First, AH only offers information for the air
portion of award travel, not hotels, and they don't provide some of the helpful details Pointimize does such as equivalent cash costs and value... etc..
A good
portion of my
travel in 2009 took the form of various public speaking events in 5 U.S. states and 3 overseas countries, including (but not limited to) the LA Times Travel Show, the Tucson Book Festival, the Kansas Book Awards, the DO Lectures (in Wales), the Chatwin Prize festival (in Italy), and the 100th anniversary celebration of worldwide youth hosteling (pictured above, in Bo
travel in 2009 took the form
of various public speaking events in 5 U.S. states and 3 overseas countries, including (but not limited to) the LA Times
Travel Show, the Tucson Book Festival, the Kansas Book Awards, the DO Lectures (in Wales), the Chatwin Prize festival (in Italy), and the 100th anniversary celebration of worldwide youth hosteling (pictured above, in Bo
Travel Show, the Tucson Book Festival, the Kansas Book
Awards, the DO Lectures (in Wales), the Chatwin Prize festival (in Italy), and the 100th anniversary celebration
of worldwide youth hosteling (pictured above, in Boston).
This leads many
award travel enthusiasts to pay for a significant
portion of their flights out
of pocket, but it's worth mentioning that there are ways to enjoy elite - like perks without holding airline status.