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Wild Card Challenge final scoring and winner announced! | Special Feature Episode | 10-7-26
Frequent Miler on the Air · 8 октября 2026 г. · 53 мин
The Wild Card challenge has officially wrapped, with the final scores and official winner announced in our live YouTube broadcast on October 7th, 2026. Review the scoring and listen to the live broadcast here. As a reminder, for this challenge, our contestants picked from different wild card decks to set the parameters of their trips. First, they selected travel destinations , then hotel , airline , and transferable points cards , which provided their points and miles budgets. And finally, they selected power-ups and obstacles to make their travels a little more realistic to the challenges our readers and listeners face, and make things a little more interesting! Finally, they had to meet together in Melbourne, Australia, a destination that was revealed as a complete surprise in our card draw livestream. Total scores after Destinations 1 & 2 As a quick reminder, here were the scores each of the contestants earned after the first two destinations: Greg Destination 1 = 102 Destination 2 = 106 Total score = 208 Nick Destination 1 = 105 Destination 2 = 115 Total score = 220 Tim Destination 1 = 107 Destination 2 = 123 Total score = 230 Destination 3 scoring During the livestream on Wednesday night, we judges awarded the scores for their third and final destination: Melbourne, Australia. Here's a breakdown of what each of them earned: Greg Flights W allet-friendliness – 8 I ngenuity – 9 L uxury – 6 D uplicability – 10 Accommodation W allet-friendliness – 6 I ngenuity – 6 L uxury – 9 D uplicability – 10 Activities W allet-friendliness – 7 I ngenuity – 10 L uxury – 10 D uplicability – 10 Mini challenge description Many of our readers use miles and points for their honeymoons. Pick an activity you could imagine including in a honeymoon trip. – 10 Additional bonus points We were impressed with Greg's gameplay whereby he paid for his hotels using airline miles and paid for nearly all his flights using hotel points - 10 Total points for Destination 3 – 121 Total points for Destinations 1 & 2 – 208 Total points for the entire trip – 329 Nick Flights W allet-friendliness – 7 I ngenuity – 8 L uxury – 7 D uplicability – 10 Accommodation W allet-friendliness – 7 I ngenuity – 8 L uxury – 8 D uplicability – 10 Activities W allet-friendliness – 10 I ngenuity – 9 L uxury – 9 D uplicability – 10 Mini challenge description Many of our readers travel with picky eaters. Order a dish you think is locally authentic, but wouldn't scare off a picky eater. – 10 Additional bonus points Nick was a real trooper considering he had to fly across the Atlantic three times despite not having to actually visit Eu