Award Strategies Gone Wrong, Bahamas Hack, Traveler Dilemma & End of Year Credits & Procrastination!

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Episode Description

On this episode of MTM Travel Shawn & Mark discuss their end of year strategies as they maximize credits and plan for 2025. Shawn takes the approach of procrastination while Mark does it a different way. The two also discuss their upcoming Spring Break planning including why the Bahamas can be good or bad plus why they both value returning to places vs. only visiting new.

Episode Guide

• 0:00 End of year procrastination - What we are doing to close out our credits, cards, etc.
• 6:01 Spring Break dilemma - Return or visit new places
• 13:35 Debating Bahamas + Atlantis “hack”
• 20:27 When flight award booking strategies go wrong
• 28:42 Best card or programs for traveling to China

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