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Episode Description

On this episode of MTM Travel Shawn and Mark discuss the recent aviation disasters and the wider conversation about the safety of air travel. Is flying more dangerous than before, are there more crashes and is the FAA being cutback. Plus what else are we considering when deciding whether to fly or not?

In other news tons of people received shutdowns from American Airlines and American Express this week for separate issues. We discuss exactly what happened, what we believe caused it and what you should know when pushing things hard. Other topics discussed include: self upgrading to First Class, influencer sadness, bad Canadian pizza, dill McDonald's fries and last minute trip changes.

Episode Guide

• 0:00 Welcome to MTM Travel
• 0:20 Last minute changes, bad Canadian pizza & our altered schedule next week
• 12:56 Afraid to fly - Should we be apprehensive about flying with all of these crashes?
• 21:55 The buddy battle - Traveling with friends & our “advanced” techniques
• 25:15 Fake travel influencer happiness?
• 27:10 Self upgrading to First Class - A success story?!
• 30:45 Shutdowns galore - AA and Amex give the axe
• 37:15 Is all of it worth it?

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