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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Hotels should provide good WiFi
I would want to learn the best way to maximize airline miles that can be redeemed across a variety of different channels (e.g. Ultimate Rewards; AXEX; own airline site).
Hosts should provide lots of snacks & giveaways.
Good wifi!
Conference Hotels should provide free parking, no resort fees, free wifi and water.
I’d like to learn how to better understand the various open jaw/stopover allowances
A conference hotel must truly know what the conference is about so they can support them properly.
Most important thing for a conference hotel to know is that everybody is going to be asking for an upgrade based on their Diamond status 😛
On the host conference hotel side, I would want to make sure that they are providing complementary WIFI (codes/passes if necessary) to everyone attending.
I would like to learn more ways to manufacture spending.
At a gathering of frequent flyers, I would want to know whose got the most miles, and would you please give us some because your hogging them. .
I’d love to learn about the best redemptions among the most popular mileage/points programs!
Conference hotels should remember that all attendees to conferences are professions, including people who are young in age. I attended a conference in March and was questioned if I was old enough to really be at the conference.
Tips for effective redemption of miles and points
At a gathering of frequent flyers, I’d want to learn how to make your own “around the world” itinerary with points, now that all the alliances’ are gone as of next year!
With such a large gathering, I would like to learn the art of fuel dumping.
The host hotel should be aware that many of the guests will have status with their hotel chain and make arrangements to recognize them in as special way as possible.
I’d want to know best tips for car rentals
I’d like to learn what to do with miles and points not from UA.
The most important thing for a conference host hotel to do is make sure the wifi is fast!
for the host hotel to make sure they set aside enuf rooms far enuf in advance for the anticipated crowd
To me the most important thing a conference and convention hotel should have is plenty of elevator’s. I’m tired of playing the what goes up must come down game when the elevators are always full.
Tips for effective redemption of miles and pointsFlexible checkin and checkout times
I’d like to learn what all the BA bloggers do for their day jobs that has them globetrotting the world so much.
I would like to know how to efficiently earn and redeem miles & points for a family of 4 or larger.
Have free and accessible wi-fi for guests/delegates.
Conference hotel should know that everybody will redeem gold pass points for the frequent traveler conference week!
Don’t screw up the WiFi!
The host hotel needs to make sure cell service works in the conference rooms.
Have good service and free + reliable wifi
High speed internet is business critical.
shove your gift card up your ass
Reliable and Fast WiFi
The hotel should provide free wifi to all attendees and wire the conference tables with AC power for laptops and phones.
I’d like to learn where to get one of those secret decoder rings which gets you access to secret mileage cabals.
I want hotels to either stop BRGs or play fair, rather than making up the rules as they go along. Specifically Hyatt and IHG.
I know some bloggers recommend applying a round of credit cards (4-6) every 91 days…I want to learn how they meet a total of, say, $15,000 minimum spend in 3 months to get all the sign up bonuses? MS $10,000 in 3 months seems like a lot…I am not sure I cna buy $10,000 worth of GC and even so, you need to spend it at a later time (but at a later time you have another round of $15,000 minimum spend to meet!)
Manufacture spending with very little effort. Vanilla reload level 🙂
What I would like to learn at a gathering of frequent flyers are some of the best ‘unknown’ destinations to visit in the US and world
I would most like to learn which other attendees have the same particular interests as I do, so I can socialize and discuss the specific sub-categories of most interest (be it credit cards, manufactured spend, award redemption, or status chasing via personal or business)
Best thing for a conference hotel to do is to ensure there are enough taxis/shuttles available so people can come and go with ease
The most important thing for a conference host hotel to know is the wifi password
Host hotels need to price the cost of wifi into the contract/fees of the organizer if it is not provided at no cost. Attendees do not want to be stuck with exorbitant fees for routine access. That is what they will remember and comment on.
For a conference. I think connectivity is key, so fast reliable and free WiFi is a must.
The most important thing for a conference host hotel: wi-fi!
I would quiz the frequent flyers on their methods to pack light, yet still have what you need on trips.
Charge as a package everything. Parking, internet, breakfast etc…this will help streamline expense reports.
The most important thing that the host hotel needs to ‘know’ is that these guests are not your regular travelers. They will probably all write about their stay and experience (even the bathroom just runs out of toilet paper) on their blogs afterward so the hotel will get free good/bad PR depending on how it performs. Four words: just don’t screw up.
A conference host hotel needs to ensure there is Wifi for the guests, reasonable priced Wifi if they cannot use their own.
It sounds like a great opportunity.
ms ideas other than what is published.