Award Travel 101 Podcast partner and founder of Thrifty Traveler Premium, Jared Kamrowski, joins Joe to discuss how Award Travel fundamentally changed his life and experiences.Get Thrifty Traveler Premium deal/award alerts sent straight to your inbox. Use promo code “AT101” for $10 off your first year. Head to ThriftyTraveler.com for more details and check out their Google Flights guide. Recent finds include:JetBlue Mint to Europe starting at 30KBusiness class to Australia starting at 120K R/TEmirates business class to Athens for 62K (5th Freedom)Singapore business class (longest flight in the world) to Singapore for 88KYou can find these at ThriftyTraveler.com/Premium.Highlight feature: Let's Get Thrifty!Meet Jared. Starting as a broke college student, Jared became a road warrior who learned techniques to improve his travel experiences for less. He and his wife wanted to travel more in their personal lives, so like many of us, he dug more into credit cards and reward programs that helped boost his ability to accomplish many of their goals. Eventually, he started his own site, Thrifty Traveler, sharing some of the tips he'd learned. The blog grew quickly, and he left his job to develop the business further, He hasn't looked back, and has grown the business into a 25 member team who scour the web looking for the best cash and award fares for you. We'll cover:His backgroundHow he was introduced to travel rewards/loyalty programsWhere the space is headed in the next 12 months (Is Award Travel dead?)Highlights from his travelsHis general travel style (Family/Solo travel)StrengthsFavorite airline, hotel, credit card programsJared's Thrifty Tip of the weekSimplify your life and use the tools that are available to you. We discussed several of them in the Award Travel 101 Podcast Episode 19. Some are free and some require an annual or monthly fee. While you don't need to spend as much as Joe does, it could benefit you to find a few that return the most value for your needs.Where To Find the Award Travel 101 Community For questions, you can join us in the free 100,000+ member Award Travel 101 Community. For more intermediate and advanced strategies, join Award Travel 201 community To book time with our team, check out Award Travel 1-on-1. You can also email us at contactawardtravel@gmail.com. Our next meetup is located in San Antonio, TX on April 26–28, 2024, and it's SOLD-OUT. You can get on our wait-list, but to learn more visit Taco 'Bout A Fiesta! Support the AT101 Podcast/Community