We break down exactly how we booked our entire family of five for a two-week European adventure across Paris, Barcelona, and Madrid using points and miles. This trip demonstrates how strategic credit card usage, elite status benefits, and advance planning can transform an expensive dream vacation into an affordable reality. • Booked 5 economy seats on Air France for 85,000 Flying Blue miles with 25% discount for kids under 11 • Leveraged Hyatt Globalist status to secure club access and connecting rooms at multiple properties • Used suite upgrade awards to enhance accommodation experience for the family • Booked high-speed train from Barcelona to Madrid using the Omio app  • Secured premium economy return flights through Virgin Atlantic using 150,000 transferred Amex points • Communicated with hotels 6-8 weeks in advance to confirm connecting rooms and family accommodations • Used free night certificates and airline credits to minimize out-of-pocket expenses • Total cost under $2,000 for round-trip flights to Europe for a family of five If you have questions about planning your own family trip using points and miles, find me on Instagram and say hello! I'm happy to answer them.

We break down exactly how we booked our entire family of five for a two-week European adventure across Paris, Barcelona, and Madrid using points and miles. This trip demonstrates how strategic credit card usage, elite status benefits, and advance planning can transform an expensive dream vacation into an affordable reality. • Booked 5 economy seats on Air France for 85,000 Flying Blue miles with 25% discount for kids under 11 • Leveraged Hyatt Globalist status to secure club access and connecting rooms at multiple properties • Used suite upgrade awards to enhance accommodation experience for the family • Booked high-speed train from Barcelona to Madrid using the Omio app • Secured premium economy return flights through Virgin Atlantic using 150,000 transferred Amex points • Communicated with hotels 6-8 weeks in advance to confirm connecting rooms and family accommodations • Used free night certificates and airline credits to minimize out-of-pocket expenses • Total cost under $2,000 for round-trip flights to Europe for a family of five If you have questions about planning your own family trip using points and miles, find me on Instagram and say hello! I'm happy to answer them.

We break down exactly how we booked our entire family of five for a two-week European adventure across Paris, Barcelona, and Madrid using points and miles. This trip demonstrates how strategic credit card usage, elite status benefits, and advance planning can transform an expensive dream vacation into an affordable reality. • Booked 5 economy seats on Air France for 85,000 Flying Blue miles with 25% discount for kids under 11 • Leveraged Hyatt Globalist status to secure club access and connecting rooms at multiple properties • Used suite upgrade awards to enhance accommodation experience for the family • Booked high-speed train from Barcelona to Madrid using the Omio app&nbsp; • Secured premium economy return flights through Virgin Atlantic using 150,000 transferred Amex points • Communicated with hotels 6-8 weeks in advance to confirm connecting rooms and family accommodations • Used free night certificates and airline credits to minimize out-of-pocket expenses • Total cost under $2,000 for round-trip flights to Europe for a family of five If you have questions about planning your own family trip using points and miles, find me on Instagram and say hello! I'm happy to answer them.

How We Booked 2 Weeks in Europe on Points as a Family of 5!

<div>Do you struggle to understand how people travel using points and miles from credit cards? It can be easy to waste a lot of time learning travel hacking on your own, especially if you find it complex and confusing. &nbsp; Let us pull back the curtain and show you how you can maximize money you're already spending to earn enough credit card points and miles to travel with your family for nearly free.&nbsp; We've used credit card points and miles to take our family of 5 on trips to places like Costa Rica, San Diego, Disneyland, Oceanside, NYC, Washington DC, Hawaii, and next year we have already booked Paris, Spain and Japan!&nbsp; Using credit card points and miles (often called travel hacking) doesn't have to be overwhelming or take a ton of time, and we can show you how.&nbsp; Can you earn a lot of points and miles without opening up multiple credit cards? Only if you have a really high amount of spend each month. For people with larger families, opening new cards is the easiest and fastest way to earn enough points and miles to take a couple of really low cost (but not low budget) family vacations every year!&nbsp; If you want to learn ways to help you and your family travel more affordably using credit card points, this show is for you.&nbsp; </div>

Society & Culture

Education

Parenting

Kids & Family

Places & Travel

How To

Do you struggle to understand how people travel using points and miles from credit cards? It can be easy to waste a lot of time learning travel hacking on your own, especially if you find it complex and confusing.   Let us pull back the curtain and show you how you can maximize money you're already spending to earn enough credit card points and miles to travel with your family for nearly free.  We've used credit card points and miles to take our family of 5 on trips to places like Costa Rica, San Diego, Disneyland, Oceanside, NYC, Washington DC, Hawaii, and next year we have already booked Paris, Spain and Japan!  Using credit card points and miles (often called travel hacking) doesn't have to be overwhelming or take a ton of time, and we can show you how.  Can you earn a lot of points and miles without opening up multiple credit cards? Only if you have a really high amount of spend each month. For people with larger families, opening new cards is the easiest and fastest way to earn enough points and miles to take a couple of really low cost (but not low budget) family vacations every year!  If you want to learn ways to help you and your family travel more affordably using credit card points, this show is for you. 

Do you struggle to understand how people travel using points and miles from credit cards? It can be easy to waste a lot of time learning travel hacking on your own, especially if you find it complex and confusing. &nbsp; Let us pull back the curtain and show you how you can maximize money you're already spending to earn enough credit card points and miles to travel with your family for nearly free.&nbsp; We've used credit card points and miles to take our family of 5 on trips to places like Costa Rica, San Diego, Disneyland, Oceanside, NYC, Washington DC, Hawaii, and next year we have already booked Paris, Spain and Japan!&nbsp; Using credit card points and miles (often called travel hacking) doesn't have to be overwhelming or take a ton of time, and we can show you how.&nbsp; Can you earn a lot of points and miles without opening up multiple credit cards? Only if you have a really high amount of spend each month. For people with larger families, opening new cards is the easiest and fastest way to earn enough points and miles to take a couple of really low cost (but not low budget) family vacations every year!&nbsp; If you want to learn ways to help you and your family travel more affordably using credit card points, this show is for you.&nbsp;

Share How We Booked 2 Weeks in Europe on Points as a Family of 5!

Sign up to save your podcasts

How We Booked 2 Weeks in Europe on Points as a Family of 5!

How We Booked 2 Weeks in Europe on Points as a Family of 5!

More shows like Travel Party of 5 | Points & Miles for Family Travel

Miles to Go - Travel Tips, News & Reviews You Can't Afford to Miss!

Know Before You Go Travel Show

Award Travel 101

Frequent Miler on the Air

Travel Squad Podcast

MTM Travel - The Fun Side of Points & Travel!

Geobreeze Travel

All the Hacks with Chris Hutchins

Points Talk with the Travel Mom Squad

Point Me To First Class

Let's Get To The Points

Takeoff: A Points and Miles Podcast by 10xTravel

Wonderland on Points | Credit Card Rewards & Budget Travel

Points for Normal People by Katie's Travel Tricks

The Thrifty Traveler Podcast