Megan Coyle

Yeah, and we have some awesome data too about rental cars, which can help you budget for that. We did a big rental car analysis last summer, and we found out that rental cars tend to cost about 13% more when booked three months in advance versus just seven days in advance. I remember pulling that data.

Yeah, it's good to know that there are some last minute deals you can get and rental cars just happens to be one of them. Let's talk points and miles because this is the part you've been waiting for, Sally.

Yeah, it's good to know that there are some last minute deals you can get and rental cars just happens to be one of them. Let's talk points and miles because this is the part you've been waiting for, Sally.

Yeah, it's good to know that there are some last minute deals you can get and rental cars just happens to be one of them. Let's talk points and miles because this is the part you've been waiting for, Sally.

Totally. And we've seen a few cases of this already happening this year. Marriott raised award prices of some high-end properties at the end of January. If you were just waiting to book one of those Marriotts on points, it's suddenly going to cost thousands of points more per night than you thought.

Totally. And we've seen a few cases of this already happening this year. Marriott raised award prices of some high-end properties at the end of January. If you were just waiting to book one of those Marriotts on points, it's suddenly going to cost thousands of points more per night than you thought.

Totally. And we've seen a few cases of this already happening this year. Marriott raised award prices of some high-end properties at the end of January. If you were just waiting to book one of those Marriotts on points, it's suddenly going to cost thousands of points more per night than you thought.

Totally. And, you know, like let's use my Australia trip this year. This is another one of those weddings I'm going to. So many weddings. Yes. There are a few flight options between Los Angeles where I live and Sydney where the wedding is. And so at the beginning of this year, I'm starting to already figure out like how am I going to collect enough points to be able to pay for this?

Totally. And, you know, like let's use my Australia trip this year. This is another one of those weddings I'm going to. So many weddings. Yes. There are a few flight options between Los Angeles where I live and Sydney where the wedding is. And so at the beginning of this year, I'm starting to already figure out like how am I going to collect enough points to be able to pay for this?

Totally. And, you know, like let's use my Australia trip this year. This is another one of those weddings I'm going to. So many weddings. Yes. There are a few flight options between Los Angeles where I live and Sydney where the wedding is. And so at the beginning of this year, I'm starting to already figure out like how am I going to collect enough points to be able to pay for this?

maybe an award flight to Australia. And I'm going to keep my options open. Maybe I'll fly into Brisbane, which is another city in Australia. It's closer to the wedding, but has less direct flights from here. So maybe I'll do that. Maybe I'll do a little side quest and visit New Zealand, which is like one of my favorite places in the world. I studied abroad there.

maybe an award flight to Australia. And I'm going to keep my options open. Maybe I'll fly into Brisbane, which is another city in Australia. It's closer to the wedding, but has less direct flights from here. So maybe I'll do that. Maybe I'll do a little side quest and visit New Zealand, which is like one of my favorite places in the world. I studied abroad there.

maybe an award flight to Australia. And I'm going to keep my options open. Maybe I'll fly into Brisbane, which is another city in Australia. It's closer to the wedding, but has less direct flights from here. So maybe I'll do that. Maybe I'll do a little side quest and visit New Zealand, which is like one of my favorite places in the world. I studied abroad there.

So taking the time early in the year to plan like, okay, where am I going to go? How am I going to collect the points to be able to do these flights? That's a big part of travel planning.

So taking the time early in the year to plan like, okay, where am I going to go? How am I going to collect the points to be able to do these flights? That's a big part of travel planning.

So taking the time early in the year to plan like, okay, where am I going to go? How am I going to collect the points to be able to do these flights? That's a big part of travel planning.

Yeah, it's awesome. So then once you've figured out like maybe the routes you want, that's when I would start to do a little bit of research on which airlines have the best award rates going there. Like you just mentioned Europe. There are certain airlines that come to mind that I know the rates to Europe are really cheap.

Yeah, it's awesome. So then once you've figured out like maybe the routes you want, that's when I would start to do a little bit of research on which airlines have the best award rates going there. Like you just mentioned Europe. There are certain airlines that come to mind that I know the rates to Europe are really cheap.

Yeah, it's awesome. So then once you've figured out like maybe the routes you want, that's when I would start to do a little bit of research on which airlines have the best award rates going there. Like you just mentioned Europe. There are certain airlines that come to mind that I know the rates to Europe are really cheap.

And so once I figure out which airlines have some of the best award rates to that region, then I ask myself, can I book it with miles I already have? And this is also interesting.