Scott McCartney

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3,086 appearances 43 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2017 last heard Dec 2021

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · How Travel Is Changing as We Look Beyond the Pandemic · 13 Jan 2021 podcast

But now things have changed. voice-verified

The pandemic is well known. voice-verified

And you can't argue with a new booking that you didn't know that there was a risk that things might change. voice-verified

So I think what we're seeing is that travel companies are tightening up their restrictions on bookings and more likely certainly to hang on to your money, give you a credit, give you a year or so to reuse the credit, but not give you a refund because you didn't know that there was pandemic. voice-verified

It certainly can. voice-verified

Sometimes it's easier for airline or hotel to just put the miles or the points back into your account. voice-verified

Also, even if they hang on to give you a voucher in a sense for future travel, you don't have cash tied up in it. voice-verified

You just have points or you have a voucher for – voice-verified

for an economy class ticket or something like that. voice-verified

I think using loyalty points is a great strategy right now. voice-verified

I think there's pretty good availability because business travel is depressed. voice-verified

And so particularly for first class seats on airplanes, business class seats, voice-verified

hotel upgrades, things like that, that are often bought by high-dollar business travelers, those are sitting empty, and using loyalty points is a good way to get them. voice-verified

I think there are several things. voice-verified

I think you're going to need some kind of health record, whether it's a negative COVID test results or a vaccination record. voice-verified

I think when you do get vaccinated, you got to hang on to the paperwork. voice-verified

It's probably going to need to be electronic in your airplane reservation so that not only the airline knows, but the airline can transmit that to whatever country you're going to, much like your passport information. voice-verified

I think that there are going to be more and more requirements for not just the negative test or vaccination, but also proof of health insurance. voice-verified

This has been an issue in some places. voice-verified

Some countries are even sort of requiring you to buy their own health insurance before you get there. voice-verified

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