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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At a gathering of frequent flyers, I want to know what was the most challenging award they ever booked.
I’d want to learn how to leverage points for family travel…so many tips seemed geared for one traveler with lots of flexibility. The math changes when there are three or more travelling.
I would like to learn more about taxation of points/rewards/miles!
I would want to learn more about making trips to the Maldives.
most interested in learning about manufactured spending post-amazon payment/vanilla reload
Conference hotels need to ensure the meeting spaces are the proper temperature once they are full of people. Too warm and everyone falls asleep.
I’d like to learn about manufactured spend.
a fair structure for room upgrade from the conference hotel is appreciated, given the majority of customers having elite status
thanks Gary
I think Conference hotels should not clean the restrooms adjacent to the conference rooms during the scheduled break time but should clean them regularly.
I’d most like to learn about best way to book award flights for least miles and most locations
Thank you!!!
How to maximize use of Avios
Conference hotel should understand the type of guest they’ll be having for a particular conference. This conference will likely have some pretty discerning guests…
Awesome prize!
I would like to learn how to redeem points/miles at sweet spots in the rewards programs.
Would love to win
With many MS strategies ending, such as Amazon payments & lack of Walmarts in NYC, I would like to learn more and new ways to accumulate points.
Thanks to all this blogs I’ve gotten a good idea of how to increase the number of points I have (by a lot), but I still always have a hard time finding award travel that works for me (and goes where I want to go). Tips on how to maximize those would be top on my list of what to learn. Part of that would be what places tend to be overlooked that have great award travel.
It’s all about the bandwidth!
It’d be important to make sure temperatures are well controlled at each conference rooms – if there are a lot of people, it’s easily stuffy. If there aren’t a lot of people, it’s freezing!
I want to know where to buy VRs with a credit card that can be loaded to Bluebird!
Hi, I want to know more about TSA and how to make security more rational, evidence based and effective
I want to learn about the latest MS techniques.
Host hotel should ensure their WiFi is up to speed.
The hotel must provide free wifi as well as good in-room coffee with real cream and real sugar.
I would appreciate at least one seminar on the maximizing of special tickets such as RTW tickets. (This of course in light of the fact that now Delta and American have eliminated these awards).
“What would you most want to learn at a gathering of frequent flyers?”. Finding what the latest news and tricks.
new technique for Manufactured Spending.
Most important thing for a host hotel is to provide GOOD coffee in the mornings. Actually, that applies to all hotels.
one way amtrak rewards
I would like to learn the most time efficient ways to maximize frequent flier miles.
The conference host hotel should make available free water and spread throughout the venue.
Most interesting thing I’d like to know about is how to take advantage of premium cabin fares that originate in other countries!
What would you most want to learn at a gathering of frequent flyers? Or..
Common mistakes people make when booking awards.
#390
Host should definitely make sure they have a good sound system. Lots of us are hard of hearing!
The host hotel should be well staffed during a conference.
I’d like to learn more about MS and business credit cards for those of us without a sophisticated business plan…
What I’d really love to learn about is “How to automate the systems” Everyone here is doing multiple things, but some have brought it to a perfect T. Everything seems organized and well run, the credit card dues date, to manufactures spend receipts to mileage run deals, everything comes to them so easy. There has to be a system that can be taught so that this hobby doesn’t spiral into a debt of late fees and high interests.
Why do my Aggies suck so much???
Conference host hotel should be able to direct guests to convenient mini getaway options for drinks, food, points of interest, for a quick change of scenery and back in an hour
The thing I would most want to learn is how to book better award tickets.
I would most want to learn new MS techniques
Hotels hosting conventions should do a better job of posting signage and directions to events.
Would like to learn how to earn maximum miles on less amount money.
What the host hotel needs to know is that they are the “chosen ones” for this group and that they are in it together with the group organizing the event. How they do reflects upon their clients who just booked them and that simple things like Free Wi-Fi, Multiple outlets, Water and perhaps special desk of concierge services just for that group would go a long way. There will be someone there attending who’d think its awesome and would want to host their next event there too. It’s a pay it forward in a Zappos style customer service way.
I would like to learn how to use miles/points for international travel with children.
Conference hotels should provide easy access to water – I always find myself parched
Learn how to fly first class to exotic locations while using the least number of miles.
at event, would hope to learn some secret, non-blogged about strategies