Welcome back to Miles Away. I am your host Zach Honeg. As you know by now, Miles

Away is all about the destination and how to get you there. For this episode

we're doing something a little bit different though.

As your trustee host I'm letting someone else take the reins for a bit while I fly overseas for a special

TPG project. I'm passing the mic over to our very own TPG backpacker Brian Biroz for a miles away takeover.

We ask for your burning questions related to solo travel, backpacking, and general points

and miles information and Brian's going to answer them on this episode. So safe travels everyone and I'll see you next time.

Thank you, Zach, and hello to all of our miles away listeners. I'm Brian Birose, TPGs,

points and milespacker.

And as the Points and Miles Backpacker, I have a weekly column where I talk about all things budget travel

related, strategies for extending points, miles, dollars for as long as possible.

Backpacking tips, everything related to backpacking and budget travel.

Like Zek said, miles away is all about destinations and exploring must-see spots. But on this episode I'm going to

be answering your questions about budget traveling, packing right, how I use my points.

I'll be talking about how to travel to these destinations and exploring these must-see spots.

Let's hear our first question, Lauren from Alabama.

Hey Brian, this is Lauren from Alabama.

I'm curious, what's your strategy for getting through long-haul flights in

economy thank you thank you Lauren and yes of course the dreaded long-haul flight in

economy I know here TPG we cover a lot of premium travel and it

looks lovely but I personally don't do premium travel. I've never had the pleasure of comparing

DOMT to Krueg at 35,000 feet. I've actually never compared

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