Episode Summary:
In this week’s episode, we give a refresher on travel hacking and share an update on our 1 million point goal this year. The power of travel hacking comes from the sign-up bonuses, not from normal spend. We’ve signed up for 9 different credit cards this year for a total of 800K+ points and miles. We share how our traveling hacking is helping to fund our summer travel adventures.
Episode Notes:
We start with an update on how we’re doing against our 1 million point and mile goal for 2022. We’ve signed up for 9 different cards totalling 800K+ in points and miles, and we’ve been able to reach the spend targets through already planned expenses in our lives.
We talk through a number of things in this episode:
- A refresher on how travel hacking works.
- How you should value and redeem points and miles for tavel.
- How we are using points to fund our summer travel plans.
Show References:
- Friends on FIRE Episode #134 – Travel hacking our way to 1 million points in 2022
- Award Wallet – Free Loyalty Points Tracker (they also have a paid version)
- The Points Guy website
- The Points Guy Free Travel Tracking App
- The Points Guy Beginning Guide to Points and Miles
- The Points Guy – Best Credit Cards