Good afternoon everyone, I hope you had a great Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and any other shopping holiday I missed (RIP Small Business Saturday).  Over the last few days, I have been binge watching listening to the new NowBoarding Podcast, hosted by Ed Pizza from Pizza in Motion.  The weekly series has 21 episodes as of today, November 27.  Each episode is roughly 30 minutes long where Ed interviews various bloggers from BoardingArea and TravelUpdate.  You can listen to the podcasts for free online or via iTunes.

• God Save the Points – Gilbert Ott – NB 001
• Le Chic Geek – Jeanne Hoffman – NB 002
• The Gate – Brian Cohen – NB 003
• Angelina Travels – Angelina Aucello – NB 004
• The Short Final – Dominic Perilli – NB 005
• Wandering Aramean – Seth Miller – NB 006
• Rapid Travel Chai – Stefan Krasowski – NB 007
• One Mile At A Time – Tiffany Funk – NB 008
• Heels First Travel – Keri Anderson – NB 009
• BaldThoughts – Lee Huffman – NB 010
• Running with Miles – Charlie Barkowski – NB 011
• No Mas Coach – Jon Nickel-D’Andrea – NB 012
• Deals We Like – Jen Yellin – NB 013
• Points with a Crew – Dan Miller – NB 014
• The Flight Detective – Trent – NB 015
• Out & Out – Harlan Vaughn – NB 016
• No Mas Coach – Ben Nickel-D’Andrea – NB 017
• Economy Class & Beyond – Kevin Marshall – NB 018
• The Millennial Traveler – Conrado Asenjo – NB 019
• Monkey Miles – Zachary Abel – NB 020
• Frequent Miler – Nick Reyes – NB 021

I am very fortunate to have met many of these bloggers at Boarding Areas conferences (BACons), at Frequent Traveler University (FTU) events, Chicago Seminars travel conferences, and at local travel meetups.  While listening to the podcasts, I enjoyed hearing their stories about blogging, the travel mistakes they made, and their most memorable trips.  It is also fascinating to hear that some bloggers had airline elite status in elementary school while other bloggers hadn’t flown on an airplane until their late teens (I fall somewhere in between these groups).  It’s also fun to hear about their travel styles before discovering the amazing world of miles and points (full of Grey Hound bus trips and redeye flights in cramped middle seats).

I haven’t finished listening to all the podcasts, but I should be done in the next 1-2 days.  If you are traveling soon, I highly recommend subscribing to the podcast, downloading all of the previous episodes, and binge listening to them during your next trip.  You are bound to learn a thing or two about your favorite BoardingArea bloggers.  If you are already a subscriber, what has been your favorite episode thus far?  Maybe someday soon, you will see Travel with Grant on the NowBoarding podcast…