This podcast was recorded live on October 8th, at 9 pm ET during our 100K Vacay Annual Challenge final livestream. In that livestream we did our final scoring of Nick and Stephen's trips and crowned the 100K Vacay winner! You'll hear that livestream now, as part of this podcast episode. (You'll notice some audio quality issues with Nick's mic this week - our apologies!) Giant Mailbag (00:39) - "Hi Greg. I know your 100K Vacay trip was meant to set the benchmark, but I would love to read a post of a trip you would have done if you were competing for real to beat the other contestants. I’m sure you could have had an amazing trip that blew the other contestants away." Main Event (02:55) - Overview of challenge and rules (09:58) - Greg's benchmark trip, highs and lows (11:48) - Stephen's highest highs and lowest lows (18:15) - Nick's highest highs and lowest lows (33:03) - Here are some of the things you all flagged as dubious (38:13) - Flight deals revealed (47:09) - Other airport tricks revealed (55:11) - Hotel deals revealed (1:07:54) - Crowning the 100K Vacay winner! Questions of the Week (1:34:04) - If it weren't for this exact challenge, would you have wanted to do the trip you did? Would you recommend your exact itinerary to the rest of us? (1:37:30) - What is the hand that lost Nick the poker tournament? Subscribe and Follow Visit https://frequentmiler.com/subscribe/ to get updated on in-depth points and miles content like this, and don’t forget to like and follow us on social media. Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder
