I literally just flew this exact flight a few weeks ago as my first ever business class flight to try it out, such a coincidence this got recommended to me (or not 😝). Honestly an incredible experience. Being able to sleep comfortably during a flight is a game changer.
Hey I am so glad Nate decided to start up this channel. I have been wanting to learn more in detail what Nate has accomplished all these years. Brendan you do a great job of explaining things!!! Nate always says not everybody wants to learn this stuff but it is exciting to him, this stuff excites me too!!! I am so going to use this websites for my trip to Europe soon ( building up points) Thank you Brendan and Nate!!!
I’m a long time student of this channel and have accumulated close to a million points between Hilton, Chase, and Amex. Flying for business helps tremendously with accumulation. The issue is that I have point paralysis. I don’t know where to go and think I’m scared I’ll use my points unwisely so I just don’t. I wish there was a service that helped someone like me figure out the best way to use them. A points travel agent, as it were. Thanks for the content!
This was such a great video!!! Entertaining and informative!!! I didn't know about flying blue promos, def going to check it out. Hope you guys had a blast in Amsterdam!
Make sure you file a claim with KLM on their website. Search Google for "KLM cancelation compensation" and it should be one of the first few results. You can log into your account, select your flight, and they'll get back to you about how much money they owe you. You can receive hundreds of dollars by submitting this claim and it only takes a few minutes. It's a European Union law that forces these airlines to pay out for canceling or delaying flights
This is great! But can you explain the process about flying home from Europe to US? Do you find that the process is the same? I’m trying to figure out best option to fly home from Italy to ATL in May/June. We have our flights booked there. Just need to figure out when to buy our flights back. Currently I transferred over some points with flying blue.
I was comparing the options between virgin who we are using to fly to Italy out of Washington DC via ITA Airways. I was comparing them to KLM flying blue and I decided that the fees are about the same so I stashed some points in KLM.
There's a couple. Points can be transferred to Hyatt from both Chase and Bilt and you can transfer Choice points from Citi, Capital One, and American Express. Marriott and IHG also have multiple transfer partners, but those points are worth less in value
So I have a question: I also have the venture X card, and you earn 5x miles when booking a flight through the Cap 1 travel portal. But by my transferring points to a partner, you don’t earn the 5x points. I’m guessing it’s just a better deal to transfer the points and book through the partner website?
That is a great and important question! In the short term, opening a new card can have a small impact on your score because of the "hard inquiry" that will appear on your report. But long term if you use the card responsibly and always pay it off in full, having another line of credit actually improve your score in a number of ways by improving your utilization ratio, increasing the average age of your credit, and the total lines of credit you have. Of course the key is using it as if it is cash or a debit card.
Is it hard to find award seat for certain dates? Or do most people get these seats for whatever date they are on, then schedule the whole trip around those dates?
Great question! It does depend on the departure and arrival airports, usually finding an award seat on a specific date isn’t too difficult, especially if using a tool like Seats.Aero. In this case, we knew we wanted to leave sometime in mid November, so we found the best award seat first and then scheduled the rest of the trip around that!
💳 The card I used to get into the Capital One Lounge: www.dailydrop.com/credit-cards/capital-one-venture-x-rewards-credit-card
I literally just flew this exact flight a few weeks ago as my first ever business class flight to try it out, such a coincidence this got recommended to me (or not 😝). Honestly an incredible experience. Being able to sleep comfortably during a flight is a game changer.
Hey I am so glad Nate decided to start up this channel. I have been wanting to learn more in detail what Nate has accomplished all these years. Brendan you do a great job of explaining things!!! Nate always says not everybody wants to learn this stuff but it is exciting to him, this stuff excites me too!!! I am so going to use this websites for my trip to Europe soon ( building up points)
Thank you Brendan and Nate!!!
So glad to hear that! Thanks so much for watching and for the kind comment!:)
I’m a long time student of this channel and have accumulated close to a million points between Hilton, Chase, and Amex. Flying for business helps tremendously with accumulation. The issue is that I have point paralysis. I don’t know where to go and think I’m scared I’ll use my points unwisely so I just don’t. I wish there was a service that helped someone like me figure out the best way to use them. A points travel agent, as it were. Thanks for the content!
Prince of travel can help you
Just as with the southwest video, these type of videos are amazing! Keep up the amazing content! 🎉
Thank you so much for letting us know! We are so glad that you are enjoying this content and appreciate the support 🤗
This was such a great video!!! Entertaining and informative!!! I didn't know about flying blue promos, def going to check it out. Hope you guys had a blast in Amsterdam!
So glad you enjoyed it! Let us know if you have any questions about flying blue!:)
This was a great tutorial! Good work. Flying Blue might be my favorite credit card transfer partner
My flights between Dulles and Amsterdam on KLM were canceled both ways, 1 2 days before and the other the day of
Make sure you file a claim with KLM on their website. Search Google for "KLM cancelation compensation" and it should be one of the first few results. You can log into your account, select your flight, and they'll get back to you about how much money they owe you. You can receive hundreds of dollars by submitting this claim and it only takes a few minutes. It's a European Union law that forces these airlines to pay out for canceling or delaying flights
Great informative video
We are so glad that you liked it! Thanks for the comment 🤗
This is great! But can you explain the process about flying home from Europe to US? Do you find that the process is the same? I’m trying to figure out best option to fly home from Italy to ATL in May/June. We have our flights booked there. Just need to figure out when to buy our flights back. Currently I transferred over some points with flying blue.
I was comparing the options between virgin who we are using to fly to Italy out of Washington DC via ITA Airways. I was comparing them to KLM flying blue and I decided that the fees are about the same so I stashed some points in KLM.
We informative, the background music is a little loud and distracting.
Thanks so much for the helpful feedback! I’m glad you enjoyed!
Is there a hotel version of flying blue that allows pooling different properties points?
There's a couple. Points can be transferred to Hyatt from both Chase and Bilt and you can transfer Choice points from Citi, Capital One, and American Express. Marriott and IHG also have multiple transfer partners, but those points are worth less in value
So I have a question: I also have the venture X card, and you earn 5x miles when booking a flight through the Cap 1 travel portal. But by my transferring points to a partner, you don’t earn the 5x points. I’m guessing it’s just a better deal to transfer the points and book through the partner website?
I'm still very curious to know how's someone's credit rating is affected by opening up all of these credit cards
That is a great and important question! In the short term, opening a new card can have a small impact on your score because of the "hard inquiry" that will appear on your report. But long term if you use the card responsibly and always pay it off in full, having another line of credit actually improve your score in a number of ways by improving your utilization ratio, increasing the average age of your credit, and the total lines of credit you have. Of course the key is using it as if it is cash or a debit card.
Is it hard to find award seat for certain dates? Or do most people get these seats for whatever date they are on, then schedule the whole trip around those dates?
Great question! It does depend on the departure and arrival airports, usually finding an award seat on a specific date isn’t too difficult, especially if using a tool like Seats.Aero. In this case, we knew we wanted to leave sometime in mid November, so we found the best award seat first and then scheduled the rest of the trip around that!
How do I know that flight for Points will still be available by time my Points transfer over?
Such a shame Europe doesn't do this.
Are you Nate’s brother? You look a lot alike.
Haha no! Not Nate’s brother, but Brendan works for Daily Drop 😂