When Travel Goes Wrong: Pro Tips for Flight Cancelations, Delays, Lost Luggage, and More

All the Hacks with Chris Hutchins

Chris Hutchins

Business, Education, Investing, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Self-improvement

4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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#142: Discover essential tips for handling travel mishaps, like flight delays and cancellations, lost luggage, or sold-out hotels and rental cars. This episode covers a range of preventative measures and compensation strategies to use when travel goes awry. Link to Full Show Notes: https://www.allthehacks.com/when-travel-goes-wrong Partner Deals LMNT: Free sample pack of my favorite electrolyte drink mix Athletic Greens: Free 1 year supply of Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs Fabric: Affordable term life insurance for you and your family Shopify: $1/month trial for the easiest e-commerce platform Trade Coffee: Free bag of the best coffee to upgrade your morning routine For all the deals, discounts and promo codes from our partners, go to: allthehacks.com/deals Resources Mentioned All the Hacks Annual Listener Survey Credit Cards Episodes Mentioned 122: Cooking at Home: Delicious Food Made Easy with David Chang 113: Unlocking the Power of Plastic: Maximizing Your Hidden Credit Card Benefits 110: Travel Smarter, Cheaper and Longer with Nomadic Matt 104: Optimizing Your Insurance Policies (Auto, Home/Renters, Umbrella, Life, Disability, Pet, and Travel) 66: Rental Cars: Saving Money, Avoiding Fees and All the Secret Tricks with Jonathan Weinberg Vuori: 20% off the most comfortable performance apparel I've ever worn Anyday: 15% off non-toxic microwave cookware (use HACKS15 for 15% off at checkout) Dumb Money Movie: Free Download Codes Airline: Flight Monitoring Tools: Flighty | TripIt Pro Mobile Passport Control (for US) Global Entry Appointments: Appointment Scanner Baggage Trackers: Apple AirTags Chase 25% transfer bonus to Air France/KLM Flying Blue Air France-KLM Flying Blue Reduce Award Pricing Delta Rolls Back Some Changes to SkyMiles Southwest Companion Pass Credit Cards Chase Freedom Unlimited® Hilton Honors American Express Aspire® Card Bilt Rewards Card Disk Space Analysis: DaisyDisk Property Appraisal Appeal: Ownwell Full Show Notes (02:18) All the Hacks Annual Listener Survey (04:40) General Tips for When Travel Goes Awry (06:59) Air Travel: Cancellations & Delays (11:05) Compensation for Canceled Flights (13:08) Using Points & Miles to Book Last-Minute Flights (16:56) Hidden Credit Card Benefits: Flight Delay or Cancellation Insurance (18:23) How to Handle Checked Baggage When Flights Get Canceled (20:27) Booking Flights on Same Airline vs. Different Airlines (23:19) Tips for Lost, Delayed, or Damaged Luggage (28:16) Hack for When Travel Goes Awry with Kids (29:02) Canceled Hotel Reservations (31:07) How to Avoid Being Walked Out of a Hotel (33:25) All the Hacks Luxury Hotel Upgrade Program (38:53) Car Rental Cancellations (40:38) Tips for When Your Car Rental Is Sold Out in Advance (43:17) Car Rentals Hacks (44:02) Getting Lost (44:48) General Travel Tips for the Holiday Season (47:04) Tips to Get Global Entry Appointments Faster (47:44) Listener Wins (49:51) Hack: 0% APR (52:19) Airline News (59:44) Bilt (1:02:41) Random Hacks and Tips Connect with All the Hacks All the Hacks: Newsletter | Website | Membership | Email Chris Hutchins: Twitter | Instagram | Website | LinkedIn Editor’s Note: The content on this page is accurate as of the posting date; however, some of our partner offers may have expired. Opinions expressed here are the author's alone, not those of any bank, credit card issuer, hotel, airline, or other entity. This content has not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any of the entities included within the post. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of all the hacks a show about upgrading your life money and travel
0:08.0	I'm your host Chris Hutchins and it's been a while since I did a solo mailbag episode and that's long overdue but I am so excited for this one because I think the timing will be so helpful for anyone who has upcoming travel these holidays because I'm going to cover everything you need to know when things go wrong with your travel.
0:25.0	That means delays, cancellations, missed flights, sold out hotels and rental cars,
0:30.0	some preventative measures you should take and a lot more.
0:33.1	I'm also going to cover a few other travel topics,
0:35.5	including some recent news and deals,
0:37.7	tips for earning Companion Pass for two years,
0:40.7	a card that earns 3X points on everything for a year and a lot more. But before we jump in,
0:47.6	I want to share that our annual listener survey is live as of today at all the hacks.com slash survey or it's linked in the show
0:55.2	notes and it would absolutely mean the world to me if you could spend a few minutes
0:59.7	to take it your feedback is one of the major ways I'm going to decide how we focus all of our time
1:05.7	and energy with all the hacks next year. However, I want to give you a little more incentive
1:10.8	to help out so we have three incredible giveaways for this year's survey.
1:15.0	First, we have a $100 gift card to Viori, a longtime partner of the show, and currently at least 50% of my weekly wardrobe thanks to them having the most comfortable
1:25.4	performance apparel in the world.
1:27.2	Seriously I'm wearing it almost every single day and if you can't wait for the giveaway
1:31.3	go to all the hacks.com
1:32.8	slash Viori to get 20% off your order.
1:35.6	Next we have a free any day everyday, everyday cookware set.
1:39.2	And if you're not familiar with any day, go back and listen to episode 122 where Chef David Chang and I talked
1:44.8	about any day and how it's completely changed our home cooking game by unlocking the power
1:49.9	of the microwave. We use our any-day cookware almost every single day. So if you want to check
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