165. Pack Your Bags for Austin: The 2027 Points Conference You've Been Waiting For
Point Me To First Class
Devon Gimbel MD
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
If you've ever wished you could talk about points and miles with people who are just as enthusiastic about it as you are—without worrying about annoying anyone—this episode is for you.
Dr. Andrea Mabry and I are officially announcing the 2027 Point Me to First Class Conference, taking place in Austin, Texas from April 29th through May 2nd at the Hyatt Regency Austin. After the incredible response to our first conference in Chicago, we knew we wanted to do this again—and this time, we're giving you a full year to plan ahead.
Listen in as Andrea and I discuss why we're hosting another live in-person event, what makes this format so valuable compared to learning online, and all the details you need to know about the conference. We share details from the speaker lineup and our session format to room rates, CME accreditation for medical providers, and how to register. Whether you've been to points conferences before or you're considering attending your first one, this episode walks through what to expect and who this conference is designed for.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Point Me to First Class, the only show for employed professionals, entrepreneurs, and business owners who are looking to optimize their higher than average expenses to travel the world. |
| 0:10.7 | I'm your host, Devin Gimble, and I believe that your expenses are your greatest untapped asset, if you know how to leverage them. |
| 0:17.8 | Ready to dive into the world of credit card points and miles so you can travel |
| 0:20.9 | more, travel better, and travel often. Let's get started. |
| 0:29.5 | Hey, everybody. Welcome back to the podcast. Today, I am joined by my good friend, points expert, |
| 0:37.4 | my personal points partner in crime, Dr. Andrea Mabry. |
| 0:41.7 | And we have a really important announcement that we cannot wait to share with you all that we have been working on for months now. |
| 0:51.1 | And it is finally, thankfully, time to announce it to everybody. So, Andrea, I'm |
| 0:56.3 | going to let you do the honors. Please share it with everybody. What is it that we've been working on |
| 1:00.9 | behind the scenes and we cannot wait to tell everybody about. Oh my gosh. Thank you for giving me |
| 1:06.8 | the honor of making the official announcement. I feel like trumpet should play right now. |
| 1:13.1 | Okay. |
| 1:14.1 | Point me to first class conference 2027 is officially happening in Austin, Texas. |
| 1:21.3 | And I am so excited to get together with people in real life, have conversations, and really just nerd out about |
| 1:31.0 | points and miles for an entire weekend. |
| 1:34.4 | That is right. |
| 1:35.6 | So, Andrea and I held our very first points and award travel conference all the way back |
| 1:41.0 | towards the end of, was it 2024? |
| 1:43.7 | It was. That actually seems crazy to me that |
| 1:46.2 | it was that long ago. It was in September of 2024. We had it in Chicago. It was phenomenal. |
| 1:53.0 | I promptly swore to never, ever, ever hold a conference again at the end of it, despite the fact that |
| 1:58.2 | it was fantastic, just because it was a lot of work. |
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