I don’t get how people always fly business internationally with their points and ball out on hotels. What’s the best combo on airlines and hotels I should use? I have 200k Amex points, 100k chase points and 100k bilt points. Any sites that help identify flight deals for flying business?

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Browse flyer talk and award travel reddit. Read the guides. Takes a bit of learning to do.

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Buy seat.aero pro. A single booking will pay for itself. I use it to find Alaska booked domestic American flights, and 24 legs in long haul J + F to Europe, South America and Asia over the last 2 years. EXTREMELY easy

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Point dot me and its competitors help, too. One of them is free but forgot the name

Amex.point.me is free for amex.

Learning how to book such awards takes Focus. Commitment. And sheer f-ing Will. There’s tons of social media accounts and blogs peddling advice, but you often can’t trust it, they just want your referral money.

Fundamentally you need to be flexible. Flexible on your dates. Positioning to different cities or entirely different countries. And staying constantly up to date with the changing landscape (for example Virgin just doubled their fees overnight).

Tools like pointsyeah, point.me, and award tool have made things a lot easier. Personally I use seats.aero for more advanced features/unicorn routes. The game has gotten much much harder given the influx of individuals such as yourself, but there’s still amazing redemptions to be had.

Source-I’ve already done Europe in business class twice this year, doing Singapore/Japan in September, and booked round trip business to Croatia for two just this morning for next year.

I’ve learned with flight deals you sometimes have to be flexible with your plans. Haven’t used points for hotels though, my understanding is redemption for those doesn’t vary as much.

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