Monkey watched this episode with me and she wants to say Serena has the best trip back. Monkey is also sad you couldn’t get the cute salt and pepper plane back. Love seeing all the different ways coming back. What a great episode. 😊🎉❤
Awesome to see y’all’s trips. I fly ANA every other month (economy) and it’s not it. I prefer JAL. I have a (5) night stay coming up (October) in Tokyo at the Conrad (5th night stay free; Hilton for the win) and the month after a 4 night stay in Kyoto. Idk when I’ll be able to fly business but I continue to stack points so I can comfortably afford it in a couple of years. Awesome pod this week.
Hi Carlos! Let us know what gives JAL the edge over ANA. We would love to hear your thoughts! Serena really enjoyed her stay at Conrad Tokyo and Conrad Osaka a few years ago. You are in for a treat! Gotta love those executive lounges!
@@LetsGetToThePoints ANA flights are more times than not are “hot”. My kids and I don’t like being hot. We haven’t had that experience with JAL. I’ve stayed at the Conrad in Osaka before (we enjoyed it). They are opening Waldorf Astoria’s at both Osaka and Tokyo in the coming years so looking forward to that.
We get most of our AA miles with sign up bonuses. There are multiple AA cards issued by Barclays and Citi which we’ve talked about on the show. The Aviator Red card is a favorite. Make one small purchase, pay the annual fee, and get the welcome bonus.
Whoa! Where do I start! This was a fun filled episode. You guys were frolicking all over the world! I love it! ❤ I have to give it up to Nicole, I think she's turning into a lux traveler, especially when solo traveling. 😉 I had to look up where Muscat is in the world because Serena has me wanting to go there just to check out that sleeper room! Note to self: 1. take an extra tote bag for all the business class flight freebies 2. take baggies to stock up on snacks, just in case. 3. Some business class lounges suck! 😂 I know this is a year out, but I want to suggest a meetup in New York sometime between June 7-10, 2025. My daughter and I are flying from JFK to Lisbon, Portugal (business class on Singapore & TAP airlines) thanks LGTTP miles and points coaching. I would be super excited to enjoy a meetup in NYC! 🥰🤗
Hi Phyllis. All of your notes are spot on! We like your word choice: frolicking. Because that is what it felt like. You and your daughter are going to have an amazing time frolicking through Europe! Unfortunately we already know that date will not work for us because several of us have family travel planned in June. We might need to have a meetup in Ecuador!
This is a very fun and funny episode. Nicole's reaction (41:18) on Mitch's food and Miguel and Senera's (41:30) as well had me laughing. Nicole's trip won, it's around the world and flew both Japan's top rated airline as well flying the top 2 business class in ANA "The Room" and Q-Suite. Senera's 2nd for living out the lounge lizard (18 hours) and sacrificing the salt and pepper airplane for the challenge. Miguel's 3rd for flying first class via LH and Mitch, sorry, you had the worst flight!!! 🤣🤣🤣 Can't wait 'til next week!!!
Do you guys earn these points just using the credit cards, or did you all buy points as well. I am single and I travel solo, so I don’t accumulate a lot of points even tho I live out of my credit cards since it’s only me. I am curious.
We do a mixture. Sometime through bonuses, sometimes buying points (if it makes sense like with the Avios Booster), sometimes through shopping portals like Rakuten. We also have multiple players in our household to open credit cards: partners, parents, older children, siblings, etc.
One of my fav episodes! All talk about luxury! I wish nicole could flown that A350 with JAL. That would of been sweet! My profile pic is my ana first class suite seat!
Ah, traveling with friends, isn't that the dream?☺☺☺ Btw, on Air France La Premiere cash upgrades for award flights, have you guys heard of any particular routes where the upgrade costs are lower in general compared to the USA to Paris routes? I read somewhere that flying from Paris to Dubai might cost less than a thousand dollars to upgrade from business to La premiere. Just wondering if you guys have heard more about this... As always, love the show! Keep up the great work 💗
Hi’. We haven’t seen what the actual upgrade cost would be for non US routes but we think any route that does not involve the US would have better availability and options.
So basically when it comes to service Europe and rest of Western world is horrible! I prefer visiting Asian countries because of their amazing hospitality and better overall experiences.
