How to Earn $600 in Free Travel from a Fixed Value Credit Card
Since opening up our first travel rewards card, our family has earned approximately $7,240 towards future travel. This free travel has been acquired by opening up 5 new credit cards and meeting the minimum spending requirements to earn bonus sign-up points. In addition to those 5 credit cards, we are currently working on 3 more. […]
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How We Used One Big Expense to Earn $1,000 in Free Travel
Last fall (about 6 months ago), I opened up our first travel rewards card. After reading stories of people earning thousands and thousands of dollars in free travel … my wife and I were hooked. That first card earned us over $500 in free travel, so we decided to open up 3 additional cards over […]
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How We Added $1,000 in Free Travel with Our 2nd Rewards Card
It was less than 6 months ago when my wife and I decided to start building a portfolio of rewards points to use for free travel. We had recently learned how others were racking up thousands and thousands of dollars in free travel by opening up rewards credit cards. So we wanted to get in […]
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How We Earned Over $2,000 in Free Travel on Our 3rd Rewards Card
Just a few weeks ago, I wrote a post about how we had our first travel hacking win! Back in December (just about one month ago), we received our first 50,000 bonus points (Chase Ultimate Rewards®) for meeting the minimum spending requirements on a credit card (Chase Sapphire Preferred®). The points earned from that first […]
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Are Travel Rewards Cards with Annual Fees Worth Opening?
Are travel rewards cards with an annual fee worth all the fuss? The short answer is … it depends. It depends on the actual card and it depends on your strategy for earning travel rewards. Personally, my wife and I have found that some of the best travel rewards bonuses come from cards that have […]
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