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Podcast 10 | United Airlines Scares, Hyatt Hands out Points and we Talk Barbados!

Jake Redman February 16, 2018

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We did it! We made it to our 10th podcast! This week we look back at a scary 40 minutes aboard a United Airlines flight and dig into Hyatt’s first points promotion of 2018. Plus we found another SiriusXM pal with vacation tales about this weeks featured destination: Barbados.

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Lucrative Hyatt Deal and Keeping Cool on United

  • Hyatt came at us with their first big points promotion of 2018 and it’s a good one.
  • “Keeping cool on United” hasn’t been an easy thing for me to do in recent years under NORMAL conditions. This past week, a Google engineer was able to breathe deeply in a pretty scary situation. Here’s his tweet from United flight 1175 this past Tuesday when the engine casing flew off the left engine in mid-air:

Bits of Barbados: All Wonderful.

Finally: My YouTube tutorial on how to break your “waterproof” phone in Barbados.


Sony XPERIA advertised this model as fully waterproof but I failed to read the “freshwater only” part in the fine print. So while it can handle a run in the dishwasher, it can’t handle 3 seconds in the Atlantic.

Travel Cards we Like Right Now*

Jake: SPG Business Card is still my main for business expenses. Easy transfers to partner airlines and use of Sheraton Lounges are just 2 great benefifts.

Ryan: Chase Sapphire Reserve: It’s got a hefty Fee but The Chase Sapphire Reserve comes with a $300 transportation credit yearly and tons of travel benefits.

*Please note that we may get a consumer-level referral benefit (in points) if you use our links but aren’t paid by banks/credit cards to recommend. These are cards we actually use and like. We don’t use credit card affiliate linking anywhere in our content.

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Jake Redman

Modhop Founder Jake Redman brings years of global exploration and travel tips to the podcast and our videos at Modhop. Jake also produces audio branding for several music channels on SiriusXM.

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