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And some airlines or countries actually help you do this. Like I'm thinking Iceland Air, which lets you stay in Iceland for up to seven days before you continue your journey and fly somewhere else, usually in Europe.

And some airlines or countries actually help you do this. Like I'm thinking Iceland Air, which lets you stay in Iceland for up to seven days before you continue your journey and fly somewhere else, usually in Europe.

And some airlines or countries actually help you do this. Like I'm thinking Iceland Air, which lets you stay in Iceland for up to seven days before you continue your journey and fly somewhere else, usually in Europe.

Turkish Airlines has another great option where they'll even put you up in a hotel for free for two or three nights, depending on if you flew economy or business class when you stay in Istanbul.

Turkish Airlines has another great option where they'll even put you up in a hotel for free for two or three nights, depending on if you flew economy or business class when you stay in Istanbul.

Turkish Airlines has another great option where they'll even put you up in a hotel for free for two or three nights, depending on if you flew economy or business class when you stay in Istanbul.

So let's translate that for people. Let's say you want to go to both London and Paris on your European vacation. So you might fly from Chicago to London. And then from London, you'd fly to Paris and then Paris back to Chicago. So with the excursionist perk, the first leg, the one to London, and the last leg, the one from Paris to Chicago, those would be award redemption.

So let's translate that for people. Let's say you want to go to both London and Paris on your European vacation. So you might fly from Chicago to London. And then from London, you'd fly to Paris and then Paris back to Chicago. So with the excursionist perk, the first leg, the one to London, and the last leg, the one from Paris to Chicago, those would be award redemption.

So let's translate that for people. Let's say you want to go to both London and Paris on your European vacation. So you might fly from Chicago to London. And then from London, you'd fly to Paris and then Paris back to Chicago. So with the excursionist perk, the first leg, the one to London, and the last leg, the one from Paris to Chicago, those would be award redemption.

So you would spend as many miles as those flights cost. But the middle segment in between Paris and London actually won't cost any miles. It's zero miles. It's free.

So you would spend as many miles as those flights cost. But the middle segment in between Paris and London actually won't cost any miles. It's zero miles. It's free.

So you would spend as many miles as those flights cost. But the middle segment in between Paris and London actually won't cost any miles. It's zero miles. It's free.

Yeah, we've got some info on the excursionist perk on the NerdWallet website that we will link to in the show notes. Hope you all can take advantage and add another country or destination to an upcoming trip.

Yeah, we've got some info on the excursionist perk on the NerdWallet website that we will link to in the show notes. Hope you all can take advantage and add another country or destination to an upcoming trip.

Yeah, we've got some info on the excursionist perk on the NerdWallet website that we will link to in the show notes. Hope you all can take advantage and add another country or destination to an upcoming trip.

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This episode was produced by Hilary Georgie and Tess Viglin. Claire Sose helped with fact-checking. And a big thank you to NerdWallet's editors for all their help.