Podcast:The Daily Drop Podcast Published On: Wed Nov 29 2023 Description: Join Mike and Megan as we dive in head first to the best travel hacking content. In this episode we breakdown all things airline portals. Including what they are, how to use them, the best one out there, and if you even should be using one of these… Episode Resources:American Airlines Portal Newsletter: https://www.dailydrop.com/newsletters/let-s-talk-about-american-airlines?tid=podcastKeep Up With Daily Drop: Stay up to date with the newsletter: https://dailydrop.com/ Join the Lounge: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dailydroplounge Check out our top cards: https://dailydrop.com/pages/our-top-credit-cards Follow along on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dailydrop/ Hang out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DailyDrop Prefer a video podcast? Head over here: https://www.youtube.com/@DailyDropPodcastEpisode Time Stamps:0:35 - What are airline portals?1:35 - How does it work?2:36 - Why use airline portals?4:55 - Earn towards Elite Status5:22 - American Airlines Portal and why you should care about it7:15 - An example of the portal in action8:19 - American Airlines portal, even if you don’t live in the US11:18 - What if I’m not loyal to AA or live near an AA hub? 13:20 - Mike’s favorite airline portal15:37 - Why Megan’s favorite airline portal is no airline portal17:11 - Bank points vs. airline miles19:32 - Cash vs. miles20:01 - The most important part