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Gemma Devine's avatar

Thanks!

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Shannon Boyle's avatar

You just saved me a ton of research time & trial/error in having to figure out the ins/outs of points vs miles, etc! THANK YOU for pulling all of the info together in this write up.

And, as a recent user of booking.com, I’ll be diving into the feature you shared.

Great info as always! Keep ‘em coming. I will be sharing the pants off when farting advice to a select key folks 😆

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Practical Globetrotters's avatar

You are so welcome!! Thanks for being my muse for this post! Buen Camino!

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Levon Van Camp's avatar

Good info! Dzięki!

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Practical Globetrotters's avatar

Gracias amore ❤️

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Roberta Hill, Wander After 70's avatar

I tried out Gondola, and I see some potential, but it's missing many of my loyalty programs. However, as you pointed out, I can't add them. Additionally, it is only compatible with US credit cards. Although AwardWallet can be frustrating to use, I will continue to use it for the time being.

Love the tip about Booking.com. I couldn't believe I didn't know that one... Great video to study, too.

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Practical Globetrotters's avatar

Thanks Roberta! After I wrote my post, one of the founders of Gondola reached out to get my feedback directly. I may write an update after our call next week if I learn anything more that might be helpful. I really hope they can pull this off. There’s lots of travel AI focused on building itineraries but this is the first site I’ve found supporting travel hacking. I would love to know if you come across anything in your travel research!

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Roberta Hill, Wander After 70's avatar

Yes, and I don’t think the AI itineraries are very good to be honest. Let’s definitely stay in touch.

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Practical Globetrotters's avatar

I totally agree!

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Roberta Hill, Wander After 70's avatar

I also received a request for a Zoom call. Finally got around to doing a review on my blog - Your thoughts, should I post to Substack?

https://robertahill.com/2025/07/17/the-points-game-got-me-confessions-of-a-travel-rewards-addict/

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Andrea Eschen's avatar

Take your pants off to fart must have been written for the Eschen women!

In addition to that, I learned so much more in this post. The booking.com trick was especially useful since I use that company for almost all my travel planning.

I feel like a travel Luddite compared to you but your helping me up my game. Thank you.

Have a blast in Warsaw.

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Practical Globetrotters's avatar

Bwahaha! Love the Eschen women! I hope these tips help you as much as they’ve helped us! And BTW, Poland is a vegetarian’s dream. So many great savory dishes (potato forward, of course) but the fruit here is insanely good. It’s strawberry season and we can’t stop eating them!

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Andrea Eschen's avatar

Excellent news about an abundance of vegetarian food in Poland. This is another great tip. One of many!

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Kristine's avatar

Amazing! Thanks for the great tips... we will definitely be using them 🤗

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Practical Globetrotters's avatar

Really curious what you two think of Gondola!

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Michael Jensen's avatar

Lots of great advice!

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Richard Philion's avatar

Great tips, thank you!

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Jeanine Kitchel's avatar

Always entertaining while covering all the important details you guys! And with laugh lines at the end, even. Rock on. PS I think I like the Hindi phrase the best -- kinda like, Did you just fall of the turnip truck (or something to that effect).

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