Date: Saturday Oct. 18

Time: 10am until 5pm; Social hour 9am to 10am

Location: Building PSH (Physical Science- H Wing) Room 150 at the Arizona State Univ. campus in Tempe. The building is immediately on University, 3 1/2 blocks east of Mill, and just east of the pedestrian overpass. You'll find it in the middle middle of the parking map.

Parking: Parking map here . Visitor lot 18, 1/2 block east of Mill on University, doesn't charge on weekends.

Public Transit: the Red Line city bus runs from PHX to Mill/University for $1.25 one way; the ride is 15 minutes and buses run ever 30 min. Bus schedule here.


101 seminar concepts:

- understanding frequent flyer programs
- identifying ways to maximize value for money spent
- cost/benefit analysis to determine your value for a mile
- understanding fares and fare rules
- understanding availability
- tips for constructing trips

Bonus topic: Award redemption tips: booking flights at standard (not double) redemption levels


I will use a variety of examples and speak to points of all major US carrier programs, plus limited discussion of foreign carriers.

The methodology I teach is how to build mileage runs manually (i.e. not using ITA) with the rationale that once you have a firm foundation on the basics, then you can use shortcuts. Think of it as learning long division, then later using a calculator. If you don't understand the concept of division, you can't verify that the easy output from your calculator is accurate.

People who have been through a seminar before will likely know a lot of the topics I discuss, but veteran attendees can attest that as the crowd is different at each seminar, the questions and the discussion can vary, too, although I do cover the core curriculum briefly described above.


Note: I reserve the right to request that no media attend and report content of the seminar, and that no participant record the seminar through any media.