How To Get Hotel Benefits Without Elite Status

Join Mike and Megan as we dive in head first to the best travel hacking content. In this episode we…

• How to get taxes and fees refunded when canceling a trip
• Break down the new Jet Blue and Qatar partnership news and why this rocks
• 3 ways to get hotel elite status benefits without having any status
• Reader question on canceling your oldest card
• And more… 

*Correction - FHR is a 1 night minimum, Hotel Collection is a 2 night minimum.

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Ennismore Daily Drop newsletter: https://dailydrop.com/blogs/home/%F0%9F%8F%A8-hotel-perks-without-elite-status-part-2?podcast

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Episode Time Stamps:

1:01 - Life updates from Mike and Megan (how to get taxes and fees refunded when canceling a trip)
6:25 - Jet Blue and Qatar partnering up
13:48 - Small Luxury Hotels Hyatt benefits
19:39 - Ennismore Hotel benefits
24:23 - Bank portals (Fine Hotel and Resorts)
35:50 - Reader question on canceling cards