Developers Travel In Style - FOWA15

Travel hacking talk at Future Of Web Apps 2015 in London

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1. By  Thijs  Feryn Developers  travel  in  style
2. Hi, I’m Thijs
3. I’m @ThijsFeryn on Twitter
4. I’m an Evangelist At
5. I’m a at board member
6. Douchebaggery 1st world problems
8. The mission
9. Luxury travel on a budget
10. ✓Lounge access ✓Priority 
 check-in, boarding, baggage handling, waitlist, standby, fastlane ✓Premium cabins for cheap upgrades & award travel Air travel
11. ✓Priority/early check-in ✓Free nights ✓Free upgrades ✓Free amenities ✓Lounge access ✓Guaranteed availability Hotels
13. ✓Earn award miles ✓Earn status miles ✓Use award miles for “free” travel ✓Become an elite member
14. Benefits recognized across the alliance
15. Which one to choose?
16. Miles & More
17. HON Circle status
18. HON Circle status
19. Flying Blue
20. Executive Club
21. British Airways Executive Club American Airlines AAdvantage
22. Spending miles
23. ✓Earning enough miles ✓Limited availability ✓Pay for taxes & surcharges ✓Look for interesting partnerships Cheap premium cabins
29. Hotel loyalty programs
31. ✓Always book with the chain directly ✓Put it on the room ✓Quarterly promotions ✓Dirty status tricks Hotels
32. Spending points
33. ✓Hotel rates vary A LOT ✓Is it cheaper to pay cash? ✓Cash & points? Considerations
34. Increase your earnings
35. Credit cards
36. ✓Hotel branded ✓Airline branded ✓Amex platinum ✓Bank branded ✓Shop branded Credit cards
37. ✓Welcome bonuses (after spend) ✓Lounge access ✓Free bags ✓Free wifi ✓(Credit towards) elite status ✓Miles don’t expire Credit card perks
38. ✓Don’t just get them to use them ✓Enjoy the perks ✓Spend enough to get the bonuses ✓Multipliers ✓More than 1 ✓Do they accept your AMEX? Credit cards
39. Partnerships & transfers
40. ✓Hotel to airline transfer ✓Tesco to BA miles ✓AMEX to airline/hotel transfer ✓Earn on shopping ✓Earn on car rentals ✓Earn on subscription services Partnerships
41. Learn all the dirty tricks
42. http://frequentflyerbonuses.com/ http://www.flyertalk.com/ http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/ http://thepointsguy.com/ http://travel.bart.la/ @onemileatatime @thepointsguy @fotograaf