Frequent Traveler University, December 5-7, Hyatt Regency Crystal City (near Washington’s National Airport)
This promises to be the largest gathering of frequent flyers ever, bringing together some of the best minds in miles and points and creating an opportunity for folks interested in the hobby to learn, trade tips, and build friendships (and networks for sharing knowledge offline as well).
I’m excited to be helping to put it together, and I’m giving away two packages to FTU on the blog this week. Each of two winners will receive:
- A complimentary ticket to FTU ($149)
- 2 hotel nights for the event (valued at $99+tax per night)
So that’s over $350 in value per prize, with two prizes, an all you have to do to enter is comment on this post as I explain below. And of course everyone who buys (or wins!) a ticket receives Hyatt Platinum status.
And don’t worry, you can go ahead and buy one, if you win the contest I’ll make sure your purchase gets refunded – or refund it myself!
Here’s the details for the giveaway:
- This is the official entry post. Comment on this post to enter, by providing either one travel tip or one thing you would hope to learn at Frequent Traveler University.
- Since there are (2) questions, you may enter to up (2) times.
- Contest ends Friday at noon Eastern time.
- All of my decisions are final and unappealable and by entering you agree to this. In other words, don’t make it hard for me to give stuff away!
Truly a can’t-miss event and promises to be the best Frequent Traveler University ever! The room block is filling up, so I’d suggest signing up now…
Related:
- Tickets now available for the biggest frequent flyer gathering in history
- Everyone at December’s Frequent Traveler University Gets Elite Status
- New speakers added for Frequent Traveler University
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My father has been to FTU and loved it. Would be great to learn it all first hand!
I want to learn more ways to MS
Tips for booking airline travel awards.
Tip: Sign up for all free loyalty programs, even if you doubt it will be useful. I recently stayed at an independent hotel for a convention and when making my reservation online,I signed up for their loyalty program. It got me vouchers for a free breakfast each day of my stay.
I want to learn how to better manage my cards and especially which are churnable.
I want to learn how to better manage my cards and especially which are churnable.
tip – bring a bunch of zip lock bags, they come in handy
my tips –
Global Entry
Relax – things may go wrong but getting upset seldom helps
Hope to learn how to travel around the world using miles, points and know-how
i’d like to learn about reselling at ftu!
I use Groupon, Living social, Travel zoo site to find a restaurant deal when I am traveling. I also check each restaurant’s rate on Yelp. This way, I found great restaurants in many places and saved a lot of money(usually 40%+ off) especially when we went to New York!
Learn better ways to rack up points other than CC signup bonuses.
I use Groupon, Living social and Travel zoo to find restaurant deals(40%+Off) when I am traveling. I also use Yelp to check each restaurant’s rating. I have been to many great restaurants this way and saved a lot of money especially when we went to New York. These sites have deals for everything from the coffee shop to high class restaurants:)
Travel Tip- Even a rookie can learn to use the KVS Tool without a large time investment-I did!
I would like to learn how to keep all of the manufactured spend info straight.
A run through on the American Express Bluebird card and the CVS or Walmart Vanilla Reload cards. How they work.
My tip is read travel blogs and become active on Flyertalk. Just about anything you need to know travel-wise has been asked and answered by someone!!
I’d like to learn strategies for how to best price complex paid tickets (multi-destination, mixed class, etc).
I’d like to learn about “stacking” award miles through the use of various high multiple portals.
My tip – even if you aren’t signed up as a member of a car rental program, you may still be able to check in online and skip the counter (and the lines). Even at your hated Alamo (at least at IAD).
I have learned from this site that I can move miles from my Chase Ultimate Awards account to British Exec. Club where I can book flights with Avios on Alaska Airline. But there will still be a baggage fee which I find particularly distasteful on flights that are booked to be free.
I would like to learn a strategy to get the baggage fees waived; like, will my Citi AAdvantage Visa card work since American is affiliated with Alaska?
I would like to learn about optimized timing of credit card churns and constructing a 1-2 year plan.
I’m not sure that I can give a new travel tip to this group but I’ll try. Make a hotel booking with Rocketmiles.com before Oct 31st to get at least 4000 AAdvantage miles.
I’d like to find the best airlines in terms of availability for business class to Europe and the best window in which to buy them.
TIP: Download Feedly Reader app for smartphone and load in favorite bloggers so you can easily browse new entries. I have learned so much over the past year taking just 10 minutes a day to browse through the days blog posts.
FTU: Looking forward to meeting everyone and placing the voices to the faces/blogs. I am hoping to learn some advanced routing techniques and tactics to maximize the miles I have.
I would like to learn how to get the most out of my miles.
Tip – If you plan to travel outside the country you have to have “Global Entry”. Don’t leave home without it!
Tip: Put small labels on backs of credit cards as category bonus reminders.
I’d love to learn about FDing.
my travel hint is to put your favorite liquor in cough syrup bottles (3oz) from your local pharmacist. 4 of these will fit in your quart carry on ziploc along with many other things. great for when you are stuck in coach or have a long layover with no club access …
I would like to learn more about award booking.
what I wish to learn at FTU is how to status match to AA with the minimum amount of trips.
I would like to find less expensive manufactured spend ideas.
When you park your car at the airport,….with your cel phone take a pic, of the sign marking your spot. Before leaving, scan your passport and email to yourself. If you lose your passport, you don’t have to worry about the details. Access your email and print your copy.
Would hope to learn what the biggest bang for the buck is in mileage redemptions
If love to learn more about manufactured spending
Tip to save points at Radisson- get their credit card and become gold level member. Book a 2 night stay on points and pay points only for first night
My best travel tip is to pack small quantities of creams in one of those vitamin columns where each day is a jar that screws into the bottom of another jar. You can take up to 7 different creams in basically one container.
I’d like for my husband to join me at my new hobby and come to FTU, so we can be an even better team completing great advanced flight bookings and unforgettable vacations in years to come with good savings…
I need to learn how to more effectively use my miles for awards.
When I travel I like to put my camera and other materials I might need for walking around a new city in a grocery bag that I get from a local supermarket when I get some snacks for the day’s hike around town. It makes you look more local and draws attention away from camera and other bags that shout dollar signs to people looking to take advantage of a tourist.
One thing I would like to learn more about is ITA Matrix. I’m new to using the interface but it’s fascinating!
One thing I’d like to learn more about is how to maximize booking of award travel.
Travel tip is to always check different portals to see who gives the best mileage payout. Even the different chase cards sometimes have different ultimate rewards payouts among them.
Would love to learn how to better manage cards and churn.
I’d like to learn more about fuel dumping
If I have the opportunity to go to FTU Washington, I am looking forward to learning more about routings to Africa. I have always wanted to safari but have never been able to afford to even get to Africa! Since following this blog I have racked up some miles and I want to put them to use for a memorable trip to Africa.
How to book award tickets with more obscure miles, like Lufthansa miles and Virgin Atlantic miles on partner airlines!
how to mfg spending on credit cards, since we lost amonzon.