The Reframe

We've spent nine in-depth episodes talking about earning and burning points. Let's round this out with one final piece: how to track your points and the awesome trips that result!

Please reach out! Gmail is [email protected], and Instagram is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kathleen at The Reframe Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Travel portals: a simple booking dream, or a potential nightmare? Tune in this week to learn the pros and cons of booking your points-based travel through bank travel portals.

Please reach out! Gmail is [email protected], and Instagram is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kathleen at The Reframe Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Let's chat about redeeming points for hotel stays! From private plunge pool luxury to road trip spots to lay your head, we cover it all. This week, we walk through the Big Four programs (Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, and IHG), including tools to help you find, book, and rebook hotel travel. We also discuss a solid points-bookable alternative for family travelers who find the drawbacks of hotels to exceed their desirability.

Please reach out! Gmail is [email protected], and Instagram is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kathleen at The Reframe Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

This is a monster episode, packed with 10 principles and tools to help you find and book the best flight redemptions with your hard-earned points. Tune in to learn the mindset, strategies, and specific websites and apps that will help you take your redemptions from "meh" to "wowza!"

Please reach out! Gmail is [email protected], and Instagram is ⁠⁠⁠⁠Kathleen at The Reframe Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠.

It's back, baby -- another series on travel hacking basics, this time focused on burning all those hard-earned transferrable points we've stashed. This week, we start with six foundational principles to frame up the booking process. Tune in, my friends -- understanding these core points is the first step to getting out there and seeing the world for nearly free.

Please reach out! Gmail is [email protected], and Instagram is ⁠⁠⁠Kathleen at The Reframe Podcast⁠⁠⁠.

It's easy to focus on the gaps. Let's focus on the gains. In this week's episode, we discuss four practical ways to see how we're much closer to living our dream lives than we might realize at first blush.

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Gmail is [email protected], and Instagram is ⁠⁠Kathleen at The Reframe Podcast⁠⁠.

Our insourcing and outsourcing decisions vary by life season. This week, we discuss mental frameworks for making these decisions -- including both good and bad reasons for both -- plus practical points for shifting in either direction. As always, it's all in service to building lives we love.

Please reach out! Gmail is [email protected], and Instagram is ⁠Kathleen at The Reframe Podcast⁠.

Let's discuss this pernicious myth, its risks to our health, and how we can push back to protect our well-being and sense of peace.

Tune in for helpful strategies, whether you have 20 years left in the office, or you're financially free but anxious about stepping away from your professional identity.

Please reach out! Gmail is [email protected], and Instagram is Kathleen at The Reframe Podcast.

Let's wrap this series on points and miles earning by going beyond points and miles. How to conjure up cash for non-points travel, with very little effort? Enter the checking and savings account bonus game. Tune in to learn how you can pay for your jungle zip lines, Rockies lift tickets, or Italian cooking classes just by opening a few checking accounts with new banks.

Please reach out! Gmail is [email protected], and Instagram is ⁠Kathleen at The Reframe Podcast⁠.

Points earning goes well beyond swiping your card at a store. This week, we discuss how to earn points and miles for paying major expenses such as your mortgage or rent (yes, really!), insurance, taxes, college savings... and more!

Please reach out! Gmail is [email protected], and Instagram is ⁠Kathleen at The Reframe Podcast⁠.