Geobreeze Travel
Julia Menez
A show for anyone looking to level up their award travel lifestyle! Points strategy coach and speaker, Julia Menez, interviews award travelers from all walks of life about their points and miles stories and secrets. You won't find these by simply Googling "best points and miles blog."
The Geobreeze Travel podcast features interviews with a diverse population of award travelers, including voices that are normally underrepresented in larger points and miles blogs and media (e.g. women and people of color). Because everyone should get to talk about traveling for next to no cost.
The Geobreeze Travel podcast features interviews with a diverse population of award travelers, including voices that are normally underrepresented in larger points and miles blogs and media (e.g. women and people of color). Because everyone should get to talk about traveling for next to no cost.
Episodes
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Mar 31, 2026 • 35min
Credit Card Points & Taxes CPA Reveals ALL with Deen from ascendfinancialpartner | Ep 284
Deen Cadi, CPA and founder of Ascend Financial Partner who specializes in tax planning. He debunks whether credit card rewards are taxable and when points count as business versus personal. He discusses hobby-loss audit risk, reimbursements and multi-card strategies, valuing points, who faces audits, and travel write-off planning.
Mar 26, 2026 • 16min
Ranking the Best Credit Card Points Transfer Partners (2026)
A lively ranking of transferable points programs and who comes out on top. Quick takes on why Marriott falls flat and which banks offer the best partner access. Deep dives into Citi, Bilt, Chase, Wells Fargo, Capital One, and agile newcomers like Rove. Practical comparisons of transfer speeds, partner breadth, and where to focus your points strategy.
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Mar 24, 2026 • 30min
Booking a Family of 4 to Asia in Business Class with Maria from mariapointstheway.com | Ep 283
Maria Fung, founder of Maria Points The Way and family award travel coach, explains her four-step framework for booking business/first class for families to Asia. She breaks down ANA four-seat tactics, backup and positioning strategies via Cathay/EVA/JAL, search workarounds and alert timing, plus tips on upgrades, last-minute drops and flexible holds.
8 snips
Mar 19, 2026 • 14min
50% Transfer Bonus: How to Book JAL Business Class For CHEAP
A deep dive into JAL Mileage Bank sweet spots and which programs transfer to JAL. Tips for using a 50% Rove transfer bonus to stretch miles and examples of cheap business class bookings to Japan. Walkthroughs for searching award space with Seats.Aero and using JAL’s award calendar. Strategies for combining saver roundtrips and finding first class availability within Asia.
11 snips
Mar 17, 2026 • 32min
How to Get Upgrades, Seat Alerts & More with Claudia from ExpertFlyer | Ep 282
Claudia Corral, a growth marketer at ExpertFlyer with travel-tech and product experience, walks through using ExpertFlyer tools. Hear demos of seat maps and seat alerts for families. Learn how seat changes can signal cancellations, how to rebook quickly, track aircraft swaps, and hunt flights with better upgrade odds.
Mar 12, 2026 • 16min
Chase 20% Avios Transfer Bonus: Best Sweet Spots to Europe, Qatar & More
A clear walkthrough of finding and verifying award space on Finnair and other Avios partners. Practical tips for searching Iberia awards and comparing pricing versus Alaska and American. Warnings about Aer Lingus transfer headaches and how to move Avios between programs safely. Notes on British Airways sweet-spot realities and a brief mention of Qatar business class considerations.
11 snips
Mar 10, 2026 • 30min
Kenya Airways Asante Rewards Explained with Sunil from Kenya Airways | Ep 281
Sunil Serrao, senior manager of loyalty and CRM at Kenya Airways with 20+ years in airline loyalty, talks about launching Asante Rewards and migrating from Flying Blue. He covers membership makeup and growth, tier structure and fast status matches, the Status Booster product, booking channels, Kenya travel highlights, and upcoming roadmap items like points buying and a co‑brand card.
Mar 5, 2026 • 17min
Top 5 BEST Business Class Redemptions with Points in 2026 (Step-by-step)
Practical tactics for scoring premium seats using points across major carriers. Step-by-step search tricks for Air France, Cathay Pacific, ANA, Singapore and Qatar. Tips on which transfer partners and tools to use for hard-to-find award space. Quick notes on seasonality, multi-seat searches and booking platforms.
9 snips
Mar 3, 2026 • 24min
Earn Credit Card Points by Buying Giftcards (2026) with Taylor from qcgc.io | Ep 280
A deep dive into buying and reselling gift cards to earn credit card points and cash back. They walk through a deals portal, how reservations and submissions work, and safe ways to start small. The conversation covers denominations, payout rates, high-value promos to watch, and operational risks like fraud and shutdowns.
7 snips
Feb 26, 2026 • 21min
Ranking the Best Business Class Airlines 2026 | How to Book Each One With Points
A lively rundown of the top business class airlines to chase with points in 2026. Step-by-step tactics for finding Virgin Atlantic upper class deals and Turkish Airlines award space. Tricks for uncovering Japan Airlines availability and moving points. How to snag Starlux using Alaska miles and when Etihad is best booked direct versus via partners.
