100K Vacay Livestream Kick Off | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep326 | 10-3-25

Greg's benchmark trip is done, and that means it's time for the 100K Vacay team challenge to begin! In this episode, you'll get a chance to listen to the kick-off live stream that aired on October 1st at 9 pm Eastern Time and reviewed all the things that went well (and could have gone better) with Greg's 100K Vacay benchmark trip to Malta.

(01:14) - Here's the timeline of the challenge (starting with the October 1st live kick off).

(03:14) - What is 100K Vacay?

(03:54) - What's the deal with Greg's benchmark trip? Why isn't he being judged?

(06:26) - Greg's benchmark trip - what was it and how did he do?

(28:20) - Greg's final totals for his trip and why he scored himself a B+

You can read Greg's trip journal here.

(35:43) - How do our competitors feel? What are they confident about, and what are they less confident about?

(53:08) - How do Nick and Stephen feel about the fact that Tim's already hit the ground running?

(1:00:35) - Redemption on VS in Europe is distance-based, not considering layovers (something you advocated). Is it worth the extra time to save some miles due to layovers in AMS or CDG?

(1:03:01) - How did you end up in Business Class on Air Serbia? I never even heard of it before.

(1:04:29) - How was the breakfast at the Hyatt Centric Malta? Did they have local food?

(1:04:27) - Did any of your trips take advantage of mileage transfer bonuses?

(1:05:32) - How was the breakfast at the Hyatt Centric Malta? Was there local food?

(1:06:25) - Was there anything you would do differently?

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Music Credit – “Ocean Deep” by Annie Yoder

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