Reader Q & A: How to Book a Flight Using Frequent Flyer Miles

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So you’ve collected all these frequent flyer miles.

Now, what on earth do you do with them?

Today Jason and I chat about actually using your frequent flyer miles once you’ve collected them.

Where to start, when to book, and most importantly, how to avoid fuel surcharges.

This is a great overview of the basics of booking award tickets. It won’t teach you everything there is out there, but it will help you get those first couple of (almost) free flights!

Below are the links & resources we mentioned in the episode, make sure to check them out!

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In This Episode:

  • Pick the trip you want to go on.
  • Choosing the most valuable points/miles.
  • When award availability opens up.
  • The airline alliances.
  • What you can and can’t change about award tickets.
  • Fuel Surcharges, and how to avoid them.

and much more!

Links Discussed in This Episode:

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Top 12 Sporting Events Around The World

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What’s better than getting locked into a cage with a bunch of crazy sports fans in Croatia? Or making giant signs saying “King Kong Stinks!” at a WWE match? Or perhaps finding ingenious ways to sneak alcohol into the Kentucky Derby?

Well, you’ll just have to listen to find out.

Today Jason joins me to discuss our top 12 sporting events, from Argentina to Philadelphia (sorry Boston fans) we chat about what makes sporting events so special, and so universal.

We know that you have some great memories around sporting events (who doesn’t?), and I’m looking for suggestions to fill out my list of 100 sporting events to attend, so please, leave a comment below with your top games/matches/duels, whatever!

Do they even still have duels?

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In This Episode:

  • The real reason I enjoy swimming.
  • Tailgating in the south.
  • Japanese baseball tournaments.
  • Caged fan sections with cigarette butts 2 inches deep.
  • How to sneak alcohol into the Kentucky Derby.
  • Sumo wrestling.
  • Why day games always seem like a treat.
  • WWF matches in the ’80s.
  • A story of how I once got soaked through with champagne.

and much more!

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Destination Diary- Colorado

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Colorado. A state where the names of towns and mountains produce a sense of nostalgia for the past. A state of beautiful national parks, gorgeous mountains, and amazing scenery.

And what better way to learn about Colorado then speaking to a local? Today we bring Jason back to share his experiences living in Colorado and to hear what he would suggest for anyone looking to visit.

We cover the best cities, how to visit all the national parks for cheap, great ski spots, delicious food, and of course, great beer. Jason also shares his Rule of Three, a great way to tell the best restaurants in any area you visit!

Have you ever been to Colorado? Tell us about the things Jason’s been missing out on in the comments below!

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In This Episode:

  • A great road trip itinerary around Colorado
  • The best hot springs.
  • Ways to save on National Park admission.
  • How to camp for free on your trip.
  • Some great festivals in Telluride to check out.
  • Some of the best restaurants to eat at in Boulder, Denver, & Breckenridge
  • An Epic way to save money on skiing during the season. (If you like to ski, this is a MUST do!)
  • The top 3 ski locations if you’re on a time crunch

and much more!

Things we talked about in this episode:

Click on the map to see all the locations listed below on a Google Map! It’s a great tool for planning your own trip to Colorado!

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A Great Roadtrip Path

Take the 285 starting in Denver and head towards Salida and Gunnison before turning south towards Telluride and the San Juan National Forest. Here you’ll find some of the youngest mountains in the state, which are craggier, and very different from mountains found elsewhere in Colorado. Turn west towards Mesa Verde National Park and then loop back up north towards Grand Junction or loop back to Salida before returning to Denver via Boulder.

Click here to see the route in google maps!

Distance: About 1,000 miles but you’ll never leave the state.
Recommended Time: 7 to 10+ days.

Denver:

The Little Man Ice Cream
The Yardhouse

Boulder:

Sherpa’s Adventurers Restaurant & Bar
The Bitter Bar
UpSlope Brewing Company
Fate Brewing Company
Larkburger
Illegal Petes

Breckenridge:

Broken Compass Brewing
Modis

Colorado Springs:

Western Jubilee Recording Studio

National Parks & Camping:

National Park Annual Pass
Bureau of Land Management Camping Information
FreeCampSites.net

Parks Mentioned:

Garden of the Gods near Colorado Springs
Mesa Verde National Park
San Juan National Forest

Hot Springs:

Strawberry Park Hot Springs
Orvis Hot Springs

Skiing:

The Epic Pass – This Pass is good for the entire ski season with unlimited access to over 10 ski locations.

Top 3 Ski Locations:

Bear Basin – Close to Denver
Vail
Steamboat Mountain – Good open tree runs.

Festivals:

Telluride Bluegrass Festival
Telluride Blues and Brews Festival

Links:

Top 16 Breweries in America (#1 in Colorado!)

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Top 10 Weirdest Foods

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We’re halfway through Podcast Gluttony, so what better way to celebrate than to record an episode about food?

Today Jason joins me as we discuss the 10 weirdest foods that we’ve eaten, both in our travels and strangely enough, in our own homes!

We start off right with some hilarious honorable mentions before jumping into the foods from Cambodia, Norway, Oklahoma, Montenegro, Japan, and more that amount to some of the weirdest (and the most stomach-turning) experiences we’ve had so far.

No matter where you are, we urge you to go out this week and try something new and weird! Let us know what you find in the comments below, and of course, let us know what the weirdest foods you’ve ever eaten are.

If I am ever in the place that you mention (and it won’t make me deathly ill) then I promise to try whatever you mention in the comments and record my reaction!

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In This Episode:

  • Can you describe something as tasting “Grassy”?
  • The food that, when mentioned, will make the Japanese chuckle every time.
  • How coffee and fish really just don’t mesh.
  • A one-room cottage full of cheese and moonshine.
  • The unknown aspect of meat while traveling.
  • How my Dad managed to make me one of the weirdest foods I’d ever had!

and much more!

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EPoP 052: How to Create a Dream Lifestyle with Jason Moore

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The world teaches you to build your lifestyle around your job. 

But what if you chose to build your job around your lifestyle instead?

Since Jason Moore has graduated from college, he has found many different ways to build a lifestyle based on what he loved most:

Travel…

And how to find work that allowed him to do it.

Today Jason joins us to talk about his early start traveling with the experiential marketing business and discusses how he was able to break into it and how you can too.

We then move on to stories from his journey hitchhiking around Scotland for charity and end with a story of travel mishap on his first backpacking trip to Europe.

We discuss how the love of travel is constant, why accountability is so important, what the #1 key is to finding budget alternatives for travel all while spending some time deciding who was the better business partner for The Paradise Pack. (it was Jason!)

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In This Episode:

  • How Jason got into the experiential marketing business.
  • What experiential marketing is and how you can do it too (it’s pretty easy to get into!)
  • How incorporating business changes as your life changes but travel remains constant.
  • Why a side-hustle is a great way to start creating your own lifestyle business.
  • The reason that accountability is key.
  • Jason’s experience hitchhiking through Scotland for charity.
  • The #1 key to having more budget options while traveling.
  • The reasons that bring Jason back to the road time and time again.

and much more!

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