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Registration for the 2015 Chicago Seminars is now live as of noon ET. Click here to register. As in past years, it costs $100 and there are 500 spots.

The seminars will take place from 5 PM on Friday October 16 until 4 PM on Sunday October 18 at the Holiday Inn Chicago — Elk Grove, which is NOT in the city but near O’Hare. That’s convenient for 4,500 to 7,500 Avios flights from much of the country.

I will be speaking at the Seminars. The topic is to be determined, but you can bet it will have to do with redeeming miles. Here are the slides from my two presentations last year on The Southwest Companion Pass and Trick Awards.

The event and the hotel will sell out–already 70 spots are gone in the first 20 minutes. I recommend booking both as soon as possible if you want to attend. (Not staying at the hotel will be a lot less fun.)

Here’s a thread about last year’s Chicago Seminars to let you know what to expect. What I expect is meeting a lot of you, impromptu dinners and drinks to which everyone standing in the lobby is invited, and learning a few new things from presentations.

I leave you with this gem from my first Chicago Seminars in 2012, with Mommy Points.

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