At the Chicago Seminars last weekend, Scott gave two presentations:

Airbnb Mastery
Sweetspots 2017

I will publish a post tomorrow with the slides from the Sweetspots 2017 presentation.

On Saturday in Chicago, I gave two presentations–one on the award chart sweet spots and the other a “Live” American Airlines Award Booking.

In this post, I'll recap the “Live” American Airlines Award Booking, including the audio of the award booking phone call.

On Saturday in Chicago, I gave two presentations--the first a "Live" American Airlines Award Booking and the second on the award chart sweet spots.

I will have a post later this week from the "Live" American Airlines Award Booking. Here, I wanted to share the slides from the Award Chart Sweet Spots talk for the people in attendance and those who couldn't make it.

As I mentioned in Chicago, the information for this presentation mainly comes from a post, which I update frequently: How to Book a RTW Trip in 2016.

The Chicago Seminars is the oldest and best conference of frequent flyer miles enthusiasts.

Today I gave a presentation at the Chicago Seminars about taking multi-stop trips including round-the-world trips. The premise is that RTW awards are dead, so the best way to book RTW trips is as a series of mostly one way awards, hitting all the award chart sweet spots you can along the way.

The presentation is an expansion on:

How to Book a RTW Trip in 2015.

I arrive today in Elk Grove, Illinois to get ready for the Chicago Seminars tomorrow.

MileValue has a sponsor’s table for the Chicago Seminars, so I'll be easy to find all weekend. Drop by to talk to me about:

miles
points
award booking
solo travel
college basketball
Airbnb
Buenos Aires
Hawaii
Colombian and Argentine slang
improv comedy
free one ways
credit cards
23 hour layovers
Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai
Nathan for You
cliff jumping in Dubrovnik
United's Island Hopper
anything else

If that's not a big enough draw, I will print a dozen of my favorite travel photos from

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.

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.

I gave a well-received presentation on Trick Awards at the Chicago Seminars in October.

The presentation dealt with free one ways, negative price one ways, open jaws, stopovers, avoiding fuel surcharges, and award chart SUPER sweet spots.

Enjoy!

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In October, I had the pleasure of speaking at the Chicago Seminars.