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Jon Nickel-D'Andrea

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About

For more than 10 years, Jon Nickel-D'Andrea has been a sought-after expert on how to travel the world using rewards points and miles. Jon has been featured in local and national publications and as a speaker at various seminars across the world. Combining his deep knowledge of credit cards, rewards programs, airlines and hotels with his unique style and sense of humor, Jon makes the complex web of these programs more fun and easy to understand. He lives in Seattle with his husband Ben and their 4-year-old beagle pup.

Since he was a boy, Jon Nickel-D’Andrea has been mesmerized with world travel. At NoMasCoach he focuses on luxury travel experiences around the world and helping his readers achieve their travel goals. His writing can be found in both local and national publications, and he is often sought after for his unique writing style and wit.

For more than a decade, Jon has been a featured speaker at industry events worldwide. As a recurring speaker at the Frequent Traveler University, Jon has been educating and sharing his wealth of knowledge for those seeking to up their travel game all over the world. Recently, Jon was also a speaker at CardCon, the conference for credit cards and consumer credit media.

Good luck tracking him down as he and his husband travel about 200,000 miles a year. In the fleeting free time that Jon enjoys, you can find him scrolling through Netflix, playing with his dog, or reading Terms and Conditions statements to earn even more miles and points.

Expertise

  • Award travel
  • Miles and points
  • Credit cards
  • Airlines
  • Reward programs

Achievements

  • Over a decade of travel writing experience
  • Speaker at industry events around the world
  • Featured in Forbes, Fortune and NerdWallet, plus local publications
  • World traveler with over 50 countries visited

Other Publications

Education

North Carolina State University (B.S. Business Management)

North Carolina State University (B.A. Spanish Language and Literature)

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About

For more than 10 years, Jon Nickel-D'Andrea has been a sought-after expert on how to travel the world using rewards points and miles. Jon has been featured in local and national publications and as a speaker at various seminars across the world. Combining his deep knowledge of credit cards, rewards programs, airlines and hotels with his unique style and sense of humor, Jon makes the complex web of these programs more fun and easy to understand. He lives in Seattle with his husband Ben and their 4-year-old beagle pup.