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175px american the penny pincher 's passport to luxury travel 1961 travel advice , consumer advocacy joel widzer.jpg joel widzer
 joel widzer travel strategist
joel widzer

joel widzer -lrb- born august 25 , 1961 -rrb- is an american author of travel-related literature , consultant , and travel strategist .
in 1999 he wrote `` the penny pincher 's passport to luxury travel '' .
he is currently the managing partner of jlwconsulting a division of jetready llc .
widzer writes about luxury travel at a discount .
his efforts in seeking the value proposition of travel were precursors to what eventually evolved into a new body of travel discussing luxury at a discount .
most notable are his strategies for obtaining first class upgrades which has been profiled in usa today , the wall street journal , and the tv show inside edition .
