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This week on our EasyPoint podcast, we discuss the concept of churning. Churning credit cards is something many people might not be initially be comfortable with but the rewards make it more than worthwhile.

On the EasyPoint podcast, Zach and Jason talk about the new "SkyMiles Deals" promotion for Delta award travel. They dive into what exactly these 'deals' are and how they impact us as fliers. We go over the best way to find SkyMiles redemptions and what a good return value is for using points.

This week on the EasyPoint podcast, Zach and Jason discuss with Ali, an engineer, about how to improve points and miles software and make it more accessible to people. We also discuss group buying and the ideas of chartering flights for businesses. Thanks for tuning in and enjoy the show.

This week on the EasyPoint podcast, Zach and Jason discuss existing points and miles software, which helps you know how to best spend your points. They rundown what the best options are and what the potential for new software is. The current best options include the likes of ExpertFlyer, AwardHacker, MilesCalc, and Where to Credit.

This week on the EasyPoint podcast, Zach and Jason discuss the highly anticipated Marriott loyalty program and its details. The changes are mostly positive for consumers, with a few exceptions. They detail the benefits for those who win and those who lose. Sit back, relax, and enjoy!

This week on the EasyPoint podcast, Zach sits down with the founder of the popular Tortuga backpacks, Fred Perrotta. They discuss how the company got started, what his travel hacking experience is like, and credit card strategies for businesses.

Zach and Jason discuss buying for others credit cards purchases. There are risks and rewards to be analyzed when making the decision to let someone spend for you. The topic of MS, manufactured spending, is also discussed. They also discuss how it impacts the banks and what action they can take.

Discussion of new long haul routes, How LCC Operate, How long haul travel is changing, and new credit cards such as Chase Iberia , Hilton Aspire, and Hilton Amex.

Zach Resnick talks with newest EasyPoint team member and advisor Charlie Hegstad. They discuss their experiences and how they view the points and miles world.

How do you decide to when to buy miles or points? Zach and Jason break down how they decide whether to use points or cash for hotel and flight bookings.

How do you decide to when to use miles or points? Zach and Jason break down how they decide whether to use points or cash for hotel and flight bookings for recent trips they've taken and are currently on.

Zach Resnick talks with newest EasyPoint team member and advisor Cameron Resnick. Shockingly, there is no (known) relation between the two outside of a passion for good business class mileage redemptions.

Travel hacking, crypto, and disrupting conservative institutions with Garrett MacDonald. Recorded live from the Delta Sky Club at JFK.

Have you heard of mileage brokering before? Ever wanted to know about how select travel agencies specialize in getting 20-50% off premium cabins? In this episode Zach interviews his co-host, Jason, the mileage broker about how he makes a living.

Zach and Jason go through how to get to the NGS summit from anywhere in the world for free through applying for new credit cards or on discounted fares. What are hidden city fares? If you're not flying on points you should consider this option for booking your flights. Relevant EasyPoint Podcast Episode Apply for the Chase Sapphire Preferred Apply for the Chase Freedom Apply for the Chase Sapphire Reserve The Next Gen Summit Website Disclosure: EasyPoint gets bonus points when you sign up using some of the links above.

Jason takes the lead in breaking down the ‘dead leg’ trick on booking international flights. This episode tackles everything you wanted to know about international hidden city fares. Wendover Production's Video EasyPoint’s live event for startups, also featuring Rob Karp of Miles Ahead, and Yanky Bennish of Bennish Travel LLC

A full discussion of hidden city fares for domestic itineraries in the US. The best site for finding simple hidden city fares Wendover Production's video about, The Hub and Spoke Model My favorite carry on bag

Zach's Reader Success Story on The Points Guy

Brendan’s review of Royal Jordanian’s business class

EasyPoint has on advantage gambler, author, and podcaster Richard Munchkin. The Infamous Pudding Story Richard’s Podcast, Gambling With An Edge Scott’s Cheap Flights

EasyPoint talks with business owner Larry Cohen. He’s a savvy earner and spender of all credit card rewards who caught on pretty early to the outstanding value that can be had by having a miles and points and strategy. The discussion in centered around some of the challenges and opportunities unique to optimizing rewards for a business. Larry’s Company: Axis Promotions The Merrill Rewards Card Larry likes using for booking domestic flights.

This show covers the new changes to United’s MileagePlus program. While this is mainly a devaluation, we do cover a newfound sweet spot to the program for those of you that regularly fly around Europe.

On this episode, we help a listener out with going from London to Vegas for a short trip. He has a decent amount of miles and points across a few programs and wants to use them to fly business both ways.

For the first episode of the EasyPoint podcast we dive into Barclaycard's new co-branded card with Uber. How much does the card actually have to do with Uber besides the name and branding? For a new credit card holder, especially for a younger urbanite that dines out a lot, we found this is can be quite a valuable card.