From Points and Miles to Passports and Memories

Send us Fan Mail Today I go into some of the perks that we have received on our hotels without free breakfast and ask the question: Are nicer hotels without free breakfast better or worse, and are the perks worth the splurge?  You can be the one to decide the answers, and I would love to hear your feedback!  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Today I go over the 68,000 points and $220 in credit card perks that we used for our 36 hour family getaway! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Today I dive into some of the main expenses that a family might have over the course of a month.  I share some of my favorite cards to auto bill these expenses on and talk about how many points you may get throughout the year.  Please remember that if you are taking this strategy it won't get you all of the points that you need forever, but that it will help you get a few mor...

Send us Fan Mail Today I go over some of the annual fees that have started to hit or will hit in the next 6 months and what we plan to do with the cards as we hit the one or two year mark.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Today I dive into some of the perks to make traveling smoother and easier.  I go over what you may have and use and the advantages that each of them will give you.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Today I dive into a short and sweet episode on what a transfer bonus is and how they can be leveraged to get more for fewer points.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail If you are checking in real time I go over some of the perks that you have in Paze, how I spent mine, and things to be careful of in the process. This promotion is scheduled to end 9/10/26. Also side note: I did start the process with chase of pointing out my paze transactions and they are working on switching it over for me!  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Today I go over some of the points to consider to help you set yourself reasonable expectations on how many cards you can open in 12 months.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail We are soaking up the last few weeks of summer vacation.  I decided to re upload our first redemption episode as we enjoy the end of our summer!  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Today I go through the simple things that we do on a regular trip, and reasons that we might not be as luxury as many people seem to think.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Today I have a short and sweet episode on some quick and easy solutions if you have smaller amounts of points sitting in multiple places.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Today I go into some of the wins and some of the loses in public transportation, and lessons that we learned along the way.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Today I go through some options that a family of five could use to get to Rome in spring of 2026. I also take the time to go through a ton of credits and perks that they can utilize in the process to help offset their trip.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Today my daughter gets a chance to explain our adventures in Disneyland, Paris and some of the high points throughout the day.  We talk about some incredible rides and some of the high points of the day.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Today I go over some of the things that we did in our trip to Belgium, and some of the things that we just didn't have time for.  This was our outdoor adventure and ropes course. https://en.sortilege.be/ Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Today I dive into some of the humorous and more serious problems that I have run into during this adventure into the world of points and miles.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Today I do a mock redemption on a trip to London, and also take the time to go into how changing plans to come home from a mystery city save huge amounts in taxes and fees on the return trip, and you get to see another place!  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Today I go over ways that typical people might spend their points and miles and explain (again!) how I might go in and do the same thing in a transfer portal for less.  I explain how to get the real power out of points and miles and encourage new listeners to dive in!  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Today I go over the many misconceptions in the points and miles world.  I review what people think that we do and go over what it is that we actually do in order to maximize points and take the trip.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Part of the trick in points and miles is strategically opening new cards that fit your family and your spend.  Today I go over what our family's newest card is based off of raising expenses of summer, and give some ideas on how to weigh perks as you pick your newest cards as well.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Today I go over the secret sauce in points and miles! One of those things that you didn't realize that you were missing and is hard to understand until you start to see exactly how well it works!  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Today I go over some of the things that we can do as a family of four for somewhat last minute trips.  We go over ideas of places to go on last minute flights within the budget of 200,000 Amex miles.  You may be surprised and how great some of these options are!  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Today I compare our 4 higher annual fee cards, I go over what they each offer as far as credits that we have used, how much we paid for the fees, and if the fees have been more or less than what we have earned so far!  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Rather you are an old hand at points and miles or have found yourself new to the hobby we have all felt times that we are overwhelmed.  Today I go into what you can do when you start to feel overwhelmed and some of the solutions that you can take so that you can still find yourself going from points and miles, to passports and memories.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Today I go over some of the perks that we have in the world of free benefits and how we get to the term free in the world of coupon credit cards, and how to know if you can get the bang for your buck.   Support the show