How do we really find flight deals? How do you start a travel business? What’s next for Thrifty Traveler?
For episode 50 of the show, we bring on our Founder and CEO, Jared Kamrowski, to show how the Thrifty Traveler sausage is made! Plus, Jared reacts to some new Delta routes to Hawaii, discusses the reality of points and miles availability, and helps a listener plan their first Europe trip.
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Show Notes
- 00:00 – Thrifty Traveler’s Founder & CEO gets booksy, too!
- 03:30 – Timmy from Santa Monica welcomes us to the show
- 04:15 – Delta’s new Hawaii routes – and their crappy biz class seats
- 08:05 – Traveler pain points: The reality of availability
- 12:55 – Sign up for The Extra Mile Newsletter today!
- 14:07 – A brief history of Thrifty Traveler
- 18:10 – The flight deal that started it all (& crashed the site)
- 22:00 – The evolution of Thrifty Traveler
- 26:45 – How we find Thrifty Traveler Premium flight deals
- 31:00 – Tracking changes over the years at Thrifty Traveler
- 36:00 – What’s next for Thrifty Traveler: Where’s travel going?
- 39:45 – Helping a listener plan a (first-time!) Thanksgiving Europe trip for four
- 44:45 – Jared plays the airport code initials game
- 45:55 – What episode does our boss want us to do next?
Produced and edited by Sylvia Thomas
Video editing by Kyle Thomas
Show music: “All That” by Benjamin Tissot
*As a Globalist*…
But really, as a Globalist who travels with two kids and basically only ever uses points (other than Platinum credits for THC) I do think there are aspects that can’t really be replicated elsewhere unless you’re independently wealthy. As Gunnar pointed out the footprint is a challenge and may prevent me from requalifying this year, but there’s just so much that being a Globalist allows me to do that wouldn’t be possible without it unless I drained all of my Amex MRs at 1c each to book via FHR/THC. The combination of milestone rewards and straight Globalist benefits is second to none for a family – I can use 25k points per night (or less) and a suite upgrade award to put our whole family into a great room at a nice hotel with free breakfast and parking. And sometimes I can throw a Guest of Honor award at my extended family so that the cousins can come too! We just wouldn’t be able to travel as much or as well as we do – and with the people we love – with the other disloyal hotel options you mentioned*.
*The Edit with a Points Boost might be the next best thing for our needs but I’ve lost count of my rejections from the CSR personal card.