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Have you racked up credit card points but are stuck on how best to use them? Is worrying about whether your redemption rate is worth it stopping you from spending? Today we discuss three main ways to use your well earned points and miles, and why each method has its place to ultimately help you travel more and for cheaper. 

What we cover in today's episode: 

• What are all the options for using credit card points
• What are the pros and cons to redeeming credit cards points in the portal
• When would you use the portal vs cash back/purchase eraser
• What are the pros and cons to transferring credit card points to partners

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Are you overwhelmed with the endless must have travel products newsletters clogging your email? Do they all seem to say the same thing time and time again? Are you looking to upgrade your travel quality of life without researching for hours on end? Today we list our top 8 travel products that are actually worth the money and will change your travel experience for the better.

In Today's Episode, we cover:

• 8 travel products and services that will instantly elevate your travel experience 
• Free services that you should be using right now to travel smartly
• A couple of travel products worth the one time investment for years of upgraded travel 

Osprey Travel Pack

Final Press

Pocket Pharmacy 

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So you’ve met your minimum spends, earned those bonuses, and are sitting on a hoard of credit card points. But now you don’t know what to do with them. Or maybe, you’re stuck in the cash back purchase eraser stage of travel hacking, and you want to take it to the next level. You want to score one of those crazy redemptions you see on social media, but you don’t know where to start and are starting to wonder if it is even possible. Today, we break down three ways to find the best redemptions and explain why it isn’t just possible, but actually easy to get an instagrammable deal.

In Today's Episode, we cover: 

• Strategies that you can use to search for credit card point and miles redemptions
• The best way to learn the ins and outs of searching for point and miles redemptions 
• Free and paid services that can help you search for point and miles redemptions if you have a specific trip coming up or your sort on time.

Points Path

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Have you ever started to plan a trip and immediately felt overwhelmed with all the hotel choices? Are you nervous that you aren't going to pick the correct accommodation or that you're going to miss out on an even better choice because there's just too much to search through? Well we've got you covered. In today's episode, we're going to break down our step by step strategy for booking a great hotel, every time.  

In today's episode, we talk about: 

• How we find great hotels in every city- the steps we take and the things we look for in reviews
• How to search for the best hotels 
• Tips and tricks on how to find affordable hotels that you actually want to stay in 
• When to consider AirBnB or VRBO home rentals

Gondola.ai

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On this episode of the Travel More Podcast - Summer School Edition, we share a cautionary tale of when booking a room through a third party went wrong. If your go to for booking travel is to visit Expedia, Priceline or browse through your credit card travel portal, keep listening. Learn when and how to use these tools, and more importantly what to avoid before booking your next trip.

In today's episode, we cover: 

• The two big reasons why you should not use third party OTA (online travel agent) portals. Examples of those include Expedia, Priceline, credit card portals, etc. 
• One reason why we would suggest using a third party booking system- this is a very specific example! 
• Some real world examples of problems we've encountered booking with third party portals (or OTAs)

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Subscribe to our Newsletter for a bi-weekly points and miles tip, an update on the best current travel deals, points and miles transfer bonuses and interesting places we've found in our travels.

Join our Travel Community on Facebook to connect with other like minded travelers, share stories, tips, tricks and travel hack wins- Travel More Insiders

Visit our Website https://travelmorepodcast.com/

Join Going (Scott's Cheap Flights) Use code: MAGIC20 for 20% off your first year!

Check out our travels in real time and get additional tips on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travelmorepodcast/

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Disclosure: We only recommend products we would or do use ourselves and all opinions expressed here are our own. This post may contain affiliate links that at no additional cost to you, we may earn a small commission.

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On this episode of the Travel More Podcast - Summer School Edition, we return to travel hacking bootcamp. Does your head spin watching influencers on social media brag about earning 100,000 points and more year after year? Are you counting yourself out of the travel hack game because there’s no way you could spend enough money to rack up all those points? Today we dispel myths and fears around earning points and share how anyone can bring in those big numbers.

In today's episode, we cover:

• How to earn 100,000+ credit card points every year 
• An explanation of how the points and miles "game" can affect your credit score
• How to tell if a credit card's annual fee is really worth it 
• How to decide whether or not to open a new credit card

**This is not financial advice, please talk to your financial advisor before making any decisions!**

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Subscribe to our Newsletter for a bi-weekly points and miles tip, an update on the best current travel deals, points and miles transfer bonuses and interesting places we've found in our travels.

Join our Travel Community on Facebook to connect with other like minded travelers, share stories, tips, tricks and travel hack wins- Travel More Insiders

Visit our Website https://travelmorepodcast.com/

Join Going (Scott's Cheap Flights) Use code: MAGIC20 for 20% off your first year!

Check out our travels in real time and get additional tips on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travelmorepodcast/

Get in touch with us at [email protected]

Disclosure: We only recommend products we would or do use ourselves and all opinions expressed here are our own. This post may contain affiliate links that at no additional cost to you, we may earn a small commission.

