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Miles & Points Interview: Free Travel Genius
Dave writes Free Travel Genius to show his wife and family how to travel the world for less.
Jerusalem
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Emily’s grandmother, Vena, passed away last week. She was 89 years old and had a very long and happy life. Because Vena was a retired teacher, it is appropriate to remember her with three mile-and-points lessons.
Vena’s Last Lessons
I can’t stress this enough.
Some people always say how you should use your miles and point only for First or Business Class travel. Or how you’re not really using your miles and points well if you use them to travel within the US instead of visiting some far-away exotic land. Nonsense! Continue reading
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Miles & Points Interview: Travel Junkette
Susan has been working seasonal adventure jobs and traveling the world since 2008, so I was looking forward to chatting with her on Friday!
Susan on Isla de Ometepe, Nicaragua
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Miles & Points Interview: We Fly Free
Justin writes We Fly Free to show folks how to travel around the world without paying a lot of money!
Visiting Hawaii with Cara
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Miles & Points Interview: Travel is Free
Drew & Carrie are a broke married couple in their 20s who love to travel with miles and points. I was looking forward to learning more from them on Friday!
How and when did you start collecting miles and points?
My first rewards card came from researching how to save money on an upcoming road trip. Later, I decided that I was going to travel the world but had no idea how. I was content on boat hopping, hitchhiking and whatever it took.
It wasn’t until my wife and I fell in love that I decided I needed a new plan. When we were dating I spent alot of time googling ways to travel for free and the best info I found was stuff like hitchiking and couchsurfing, which I already had tried. Until I saw an article on people buying $1 coins on rewards cards.
That led me to flyertalk and the credit card churning began. Before I knew it, we had millions of miles.
Drew in Fiji
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[Disclosure: Emily and I do NOT get a commission for the link to the Alaska Airlines Visa card in the post as of the post publication date.]
Alaska Airlines Visa with 25,000 Miles Bonus & $100 Statement Credit
Via One Mile at a Time, Alaska Air has an offer for 25,000 Alaska Air Mileage Plan miles (after 1st purchase), plus a $100 statement credit after spending $1,000 within 3 months. The regular offer is for 25,000 miles after your 1st purchase, but you don’t get the $100 statement credit.
Alaska Air Visa with $100 Statement Credit
You have to purchase a flight to get the offer for 25,000 miles plus the $100 statement credit, but here’s a direct link to application page. If you do apply, please take lots of screen shots. A reader didn’t get the $100 statement the last time this was available, so as always, your miles may vary. Continue reading
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Miles & Points Interview: The Selfish Years
Kyle is an indie game developer and Christine is a lawyer. After living in Orlando for 8 years, they decided to rent their house, throw out all of their worldly possessions, and wander the world. I was looking forward to our Friday chat!
Mr and Mrs Selfish in Great Wall, China
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Readers frequently email to ask about the impact of being an authorized user on someone’s credit card. There are several benefits and drawback to being an authorized user so let’s have a look!
An authorized user is someone who can run up charges on a credit card on your behalf. An authorized user is usually not personally liable for the charges on the credit card, but the primary card holder is liable for those charges. So only add someone whom you trust as an authorized user.
You can usually add an authorized user by calling the customer service number at the back of your credit card. Some banks will let you add an authorized user online or when you apply for the card.
On the other hand, a Joint User is equally liable for the charges on the credit card. And a Joint User usually CANNOT get the credit card sign-up bonus for him or herself again (unlike an authorized user who can get the bonus separately).
1. Help Complete Minimum Spending
Having your partner as an authorized user on a credit card accounts means that any spending on the card counts towards your minimum spending requirements and that you get the miles and points earned for the authorized user’s spending. Continue reading
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Miles & Points Interview: Free Travel Guys
Joe & Michael show you how to travel this small world of ours for cheap so I was looking forward to our Friday chat!
How and when did you start collecting miles and points?
We have been collecting and redeeming miles and points for a number of years now, but it wasn’t until the end of 2011 when we really started getting into them as a hobby and learning the ins and outs. The US Air Grand Slam promotion is the promotion that hooked us to the miles and points game. Those were some really fun weeks!
We had never realized up until that point how many different ways you can accumulate miles and points for free travel.
Hawaii Mauna Kea Volcano
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I have earned and redeemed millions of airline miles and hotel points to travel the world for free. Now I'm blogging to help more people do the same! Find out more.
