Ep 4: When flying with points goes horribly wrong, with Ed Alder [Podcast]

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Published Feb 26, 2021

What do you do when you’ve booked a massive family trip to Europe using points and things start to fall apart? Edward Alder, who’s joining us in this podcast, found out the answer to that question first hand. It’s a pretty insane story.

Helpful Timestamps:
0:00 - When flying with points goes horribly wrong
1:11 - Meet Ed Alder
3:39 - Ed's first Business Class redemption
5:20 - Ed's first First Class redemption
6:18 - Best bed in the sky
7:00 - What's your favourite frequent flyer program?
8:15 - Booking a Europe family trip with points
9:18 - Booking Emirates with Amex Membership Reward Points
10:25 - Transfer hack with KrisFlyer Membership Program
12:30 - Ed's Itinerary to Europe
13:25 - Highlight of the Europe trip
13:50 - When things went wrong
17:40 - The key when flights get cancelled and transferring points
18:39 - Ed's best tips
20:37 - How to get in touch with frequent flyer programs

The next 6 episodes we cover the following:
Ep 5 – How a newbie scored First Class (w/ Kane Richards)
Ep 6 – Using points to fly with your family (w/ Keith Mason)
Ep 7 – Hotel, Motel, Holiday Inn. Talking about the world of hotel points (w/ Daniel Sciberras)
Ep 8 – A game of thrones, best Business Class seats (w/ Matt Moffitt)
Ep 9 – What to tell a Frequent Flyer beginner and redemption strategies (w/ Keith Mason)
Ep 10 – Q & A with the Managing Editor of Point Hacks (w/ Daniel Sciberras)

Note: These podcasts were filmed prior to COVID-19 so some of the information may differ if looking to book or redeem travel in the current climate.

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