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Boy, is it a full house on this week's episode! Richard Kerr is back with us and he's not alone. Returning to the show are Julian Kheel of CNN Underscored and Summer Hull of The Points Guy. They've all been guests before but never all at the same time. We've been trying to make this happen for a while and the stars finally aligned. I'm hoping we can make it happen again soon. We're talking about the newest transfer partner for Chase Ultimate Rewards, Aeroplan. The popular flexible currency travel program has added another great option for card holders to redeem their points. We also discuss whether you should be booking great international travel deals right now. We have a new way for you to reach us with your questions. You can text us at (571) 293-6659‬. Listen for your question on a future show! If you have a question you can e-mail me at ed@pizzainmotion.com. And, you can also find me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram and ask your question there. If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating. That helps us grow our audience! Hope you enjoy the show!

Richard Kerr is back on the show and we cover a lot this week. On top of discussing Richard's continued bad decision-making, we cover Delta's decision to hit the reset button on elite status. And, in our credit card corner, we're discussing potential Chase Sapphire changes, the new Wyndham credit card offer and what it actually takes to get a Citi Premier card. We have a new way for you to reach us with your questions. You can text us at (571) 293-6659‬. Listen for your question on a future show! If you have a question you can e-mail me at ed@pizzainmotion.com. And, you can also find me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram and ask your question there. If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating. That helps us grow our audience! Hope you enjoy the show!

Richard Kerr is back on the show with me and we're talking about travel, of course. COVID-19 is starting to creep back into travel, affecting it in plenty of different ways. You need to be aware of the travel landscape if you're planning to travel so you don't get stuck in the pitfalls. Here's what he and I are seeing on the road. We have a new way for you to reach us with your questions. You can text us at (571) 293-6659‬. Listen for your question on a future show! If you have a question you can e-mail me at ed@pizzainmotion.com. And, you can also find me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram and ask your question there. If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating. That helps us grow our audience! Hope you enjoy the show!

The big news of the week was Citibank announcing they've added the American Airlines AAdvantage program as a temporary transfer partner. Will it be permanent? We have a new way for you to reach us with your questions. You can text us at (571) 293-6659‬. Listen for your question on a future show! If you have a question you can e-mail me at ed@pizzainmotion.com. And, you can also find me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram and ask your question there. If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating. That helps us grow our audience! Hope you enjoy the show!

AMEX is making changes to the annual fee on one of their most expensive cards. They're adding benefits as well. Is this a good thing? Richard Kerr and I also compare notes on what it's like to be a road warrior today, and we review the RV trip from hell. We have a new way for you to reach us with your questions. You can text us at (571) 293-6659‬. Listen for your question on a future show! If you have a question you can e-mail me at ed@pizzainmotion.com. And, you can also find me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram and ask your question there. If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating. That helps us grow our audience! Hope you enjoy the show!

Hilton has been busy lately, in ways that will make some folks (namely families) very happy and in other ways that are likely annoy many travelers. We have a new way for you to reach us with your questions. You can text us at (571) 293-6659‬. Listen for your question on a future show! If you have a question you can e-mail me at ed@pizzainmotion.com. And, you can also find me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram and ask your question there. If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating. That helps us grow our audience! Hope you enjoy the show!

Gilbert from God Save The Points stops by this week to give us the lowdown on Madrid and Barcelona. Two wonderful cities. Which one should you choose? Good news! We have a new way for you to reach us with your questions. You can text us at (571) 293-6659‬. Listen for your question on a future show! If you have a question you can e-mail me at ed@pizzainmotion.com. And, you can also find me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram and ask your question there. If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating. That helps us grow our audience! Hope you enjoy the show! If you have a suggestion for a future show find me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram and let me know what you'd like to hear about!

Richard Kerr is back with us again and we finally get to learn what his new job is. He's joined by Dave Canty, Head of Loyalty for BILT. Dave ran the loyalty programs at places like IHG and JetBlue after spending time at Starwood Preferred Guest. The BILT team has designed a program that allows anyone who rents an apartment, home, condo, you name it to earn valuable miles or points on that monthly expense. They have some incredible partners (American Airlines, Hyatt and a whole lot more). Hear about the launch of BILT on this week's episode. Good news! We have a new way for you to reach us with your questions. You can text us at (571) 293-6659‬. Listen for your question on a future show! If you have a question you can e-mail me at ed@pizzainmotion.com. And, you can also find me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram and ask your question there. If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating. That helps us grow our audience! Hope you enjoy the show! If you have a suggestion for a future show find me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram and let me know what you'd like to hear about!

Richard Kerr joins me again this week. The guy just keeps showing up. We might be stuck with him for a while. There were a handful of travel news stories that we wanted to talk about this week. There were positive COVID tests on a cruise ship even though everyone was supposed to be vaccinated. And, there are two credit cards that Richard and I dig into that might be on your radar. 100,000 point sign-up bonuses are hard not to like! Good news! We have a new way for you to reach us with your questions. You can text us at (571) 293-6659‬. Listen for your question on a future show! If you have a question you can e-mail me at ed@pizzainmotion.com. And, you can also find me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram and ask your question there. If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating. That helps us grow our audience! Hope you enjoy the show! If you have a suggestion for a future show find me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram and let me know what you'd like to hear about!

Richard Kerr joins me again this week. We had so many questions from last week's episode that we couldn't get to in time. So, we decided to roll out a part 2. Even then we didn't cover everything you guys asked. So, look for us to squeeze those questions into future episodes. Good news! We have a new way for you to reach us with your questions. You can text us at (571) 293-6659‬. Listen for your question on a future show! Special thanks to the Award Travel 101 Facebook Group for helping us out! You won't find a friendlier group of helpful travel experts. It's free to join. If you're not a member, what are you waiting for? If you have a question you can e-mail me at ed@pizzainmotion.com. And, you can also find me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram and ask your question there. If you enjoy the podcast, I hope you'll take a moment to leave us a rating. That helps us grow our audience! Hope you enjoy the show! If you have a suggestion for a future show find me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram and let me know what you'd like to hear about!