Booking Flights with Points and All Things Award Travel with Tiffany Funk

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Episode: Booking Flights with Points and All Things Award Travel with Tiffany Funk
Pub date: 2022-11-23



#89: Award travel pro Tiffany Funk joins Chris to talk about booking flights with miles, the advantages of having travel flexibility, the ins and outs of transferring points, ways to put your points and miles to good use, and the best sites/tools for booking award travel.Tiffany Funk (@tebfunk) is the co-founder and president of point.me, a one-stop tool for maximizing points and miles. She's also the Executive Director for the premium travel site One Mile at a Time. Having visited over 80 countries and written more than 300 travel blog posts, Tiffany ​​is one of the world’s top experts on airline award travel and loves sharing her passion with travelers on frequent flyer programs, earning and redeeming miles, and maximizing points.Full show notes at: https://allthehacks.com/award-travel-tiffany-funk Partner Deals Inside Tracker: $200 + 34% off personalized wellness & nutrition plans backed by scienceDaffy: Free $25 to give to the charity of your choiceDeleteMe: 20% off removing your personal info from the webVuori: 20% off the most comfortable performance apparel I've ever wornPoint.me: First month for $1 with code ALLTHEHACKS Selected Links From The EpisodeConnect with Tiffany Funk: Twitter | Website | LinkedInOne Mile at a timepoint.me (first month for $1 with code ALLTHEHACKS)Expert FlyerFlightsFromGoogle FlightsLoyalty Programs Aeroplan American Advantage Flying Blue United MileagePlus  Full Show NotesIntroduction to Tiffany Funk (00:00)Award flights vs. redeeming points for cash back (01:31)General guideline to aim for when redeeming points through loyalty programs as opposed to a credit card portal (03:47)Determining the best value of your points (05:44)Tips for using points to purchase multiple tickets (09:12)Transferring points: where to start (15:18)Flexible points (20:46)The sweet spot for when to book a trip (25:01)The best use of points when you have flexibility (26:55)Things you can do with miles that you can’t do with money (27:5