we have earned millions of rewards points from our credit card signup bonuses that we’ve taken and turned into luxury trips; so we know this works...
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In our Travel Miles 101 Facebook group, Jordan asked us this question: To summarize Jordan’s question: He’s new to travel rewards and just got started by opening a Chase Sapphire Preferred credit card. His wife opened one as well, so they’ll each earn the bonus. By my calculations he’ll be…
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When you first discovered the power of points and miles and booked your first, almost free trip, no doubt you were hooked and ready for more. You may have wondered if there was a way to accumulate points quicker in order to book more trips, or to take someone along…
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If you’ve been involved with travel rewards for a while, you know that there are two main opportunities to score award seats for flights. Either you book way in advance, such as 11 months before your departure date, or within a few weeks of departure. Those two time frames seem…
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This post is a cautionary tale of a few mistakes one of our community members recently made when trying to book flights to Hawaii using Chase Ultimate Rewards points. While I never want to make a negative example of someone, Andrea graciously allowed me to publish this post to help…
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Hello and welcome to Travel Miles 101! We’re Alexi Zemsky and Brad Barrett and among our many shared interests, travel is at the very top of the list. Brad’s love of travel and different cultures started with a summer study abroad program in Japan and has continued on through more…
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Brad’s Intro: We’ve spent the length of the course trying to get you up to speed so you feel comfortable both earning and redeeming credit card rewards miles & points. We all want to travel for nearly free, and this gets you as close as possible. That said, the redemption…
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