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The Thrifty Traveler PodcastAuthor: Thrifty Traveler
Welcome to the Thrifty Traveler Podcast a travel podcast where we dig into the latest travel news and trends and discuss all the best ways to earn and redeem your points and miles! From the ins and outs of booking cheap flights, exploring the best ways to use your airline miles, or diving into other next-level money-saving travel tips, your hosts Gunnar Olson and Kyle Potter will bring you the best of Thrifty Traveler every week! Follow us today on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts and learn to travel more for less this year. Language: en Genres: Aviation, Leisure, Places & Travel, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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How We Find Cheap Flights: Inside Thrifty Traveler with Founder Jared Kamrowski
Episode 50
Thursday, 19 February, 2026
How do we find flight deals? How do you start a travel business? What’s next for Thrifty Traveler? For episode 50 of the show, we bring on Founder and CEO Jared Kamrowski to show how the Thrifty Traveler sausage is made! Plus, Jared reacts to some new Delta routes to Hawaii, discusses the reality of points and miles availability, and helps a listener plan their first Europe trip. Send us your “Welcome Back” video at ThriftyTraveler.com/Voicemail.Watch us on YouTube!00:00 - Thrifty Traveler’s Founder & CEO gets Booksy, too!03:30 - Timmy from Santa Monica welcomes us to the show! 04:15 - Delta’s new Hawaii routes – and their crappy biz class seats08:05 - Traveler pain points: The reality of availability12:55 - Sign up for The Extra Mile Newsletter today! 14:07 - A brief history of Thrifty Traveler18:10 - The flight deal that started it all (& crashed the site)22:00 - The evolution of Thrifty Traveler26:45 - How do we find Thrifty Traveler Premium flight deals31:00 - Tracking changes over the years at Thrifty Traveler36:00 - What’s next for Thrifty Traveler – where’s the future of travel going?39:45 - Helping a listener plan a (first-time!) Thanksgiving Europe trip for four44:45 - Jared plays the airport code initials game45:55 - What episode does our boss want us to do next?Produced and edited by Sylvia ThomasVideo editing by Kyle ThomasShow music: “All That” by Benjamin Tissot Support the show by leaving us a rating and a review wherever you get your podcasts! Have a question you want answered on-air or an idea for the show? Let us know at podcast@thriftytraveler.comGet 20% off your first year of cheap flights and points and miles deals with Thrifty Traveler Premium - use promo code TTPOD to save even more!See what we’re all about at https://thriftytraveler.com - or subscribe to our free weekly points and miles newsletter, The Extra Mile!Follow us on…InstagramYouTubeFacebookBluesky Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
