Why does everything cost more at airports?
Million Bazillion
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🗓️ 30 September 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
You had lots of travel related money questions! So, Bridget and Ryan are on a money mission. While racing through the airport on their way to the San Fran Fin Lit Pod Con, they get to the bottom of why stuff costs more at airports than at regular stores, how currency exchange works and where our money actually comes from. How does it travel from the U.S. Mint to our wallets? Cue the spy music!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, bazillionaires. Today's mailbag episode is brought to you in partnership with Greenlight, |
| 0:07.3 | the debit card and money app for kids and teens. Today, Ryan and Bridget are tackling some |
| 0:13.0 | great listener questions about how the economy works when we travel. With Greenlight, kids learn |
| 0:19.2 | real-world spending habits and lessons, like why some places |
| 0:22.6 | cost more and how budgeting helps keep spending on track no matter where you are. Help your kids |
| 0:29.1 | become smarter spenders with Greenlight. Get started at Greenlight.com slash Million. |
| 0:46.4 | Welcome to Los Angeles International Airport. |
| 0:47.9 | Good luck with your trip today. |
| 0:50.5 | At this airport, you're going to need it. |
| 0:58.8 | See, we're here exactly five hours before the flight. Perfect timing. It's so early. The coffee cart isn't even open yet. Why do we need to be here five hours early? Ryan, we don't want to miss |
| 1:04.3 | our flight to the San Fran Finlit Podcon the year's biggest financial literacy conference. Early |
| 1:09.5 | bird to the conference gets a swag bag. Maybe we'll get one of those tiny gold mic pins. I should have brought a pillow and a sleeping bag. And the best part is we're answering money questions along the way. Come on, let's make sure we got everything before we go through security. Did you get that checklist I sent you? Yeah. Okay, first things first. Let's make sure you pack the essentials, right? |
| 1:28.0 | Define essentials. |
| 1:29.9 | Microphone. |
| 1:31.5 | Check. |
| 1:32.1 | Audio recorder. |
| 1:33.9 | Check. |
| 1:34.6 | Headphones. |
| 1:35.3 | Borrowing yours. |
| 1:36.3 | Ryan. |
| 1:36.8 | I'm kidding. |
| 1:37.9 | They're in here somewhere. |
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