From Points and Miles to Passports and Memories
I started brand new to the points and miles world In September of 2024, now less than 6 months later I have already booked my first trip, worked on the maximizing my card benefits, and have enough points to book trip number 2 as soon as I convince my family that it is a good idea! I want to show people who are brand new to this world what is possible even when you are starting at the bottom and climbing to the top of the world!
Episodes
12 episodes
Family Review-Ireland
Today I interview my family on some of successes and minor failures that we had in the process of the 2nd half of our first redemption trip in Ireland! Enjoy hearing some of our adventures, and how we are ok living off the beaten path and enjoy...
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32:43
Mock Redemption- Munich and Venice
Today I go into how many points it would take to cover a flight to Munich and a flight home from Venice, as well as covering how to adjust the flights that you might want in order to cover a hotel.....all for less money! See how you can travel ...
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23:18
Ready to book?
Today we walk through the important (and pretty easy!) steps to book redemption flights and then we talk about some of the important factors to consider as you go through the booking process.
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20:51
Convincing a Player 2 to join in, a tale of a reluctant player 2 to full on enthusiast
Today I interview my husband (Player 2) in the points and miles game, he explains his first thoughts in the process, when he realized that this was a real thing, and how we have adjusted our spending habits since joining the points and miles ga...
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23:40
First Redemption Success-Interviewing the kids
I bring my kiddos in today to discuss our first redemption, some of the fun things that we did, and our time with family. Listen to hear how the points and miles success is impacting my family in great ways!
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21:10
Lounge access cards and options
Today I walk through the lounge access options of the three major personal cards and do the math for you on family visits to help you decide if this is a perk that is worth it for your family, and the best way to find the best cost saving optio...
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28:30
To purchase tickets through transfer partners or a credit card portal?
Today I will go over some apples to apples comparisons of purchasing flight tickets and the best way and places to get the tickets, reasons someone might want to consider going through the portal, and the pros and cons of each.
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19:40
step by step
Here I go through some of the steps that I took and some of the steps that I wish I had taken on my new journey and at the very beginning of starting points and miles.
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19:14
Episode 4- How to turn your normal spending into more points through shopping portals.
Today I will go into the shopping portals that can be found through Rakuten and that can be found through the Capital One venture links in order to get more points for things that you are already buying.
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26:27