Frequent Traveler University: December 5-7, Hyatt Regency Crystal City
The next Frequent Traveler University, in partnership with USA Today, promises to be the biggest gathering of frequent flyers ever — topping even last April’s sold out event in Northern Virginia.
The event will be held at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City minutes from Washington’s National airport.
It’s a fantastic venue to support us all, and Hyatt has made available (2) $250 Hyatt gift cards for me to give away here. Gift cards that could be used on your stay during Frequent Traveler University!
All you need to do to be eligible to win is leave a comment on this post. You may answer one of two questions,
- What would you most want to learn at a gathering of frequent flyers? Or..
- What is the most important thing for a conference host hotel to know, or to do?
Since there are two gift cards, and two questions, you may enter up to two times.
Just leave a comment or two comments and I will draw the winning comments at random from those left by October 14 at Noon Eastern. (Void where prohibited by law. All of my decisions are final and unappealable, I want to make giveaways as easy as possible and with the fewest headaches possible.)
And I hope to see you at the upcoming Frequent Traveler University!
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What is the most important thing for a conference host hotel to do? Please provide free wifi
I would want to learn how to best use miles to secure international upgrades on United or Star Alliance
I’d like to learn about trends in Credit Card Rewards. And even hear from people from the credit card companies.
I would want to learn more about new manufactured spending techniques
The most important thing for a conference host hotel to do is honor loyalty program benefits even when part of a group booking.
Free and fast wifi
I’d like the host hotel to know that quick check-in is very important.
Free wifi. Definitely free wifi.
I would want to learn how to maximize the use of my miles in award travel.
I’d like the host hotel to know that free breakfast is a great way to start the day!
I would like to learn more about using existing miles/points for flights and nights from a non-elite (or low tier elite) viewpoint, especially for family travel.
I wanna got to Bora Bora for “free.”
I want to learn about finding and booking complex international flights, such as stopovers, open jaws, etc.
how to maximize stopovers when doing multi city award bookings
I’d like to learn more about finding award availability.
I could make great use of the gift card.
must have an awesome free breakfast buffet with omlette station that does egg whites!
It’s important for the hotel to have free internet
What is the most important thing for a conference host hotel to know, or to do? I would say free bottled water and wi-fi.
I’d wanna learn how people go about finding new deals!
I am looking forward to learning about different manufactured spending opportunities
The most important thing a hotel or host can do is provide free wifi during the meeting.
hello Gary!
Conf. Hotel needs to balance needs of all guests. Extra staffing is key.
What would you most want to learn at a gathering of frequent flyers? New ways to earn elite status- hotels and airlines.
A host hotel should make sure that the meeting rooms are plenty cool and not stuffy. A cooler room keeps everyone more alert!
I would most want to know about which currencies I should look to bank miles and which I should be using to redeem awards.
I would like to learn more about award booking
Manufactured spending
Hyatt rocks!
What is the most important thing for a conference host hotel to know, or to do? free bottled water and wi-fi.
Hotels should offer free wifi!!!
I’d love to know if there’s a standard recommendation (& methodology) on how to evaluate redemption options within travel categories – air, hotel, rental cars. I’m often hesitant to use miles/points because I don’t know what my miles/points are really potentially worth.
What I would most like to learn would be ways to become more efficient with my time in both earning and especially using my miles. Things like best search tools and ways to automate. Finding resources where I could learn how award availability was in the past and where it might be in the near future would save me tons of time.
Learning about the various ways to manufacture spend would be very beneficial.
How to be alerted of united awards since no expertflyer
I would want to hear case reports of ff account flags/review/etc. vague references are fine for beginners, but if i’m paying for a conference, i want to see some firm numbers. Use your networking resources.
I would like to learn how to book complex awards and other little known tricks.
Put it simply – Hyatt rocks!!
I hope to learn even more techniques to manufactured spending.
Host hotels should always have clean rest rooms- prepped b4 breaks.
I would like to learn the ins and outs of award travel booking.
Host hotels should know that those who attend the meeting are those who are likely to be particular about travel. Great if they are impressed and can spread the word. Not so great if they are not taken care of.
Things keep changing- it’s hard to keep up! This would help!
A conference host has to have easily-accessed and good quality wifi. It may seem like a simple request, but I’ve been disappointed at many conferences.
Reliable and decent Wifi is a must.
I’d love to learn more about stopovers and open jaws on one-way award tickets.
I would like to learn about maximizing regular flight bookings. Mileage runs are great if you have the time/availability, but for the rest of us who cannot execute a MR, how can we still get the best bang for our buck and earn some miles? Secondly, award booking for all the airlines.
I would like to learn how best to utilize the airline reimbursement credit that some cards offer.
Would like to learn how to use less miles to fly more