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When points wag the dog | Coffee Break Ep11 | 5-21-24

Frequent Miler on the Air

Frequent Miler

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Leisure, Aviation

4.9640 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Sometimes points and miles wag the points-collector dog... which is to say, sometimes the hobby changes your travel behavior. In episode 11 of Coffee Break, we'll talk about how.

(01:40) - Rent day date nights (Greg)

(03:32) - Going to baseball games / event tickets (Nick)

(06:54) - Helicopter into NY (Greg)

(09:15) - Vacationing where the award space is (Nick)

(13:37) - "Forced" to travel due to expiring free nights (Greg)

Read about the Kimpton Seafire here: https://frequentmiler.com/kimpton-seafire-grand-cayman-bottom-line-review/

Read about the Ritz Carlton Dove Mountain Tucson here: https://frequentmiler.com/ritz-carlton-dove-mountain-tucson-bottom-line-review/

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0:00.0

This is a Voyescape podcast.

0:04.0

You can find all of our travel podcasts from around the world at voyescape.com.

0:08.0

Here we go.

0:16.4

This is not your typical frequent mile on the air episode. This is a standalone segment we're calling

0:22.9

coffee break. Each coffee break segment will cover a single topic related to miles and points.

0:29.4

And each coffee break is limited to 20 minutes or your money back. Enjoy. Today's coffee break, when points wag the dog.

0:40.8

We're going to talk today about how we often change our behavior because of the

0:45.7

points and miles hobby. And I think it often leads to good results.

0:50.5

So we've got some examples to talk about where because we have points and miles and other

0:57.1

stuff related to that, we actually like do things very different than we would normally do.

1:04.1

And I'm not just talking about how we collect points.

1:06.4

This is about how we use them more.

1:08.7

Yeah.

1:09.4

And not only different than how we would normally do, but different than I think the average

1:12.8

person, or at least the average person who's not collecting any miles and points, right?

1:16.5

I mean, if you know people that aren't into this hobby, they, I would almost guarantee

1:21.0

don't look at things quite the same way or we do things differently than they do for better

1:26.0

or worse, but we'll talk about the ways that the hobby kind of forces us into behaving differently. But before we do, don't forget, you can always find information in the show notes if you're looking for more information about what we're talking about. And you can subscribe to our email list at frequent myler.com. Subscribe. Don't forget to like this video or podcast wherever you're listening. We appreciate that.

1:45.2

But all right, let's talk about some of these things, Greg, that the way that the hobby wags you.

1:50.7

Yeah. So the most recent thing for me is I put on my calendar with my wife date night on the first of

1:58.8

every month where we're going out to a nice restaurant in the first

2:02.4

of every month. Now, we go out to nice restaurants quite a bit, but I figure there's no reason

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