MTM Travel - The Fun Side of Points & Travel! European Hotel Woes, Capital One Cuts Back, Travel Fatigue & Park Hyatt Zurich Worth It?
Jun 10, 2025
48:40
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Episode Description
This week Capital One announced some big changes to lounge access for Venture X cardholders. Like before the new rules are a bit different for the personal and business cards, however everything is getting cutback. Bye bye free guest access for most. Are these cards still worth it? Shawn also details some of the most interesting hotels of his trip including the Park Hyatt Zurich and Hyatt Place Zurich. Is the Hyatt Place a better hotel than the Park Hyatt? He also discusses a lovely Hyatt that feels like an old German grandmother's house, one of the coolest castles in the world and how knowing your travel limits is easier said than done.Enjoying the podcast? Please consider leaving us a positive review on your favorite podcast platform! You can also connect with us anytime at podcast@milestomemories.com.
Episode Guide
- 0:00 Welcome to MTM Travel
- 1:01 How European hotels are just different than America - Are we idiots?
- 4:40 How a Best Western delivered a huge surprise
- 11:10 Capital One’s huge upcoming changes to lounge access
- 18:36 European rental car debacle update & how to protect yourself
- 24:01 Visiting Zurich - The best Hyatt Place in the world?
- 29:00 Park Hyatt Zurich - Is it really worth $1600 or 45K points?
- 34:21 The quirkiest Hyatt hotel in Europe?
- 39:31 How much travel is enough?
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