider leaving us a positive review on your favorite podcast platform! You can also connect with us anytime at podcast@milestomemories.com. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Sticher, Spotify, TuneIn, Pocket Casts, or via RSS. Don't see your favorite podcast platform? Please let us know! Music: Rewind by Jay Someday | https://soundcloud.com/jaysomeday Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
Released:
Oct 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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