Frequent Traveler University is coming to Chicago the first weekend in June. Through midnight PT on Friday, you can save $30 on the price of admission.
Both Kyle and I will be speaking on behalf of Live and Let’s Fly. Other speakers include:
- Rudy Maxa, Rudy Maxa’s World
- Jon and Ben Nickel d’Andrea, No Mas Coach
- Mike Graziano, Make Travel Hacking Great Again
- Marissa Sutera, Little Things Travel
- Elijah Huang, US Credit Card Guide
- Daniel Yan, US Credit Card Guide
- Shawn Fan, US Credit Card Guide
- Win Schaeffer, Chicago Travel Hacker
- Kevin Song, The Points Guy
- Jason Steele, Credit Card and Travel Journalist
- Yansong Wang, Cashback Monitor
The schedule, available here, contains two full days of information on:
- Two days of expert-led sessions on Saturday and Sunday, June 01-02
- Lunch both days + coffee/tea
- Internet in the conference rooms
This year, FTU will be held just a short distance from Chicago-O’Hare International Airport:
- Hyatt Regency O’Hare Chicago
9300 W Bryn Mawr Ave, Rosemont, IL 60018
Now through the end of the day, you can save $30 off the price of the weekend:
- $30 off with code PIZZA until 11:59PM PDT May 17, 2019, lowering the weekend ticket cost to just $219
- Free pizza dinner Friday night, May 31 at Barnaby’s (attendees will get a RSVP email prior to the event, limited to first 75 participants to register)
The schedule is subject to change, of course, but I think it represents a great balance of topics, including from the Live and Let’s Fly team.
Whether you’re an expert or just starting out in this great game of miles, points, and manufactured spending, consider spending a few days in Chicago this June. It would be my pleasure to meet you there.
I attended FTU last year in DC and it wasn’t very well organized. The second break out room had A/V issues both days, the speakers changed from what was originally advertised, and the keynote speaker seemed like a super nice person, but I didn’t understand the point. Most of all, I didn’t really learn much. The conference was oversold and it underperformed. I raised my concerns with Stefan Krasowski who was the lead organizer, and he admitted there were issues, but never said anything like “we will due better next time, I promise” or even apologize. Also, a bit unsavory is that none of the bloggers on a round table admitted where or how they got all their miles and points, when asked directly by an attendee. On the plus side, even though he couldn’t make all the sessions advertised, I found Matthew Klint to be a very engaging and interesting speaker who came across humble and sweet. Its unfortunate that his writing style, at times, comes across a bit entitled and bratty, because his verbal presentation skills are far more demurrer and very likeable.
It’s pretty interesting how the speakers have changed over the years. All the old speakers are to busy to come any more or just dont care. I remember when Ben and Brian and Gary and Greg would actually show up. Now their employees come to these. These events used to have a lot less people but when we started crossing 3, 4, 500 people it became to much. You’d see all the same people at different event around the country and now its always mostly new people being introduced to something that has evolved and changed and really its golden years are behind it.
Looks like fun, and Chicago is a great city to visit.
I can’t imagine a bigger waste of time or money. Sign up for credit cards, get sign up bonuses. MS if avenues are available to you in your area. Use points for travel. It’s not hard. All necessary information is available online.
Well, it’s not rocket science or brain surgery but I can understand that people might want to go to something like this, particularly for those wanting to jiggle many credit cards .
Correct. Not everyone is a visual learner. Some like the info presented verbally. And I will share things that I do not share on this blog.
FWIW, I’ve been to a couple of these in the past (DC and Vegas). If you plan to attend, you’ll get much more out of the networking opportunities with other attendees, than most of the presentations. Most of the information is available online and geared toward the newbie… Though I always learned a few things from Matt’s United presentations.
Went to the Chicago seminars once too – same deal. You’ll get more out of the personal conversations than any of the presentations.