FXExpress Publications, Inc., publisher of Global Traveler, trazeetravel.com and whereverfamily.com, announced the winners of its 2024 FXExpress Traveler of the Year awards. Now in its second year, the program recognizes exceptional trips, creative use of loyalty programs and memorable travel stories submitted via essays.
Eric Chiang © Details Nashville
Entrants submitted essays in seven categories:
- Airlines: Most Trips in the Last Year
- Hotels: Most Interesting Stays
- Destination, Leisure: Most Interesting Trip
- Destination, Business: Most Interesting Trip
- Hotel Points: Best Use of Points on Trip
- Airline Mileage: Best Use of Mileage on Trip
- Affinity Credit Card: How a Card Program Helped Plan the Trip of a Lifetime
Sue Castorino © Details Nashville
Most winners were honored at a ceremony at The Joseph, a Luxury Collection Hotel in Nashville, on Aug. 12. That event was held in conjunction with The Trazees awards from trazeetravel.com. Another winner was celebrated on Sept. 19 at New York City’s Lotos Club alongside the Wherever Awards from whereverfamily.com.
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The 2024 winners are:
Airlines — Most Trips in the Last Year: Lori Lucas, a frequent traveler who has reached United Airlines Global Services status through extensive flying.
Hotels — Most Interesting Stays: Jonathan Fuchs, who highlighted three standout recent stays: Park Hyatt Siem Reap, Park Hyatt Auckland and Andaz Vienna.
Destination, Leisure — Most Interesting Trip: Iris Childress, who took a memorable train journey from London to Edinburgh and stayed at Witchery by the Castle.
Eric Ludwig © Details Nashville
Destination, Business — Most Interesting Trip: Tucker Axum, who visited Sarajevo and returned with the reaffirming insight that people share more similarities than differences.
Hotel Points — Best Use of Points on Trip: Eric Ludwig, who used points to plan a long-delayed honeymoon trip to Hawai‘i, traveling there 10 years later with two children.
Airline Mileage — Best Use of Mileage on Trip: Sue Castorino, who used American Airlines and United Airlines miles to fly premium class to Italy for her birthday.
Iris Childress © Details Nashville
Affinity Credit Card — How a Card Program Helped Plan the Trip of a Lifetime: Eric Chiang, who leveraged the United Club Infinite Card from Chase to take his 18-year-old nephew to the Paris Olympic Games.
At the Aug. 12 Nashville event, one attendee winner was randomly selected to receive two business-class tickets on KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. The lucky recipient was Jonathan Fuchs.
Tucker Axum © Details Nashville