Gunnar's off enjoying surviving new dad life, so Kyle brought our first-ever special guest on the show this week: Max Do – better known as MaxMilesPoints.
As one of the biggest and best social media creators covering points and miles, Max is uniquely qualified to explain the rise of travel influencers – both the good and the bad – while sharing his own story of how he left his 9-to-5 job (it involves a $10,000 deal with a hotel brand). Plus, Kyle and Max talk through the big news from Chase and American Express … and place their bets on just how high the Platinum Card's annual fee may go.
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Show Notes
- 0:00 – Introducing our first-ever guest: MaxMilesPoints!
- 01:43 – Something Hot: The new JFK Capital One Lounge (ft. a cheesemonger and bagel bar)
- 08:15 – Something Cold(ish): Amex’s top travel cards are getting even pricier
- 16:43 – A word from our sponsor (us … and our flight deal service that even Max uses)
- 18:30 – The Extra Mile: Why Max fell in love with travel and started MaxMilesPoints
- 22:18 – 10,000 reasons why Max left his full-time job to become a full-time social media creator
- 24:27 – The positives and negatives behind the explosion of travel influencers
- 30:30 – Sharing a cocktail & slowing down your travels
- 33:14 – Rapid fire questions with Max (& the time he went to the wrong airport)
- 40:02 – Listener question: Which cities to visit in Vietnam?
- 43:01 – On the spot: The one thing Max would change in award travel
Produced by Kyle Potter & Long Tran
Edited by David Strutt
Show music: “All That” by Benjamin Tissot