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Thank you to everyone who attended today’s travel hacking lunch event at Pure Financial. As promised, here are the links from my seminar slides.

I’ve included links to other posts that you’ll find helpful in your travel hacking journey. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.

Contents

  • Travel Hacking Lunch Event
  • Travel Tips
  • Airline Dining Programs
  • Credit Card Debt Help
  • Travel Rewards Cards
  • Miles, Points, & Credit Card Spreadsheet
  • #1 Secret to domestic travel
  • Southwest Credit Cards
    • Business Cards
    • Southwest Rapid Rewards Performance Business Card 
      • LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS CARD
    • Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier Business Card 
      • LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS CARD
    • Personal Cards
    • Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier Card
      • LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS CARD
    • Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority Card 
      • LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS CARD
    • Southwest Rapid Rewards Plus Credit Card 
      • LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS CARD
  • FoundersCard
  • Network

Travel Hacking Lunch Event

Travel Tips

When you should use points and when you should pay cash for hotels.

Read this post to find out when you should buy airline miles.

When you should buy hotel points.

Airline Dining Programs

You can earn up to 5 miles per $1 spent, including taxes and gratuities from airline dining programs.

Credit Card Debt Help

Help to manage and consolidate your credit card debt.

Here are the 10 best balance transfer credit cards with 0% intro APR.  

Travel Rewards Cards

Travel rewards credit cards are the fastest way to earn thousands of miles and points.

If you’re just getting started, this is the best card for travel hacking.

These are the best travel rewards cards.

If you don’t like to fly and prefer to drive, these are the best credit cards for road trips.

These cards give you the choice of earning points or cash back and they offer a welcome bonus.

When not flying First Class or Business Class or if you don’t have elite airline status, you can get these credit cards give you free airline lounge access.

Miles, Points, & Credit Card Spreadsheet

Credit Card, miles and points tracking spreadsheet

#1 Secret to domestic travel

The number one secret to domestic travel is the Southwest Companion Pass.

With the Southwest Companion Pass, you get unlimited free flights for two years.

You can earn a Companion Pass when fly 100 flights or earn 125,000 points a year.

The fastest way is to get two Southwest credit cards: one business card and one personal card.

Southwest Credit Cards

Business Cards

Southwest Rapid Rewards Performance Business Card 

Sign-up Bonus: 100,000 points: 70,000 points after spending $5,000 in purchases in the first 3 months. Another 30,000 points after spending an additional $25,000 in the first 6 months.

Why I like this card:

  • 3X points on Southwest tickets, hotels, and car rentals with Southwest partners
  • 2X points on internet, cable, phone, social media, and search engine ads
  • 1X point on everything else
  • 4 upgraded boarding passes each year
  • Inflight Wi-Fi credit
  • Global Entry or TSA PreCheck credit
  • 9,000 points on card anniversary
  • Earn a Companion Pass (two years of free flights) after earning 125,000 points a year

LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS CARD

Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier Business Card 

Sign-up Bonus: 60,000 points when you spend $3,000 in purchases in the first 3 months

Why I like this card:

  • 2X points on Southwest tickets and hotel and car rentals with Southwest partners
  • 1X points on all other purchases
  • 6,000 point bonus on card anniversary each year
  • Earn a Companion Pass (two years of free flights) after earning 125,000 points a calendar year

LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS CARD

Personal Cards

Southwest Rapid Rewards Premier Card

Sign-up Bonus: 40,000 points. Earn 40,000 points when you spend $1,000 in purchases in the first 3 months.

Why I like this card:

  • 2X points on Southwest tickets and hotel and car rentals with Southwest partners
  • 1X points on everything else
  • 6,000 point bonus on card anniversary each year
  • Earn a Companion Pass (two years of free flights) after earning 125,000 points a calendar year

LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS CARD

Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority Card 

Sign-up Bonus: 40,000 points. Earn 40,000 points when you spend $1,000 in purchases in the first 3 months.

Why I like this card:

  • 2X points on Southwest tickets and hotel and car rentals with Southwest partners
  • 1X points on everything else
  • $75 annual travel credit on Southwest
  • 4 upgraded boarding passes each year
  • 7,500 point bonus on card anniversary each year
  • Earn a Companion Pass (two years of free flights) after earning 125,000 points a calendar year

LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS CARD

Southwest Rapid Rewards Plus Credit Card 

Sign-up Bonus: 40,000 points. Earn 40,000 points when you spend $1,000 in purchases in the first 3 months.

Why I like this card:

  • 2X points on Southwest tickets and hotel and car rentals with Southwest partners
  • 1X points on everything else
  • 3,000 point on your anniversary every year
  • Earn a Companion Pass (two years of free flights) after earning 125,000 points a calendar year

LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS CARD

FoundersCard

With a FoundersCard membership, you get discounts on travel and business expenses. Enjoy airline and hotel status without a credit card.

Network

Join to network and meet other people in the travel hacking community.

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Get the best credit card signup bonuses.

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Chase Sapphire Preferred

The Chase Sapphire Preferred is the best card for beginning travel hackers. It is the first card you should get to start traveling for free because the welcome offer is 60,000 points (after spending $4,000 in the first three months).
 
My favorite perks about this card are earning 2X points on travel and dining, no foreign transaction fees, and transferring points to 13 airline and hotel partners like Hyatt, United, and Southwest.
 

Learn more about this card and how to apply



Chase Freedom Unlimited

The Chase Freedom Unlimited is one of my favorite cards for earning cash back card and travel rewards. It offers a welcome offer of $200 (after spending $500 in the first three months).
 
My favorite perks about this card are earning 5% cash back at grocery stores the first 12 months (up to $12k), unlimited 1.5% cash back on all purchases and no annual fee. When paired with cards like the Chase Sapphire Reserve, you can use your points to travel for free.
 

Learn more about this card and how to apply

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About Debra Schroeder

Debra is a former 12-year travel industry executive and has traveled the world using airline miles and credit card points since 1994. She'll teach you the secrets of traveling well for less.

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Debra Schroeder is a travel writer with 26 years of experience using miles and points to travel the world. A former 12-year travel industry executive, she knows how to find the deals and how to creatively finance trips, like getting a trip to Hawaii for practically free or a $26,000 trip to Australia for $208. She’s always looking for the best deal, whether it’s a hostel, luxury resort, or somewhere in between.

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