🛫 Travel, Points & Miles
👑 10+ Shortcuts To Elite Travel Status and Free Perks
Who doesn't want a VIP experience when traveling? Unfortunately airline and hotel elite status can take countless flights, spending tens of thousands of dollars and/or 50+ nights in a hotel. So this week Greg the Frequent Miler and I shared 11 different tricks and shortcuts earn elite status with airlines and hotels so you can upgrade your next trip!
🏨 Free Year of I Prefer Titanium Status
Speaking of shortcuts to elite status, MilesTalk recently shared this offer to earn a free year of I Prefer’s Titanium status, which includes a 50% bonus on points earned, room upgrades, early check-in and late check-out, complimentary food and beverages and more.
🤑 Latest Deals
💰 Make an Easy $3k/mo from Online Deals
In 2023, Kai earned over $36k and 2.4 million points by turning online deals into profits. Learn his strategies for leveraging bank bonuses, meal kits, cell phones, buying groups, gift cards and more into a profitable side hustle and reliable income stream. You can also follow his churning journey each month on his podcast.
🍔 Free $10 UberEats or GrubHub Giftcard with Xfinity
Xfinity Rewards is giving away a free $10 UberEats or GrubHub gift card. Click this link to claim the offer before it reaches its limit.
💳 50% Off CardPointers Pro
Cardpointers is one of my favorite apps for getting the most out of my credit cards. My favorite feature is that it automatically adds every Amex, Chase, BoA, & Citi Offer to your cards and adds them simultaneously across multiple cards at the same issuer so you can use the offers more than once. Even better, the browser extension will remind you anytime you're on a site with an offer added to your card. In the past two years, I've easily earned a 3-5x ROI on Cardpointers Pro and it's 50% off until tomorrow, so check it out.
💰 Points & Miles on Sale
If you have a redemption in mind, especially for Air Canada Aeroplan, these deals for buying points and miles might come in handy! Expiration dates are in parentheses:
- Air Canada Aeroplan: 1.14¢ each with up to a 125% bonus (7/8 through 7/11)
- Virgin Atlantic: 1.19-1.48¢ with up to a 70% bonus (7/7)
- Wyndham Rewards: 0.96¢ each with a 35% bonus (8/9)
🕵️ Great Finds
✨ A More Balanced Approach To Saving
I really resonated with Ben Carlson's reflection on his saving journey, where he highlight how saving and investing isn't always the only priority in a financial plan. Yes, Amy and I want to maximize our savings for the future, but it probably shouldn't come at the expense of enjoying the present and making memories with our kids.
📝 An Anonymous Survey For Self Improvement
My friend Michael Galpert recently sent out this anonymous survey to 40 friends and colleagues, asking some tough questions about his personal and professional growth. I loved this idea for learning and self-improvement and will likely try to replicate it soon!
📺 Slow Horses
Amy and I just finished Season 3 of Slow Horses and really enjoyed it. The show (based on the Slough House Series by Mick Herron) follows a team of British intelligence agents relegated to a dumping ground department of MI5 due to past mistakes in their career. All 3 seasons are available on Apple TV+ and the 4th season is coming this year.
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