74. Unlocking Sweet Spot Awards: Scoring Amazing Flight Deals with Allison Tackette

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Devon Gimbel MD

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5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

One of the most rewarding ways to get the most value from your points is booking sweet spot awards. These awards represent unique opportunities to book incredible flights at points prices that are a steal, but in order to take advantage of these sweet spots, you have to know what you're looking for. That's where award travel expert Allison Tackette comes in. She has been booking points and miles sweet spots for over 10 years and now helps others book their own dream trips.

Hear all about the most enticing award sweet spots and the best ways to fly to Europe, Asia, South America, Africa and more using a fraction of the typical points required. Whether you're a points beginner or already have award travel experience, you'll leave this episode equipped with the knowledge and strategies to start finding your own sweet spot award flights.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Point Me to First Class, the only show for employed professionals,
0:06.1	entrepreneurs, and business owners who are looking to optimize their higher than average
0:09.5	expenses to travel the world.
0:11.5	I'm your host, Stephen G Gimble and I believe that your
0:13.4	expenses are your greatest untapped asset if you know how to leverage them.
0:17.8	Ready to dive into the world of credit card points and miles so you can travel more,
0:21.6	travel better, and travel often. Let's get started.
0:24.6	Welcome back to the podcast everybody. Today I am joined by points
0:34.4	enthusiast and award travel expert Allison Tackett to explore one of the most fun
0:39.3	topics around using points and that is is Award Sweet Spots.
0:43.7	On today's episode, Allison and I dive into what Sweet Spots are,
0:48.1	what makes them so special, what are some Award Flight Sweet Spots
0:51.9	that you need to know about, and how to take advantage of them?
0:54.8	We cover a lot of ground in this episode and I hope it helps give you some ideas for
1:00.0	fantastic points deals to seek out for a future points adventure.
1:04.6	Please enjoy today's conversation.
1:07.4	Welcome to the podcast, Allison.
1:09.2	I'm so excited to have you here today.
1:11.7	Before we dive it in, can you just start
1:13.9	with introducing yourself and tell us
1:15.5	a little bit about who you are, what you do,
1:17.8	and how did you get started in points and miles for travel?
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