# State Department issues a warning to American travelers overseas

- URL: https://travelguysradio.com/2023/10/21/state-department-issues-warning-american-travelers-overseas
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- Audio (MP3): https://audio.travelguysradio.com/2023/10/trravelguysshow102123.mp3

*On the Saturday, October 21st, 2023 edition of The Travel Guys…*

- In the **Travel News**, the State Department issues a warning to American travelers overseas and Delta Airlines walks back some of their cuts to their Sky Miles program after a lot of negative feedback from flyers.
- Our **Smarter Traveler** segment talks about the importance of using your miles/points in frequent flyer and other rewards programs. Mark explains why the rules are always changing, the goal posts for freebies always moving. These programs aren't always your friend.
- **Cindy Nichol**, the Director of Sacramento County Airports joins us for an interview covering a wide variety of subjects, everything from concessions to airport expansion.
- Finally, our **Odds and Ends** segment updates a story about vending machine cakes in Las Vegas and the cake goo that comes with them.

## Highlights

- [Flying a European airline to Europe - Chris Elliott's wisdom](https://www.travelersunited.org/the-complete-guide-to-ec-261-and-european-air-travel-rights-in-2023/?utm_source=newsletter)
- [Sacramento Ghost Tours](https://www.visitsacramento.com/blog/stories/post/us-ghost-adventures-sacramento/?utm_term=Read%20about%20ghost%20tours%20here%5Cu2192&utm_campaign=Fall%20into%20Fun%20Here%20in%20Sacramento%20%5CuD83C%5CuDF42%5CuD83C%5CuDF83&utm_content=email&utm_source=Act-On+Software&utm_medium=email&cm_mmc=Act-On%20Software-_-email-_-Fall%20into%20Fun%20Here%20in%20Sacramento%20%5CuD83C%5CuDF42%5CuD83C%5CuDF83-_-Read%20about%20ghost%20tours%20here%5Cu2192)
- [The story of In-N-Out Burger, celebrating 75 years](https://www.aol.com/news/why-n-barely-changed-business-100027900.html)
- [The Sphere in Las Vegas](https://www.thespherevegas.com/)
- [Noyo Harbor Inn & Fall in Fort Bragg](https://travelguysradio.com/sites/default/files/2023/10/noyo-harbor-inn.pdf)
- [American Flight Attendants' "logo/slogan" shirts](https://onemileatatime.com/news/american-airlines-flight-attendant-union-t-shirt-battle/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=today_on_omaat&utm_term=2023-10-05)
- [How FA's for different airlines "walk"](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwdQ4uDpWZI/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D)
- [Joe Brancatelli's Travel Site](https://joesentme.com/)
- [TSA in Miami getting into bags](https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2023/09/15/tsa-agents-theft-miami-airport-affil-cprog-ldn-vpx.wsvn)
- [Renting an electric vehicle? Here are some tips.](https://www.travelersunited.org/electric-vehicle-renters-beware-theres-much-to-know-beforehand/?utm_source=newsletter)
- [A new take on economy seating on planes, except....](https://www.facebook.com/supercarblondie/posts/pfbid02rRDcvqiEAF3giUqVyk2LQWdzoaUY77TKtF3fKLjnKHR8DRtuBhnrmrLBfNBkv2C8l?comment_id=675876497785788)
- [Trans-Siberian Orchestra Website](https://www.trans-siberian.com/)
- [Burning Man](https://burningman.org/)
- [Broadway Sacramento](https://www.broadwaysacramento.com/)
- [How to get compensation for getting bumped from a flight](https://www.facebook.com/reel/770948568374298)
- [How to win your consumer dispute using the Elliott Method](https://www.elliott.org/advocacy/how-to-win-your-consumer-dispute-using-the-elliott-method/)
- [Special events for California Wine Month](https://discovercaliforniawines.com/)
- [Supersonic Planes are making a comeback](https://www.travelpulse.com/news/airlines-airports/nasa-takes-commercial-aviation-one-step-closer-to-supersonic-passenger-planes)
- [Consumer Alert: The ride-sharing vomit scam is back!](https://www.elliottconfidential.com/p/consumer-alert-the-ride-sharing-vomit?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email)
- [Holiday airlines tickets - when to buy](https://www.travelpulse.com/news/airlines-airports/heres-when-to-score-the-best-deal-on-airline-tickets-for-the-2023-holiday-season)
- [Mark corrects the AirTag link - the REAL price](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0932QJ2JZ/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?_encoding=UTF8&aaxitk=b3ec1f2653c46365f0aed073beea7080&content-id=amzn1.sym.cd95889f-432f-43a7-8ec8-833616493f4a%3Aamzn1.sym.cd95889f-432f-43a7-8ec8-833616493f4a&hsa_cr_id=9583574130501&pd_rd_plhdr=t&pd_rd_r=e7253a88-f442-449d-b11f-50abff2b42e4&pd_rd_w=P680T&pd_rd_wg=0DvA2&qid=1692555807&ref_=sbx_be_s_sparkle_lsi4d_asin_1_img&sr=1-2-9e67e56a-6f64-441f-a281-df67fc737124)
- [Travelers United](https://www.travelersunited.org/)
- [SacTown Bites](https://www.sactownbites.com/)

Tags: [air travel](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/air-travel), [airports](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/airports), [Cindy Nichol](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/cindy-nichol), [Delta Air Lines](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/delta-air-lines), [international travel](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/international-travel), [Las Vegas](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/las-vegas), [Odds & Ends](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/odds-ends), [rewards programs](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/rewards-programs), [Sacramento International Airport](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/sacramento-international-airport), [smarter traveler](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/smarter-traveler), [travel news](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/travel-news)

Previous Episode: [Hotels are settling on the answer to the housekeeping dilemma](https://travelguysradio.com/2023/10/14/hotels-are-settling-answer-housekeeping-dilemma) — October 14, 2023
Next Episode: [A Federal Judge in Australia has found Carnival negligent](https://travelguysradio.com/2023/10/28/federal-judge-australia-has-found-carnival-negligent) — October 28, 2023

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