
Onstage at Chicago Seminars Hyatt Regency 2025


“I’m familiar with the work of all of those speakers and the caliber of speakers in the past, so I’d expect it to be a good event for anyone with interest in both casino stuff (maximizing tier credits, comps, gambling strategy, etc) and points and miles…” – Nick Reyes of Frequent Miler commenting on me and others scheduled to speak at Zorkfest 2024
April 2024 speaking engagement with Award Travel 101 in San Antonio, Texas:


“Fantastic sessions – my favorite of the weekend! Looking forward to connecting for podcast episodes and other endeavors” – Joseph Petrovic of Award Travel 101 commenting on my sessions at ZorkFest 2023
– “insanely smart,” “take[s] the cake when it comes to nerding out in regards to credit cards,” “That boy Justin, he’s sharp, he’s on top of his stuff.” – Duane from HowToBuildCreditTV

“the ultimate analyst and brain behind hurdygurdytravel.com […] amazing PodCast” – Andrew Gibson from Secured Credit Academy
“I swear, you are the BEST! Everyone, PLEASE check out Justin’s podcast. MAJOR KNOWLEDGE!!” – PointsBlankTravel

Speaker at ZorkFest 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025
Chicago Seminars 2024, 2025
Speaker with Ben’s Big Deal online Zoom event
Frequent Traveler University (in-person) February 2024 Washington D.C.
Frequent Traveler University Dallas 2025
Frequent Traveler University (online sessions)
Frequent Traveler University July 2025 YouTube episode
Appearance on Poker Dealer School podcast
Appearance on the Churn and Burn Podcast
November 2023 Award Travel 101 Podcast episode
Guest on Milenomics Podcast Network and Miles to Memories episodes (paid members only)
Appearance on Milenomics Podcast Network TravelStories episode
Appearance on Geobreeze Travel Podcast
Appearance on the Destination Jackpot YouTube channel
Playing Video Poker and explaining strategy with Destination Jackpot
Stoa podcast episode ‘On Financial Freedom‘
Award Travel 101 April 2024 meetup in San Antonio


Point Me To NY – May 12, 2024



