The folks at Frequent Miler had a contest to go as far as they could with 40,000 points and $400. Nick got Citi TY points, Stephen got Amex MR points, and Greg got Chase UR points.

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Nick of Frequent Miler on #40kFarAway

Katie & JT Genter live out of hotels and travel the world (300,000 flown miles a year) while collecting and using miles & points, all while writing for The Points Guy.

Traveling Full-Time on Miles & Points w/ Katie & JT Genter

Discuss the comments of Drew being called a sell-out on his post about going to TPG/RV. And David has a series of epic failures with his last minute trip to Japan.

Drew's A "Sell-Out"? & Dave Can't Even Japan!

Carrie joins Drew and Dave to discuss everything from the early days of full-time travel to technical problems with booking miles tickets with ANA and United.

Ep 10: United Stopovers, ANA Miles, Hotwire Trick, and more!

Drew pitches Dave to invest in his crazy idea to get huge travel discounts. First discussing corporate codes, and buying employee discounts.

Getting Travel Discounts (Corporate, Employee, Travel Agent discounts)

What are the best travel rewards credit cards? What do travel & miles/points experts use and apply for? Why? What are the rules on what cards you can get?Stefan (of Rapid Travel Chai) joins Dave and Drew (of travelisfree.com) for Episode 8 of the Travel Is Free podcast.

Best Travel Rewards Cards & Rules

Julian Kheel, the artist formerly known as "The Devil's Advocate", joins the podcast.Greg, the artist still know as "The Frequent Miler", also joins, which is extra interesting because The Devil's Advocate wrote "Bet You Didn't Know" on Frequent Miler until he quit to take an offer at TPG... which we discuss.Mostly I facilitate a debate between Julian's mileage running and Greg MSing $500,000 a year for Delta Status (for him and his wife).Song credit: "Human" by Sean Heathcliff

Ep 7: The Devil's Advocate Unmasked and Podcasted... and Mileage Running.

Nick Reyes starts out arguing that American Express Membership Rewards are better than the holy Chase UR points. In fact, the entire episode is about Amex MR transfer partners, mostly because we were excited about Avianca LifeMiles loop holes.Find our guests Nick and Greg at thefrequentmiler.com

Why Amex MR is Best & Partner Loop Holes /w Nick of FrequentMiler

Dave and Drew have Greg, from TheFrequentMiler.com to discuss MS (ebates), blogging, and frequent flyer miles.

Ep 5: Greg, The Frequent Miler

Gary Leff is the guest of the Travel is Free Podcast episode 4. Gary is the godfather of miles and points blogging, and has become one of the most knowledgable people in all the miles and points world.

Ep 4: Gary Leff of ViewFromTheWing

Stefan joins Drew & Dave to talk about becoming an expert in miles and points. Whether it's testing the terms and conditions or networking, everyone is looking for "their own little honeypot".

Stefan Krasowski Pt 2: Getting To "Expert" in Miles & Points

Stefan Krasowski of RapidTravelChai joins Dave and Drew on the Travel Is Free Podcast. Split in 2 episodes, Part 1 discusses Stefan's travel goal to visit every country on earth,  how he only has 1 left, and the adventures along the way.

Stefan Krasowski Pt 1: Visiting Every Country On Earth

This week Drew (of travelisfree.com) and Dave interview Spencer Howard who has a newsletter sending on "award alerts" when he finds groups of business and first class availability for groups. It can be hard finding long haul business and first class flights for your favorite frequent flyer programs, and he sends out the best of deals. 

Ep 2: Spencer Howard on Award Availability

Drew and Dave host the Travel Is Free Podcast and discuss how they've seen the world of frequent flyer miles change over the years and reminisce about the best deals they've had.

Ep 1: How The Game Has Changed

Drew (of travelisfree.com) and Dave host the Travel Is Free podcast, where the goal is to have great conversations about travel, travel hacking, deals, frequent flyer miles, and interview experts on all of the above.

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