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Have you heard the best time to buy plane tickets is on a Tuesday, or that you should buy your tickets at least 6 months or more in advance? Has your first search for a flight abroad discouraged you from continuing to plan the trip at all and made you feel that you could never afford to go anywhere? On today’s episode we dispel old myths about buying plane tickets and bring you our data driven tips on how to get the cheapest airfare for whenever and wherever you want to go next. 

In this episode we cover:

• When is the best time to buy plane tickets according to price data across different platforms
• Tools for finding the best flight prices 
• Myths around the time to buy plane tickets and why buying plane tickets too early could be costing you hundreds of dollars! 
• The difference in buying plane tickets with "cash" vs points and miles

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Subscribe to our Newsletter for a bi-weekly points and miles tip, an update on the best current travel deals, points and miles transfer bonuses and interesting places we've found in our travels.

Join our Travel Community on Facebook to connect with other like minded travelers, share stories, tips, tricks and travel hack wins- Travel More Insiders

Visit our Website https://travelmorepodcast.com/

Join Going (Scott's Cheap Flights) Use code: MAGIC20 for 20% off your first year!

Check out our travels in real time and get additional tips on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travelmorepodcast/

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Disclosure: We only recommend products we would or do use ourselves and all opinions expressed here are our own. This post may contain affiliate links that at no additional cost to you, we may earn a small commission.

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Have you found yourself struggling to find cheap flights using your points and miles? Do you see other people post about redeeming their points for business and 1st class trips around the world, but you can’t even find a deal on a basic economy seat for under 60,000 points? Today’s guest breaks down all the ins and outs of finding those deals, plus we talk about some must have tools for redemption searches including a free browser plug in that takes all the guess work out of your next search.

Julian Kheel has been covering points and miles topics since 2014 in various different news outlets. He has been a contributor to the “big boys” of points and miles, including Frequent Miler and the Point’s Guy where he was a director and senior analyst before breaking away and starting his own travel start up, Points Path- a game changer for point redemptions, which we know is the hardest part of the points and miles hobby.

Topics we cover today: 

• Strategies for point and miles redemptions; including how to choose travel destinations, how to begin points and miles searches and how to level up over time.
• Best redemptions we've found and some ones we're looking for in the future 
• The best free and paid tools to take some of the guesswork out of redemptions (or make it easier to get started). 

Some of the tools we talk about: 

Points Path - Just go ahead and download this, its free and a no brainer!  

Point.me

Seats.aero

Points.yeah

**this is not a paid ad and we are not affiliates as of the recording of this episode, we just really like this product! 

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Subscribe to our Newsletter for a bi-weekly points and miles tip, an update on the best current travel deals, points and miles transfer bonuses and interesting places we've found in our travels.

Join our Travel Community on Facebook to connect with other like minded travelers, share stories, tips, tricks and travel hack wins- Travel More Insiders

Visit our Website https://travelmorepodcast.com/

Join Going (Scott's Cheap Flights) Use code: MAGIC20 for 20% off your first year!

Check out our travels in real time and get additional tips on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travelmorepodcast/

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Disclosure: We only recommend products we would or do use ourselves and all opinions expressed here are our own. This post may contain affiliate links that at no additional cost to you, we may earn a small commission.

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Today we venture outside the typical itinerary and bring you to the land of the midnight sun, polar bears and walrus safaris. If you think exploring the world's more distant destinations are out of reach or out of budget, think again! Learn how to expand on a trip you may already have on the books and think off the beaten path.

In this episode we discuss...

• How and why we chose Svlabard as a destination
• How we budgeted for expedition type travel
• How to make the most of trips you may already have booked 

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Subscribe to our Newsletter for a bi-weekly points and miles tip, an update on the best current travel deals, points and miles transfer bonuses and interesting places we've found in our travels.

Join our Travel Community on Facebook to connect with other like minded travelers, share stories, tips, tricks and travel hack wins- Travel More Insiders

Visit our Website https://travelmorepodcast.com/

Join Going (Scott's Cheap Flights) Use code: MAGIC20 for 20% off your first year!

Check out our travels in real time and get additional tips on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travelmorepodcast/

Get in touch with us at [email protected]

Disclosure: We only recommend products we would or do use ourselves and all opinions expressed here are our own. This post may contain affiliate links that at no additional cost to you, we may earn a small commission.

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This week on the Travel More Podcast, we are breaking down the best ways to find cheap hotels (or accomodations) in expensive cities. We have traveled to some of the most expensive destinations in the world and have had to get creative with finding places to sleep! We are not the type of budget travelers to couch surf or share bunks with strangers, so we had to go outside the box on some of these! 

In this episode we cover: 

• Where to start when looking for hotels or accommodations in expensive cities
• Some creative ways to find unique and trendy places to stay in expensive cities 
• When to look outside the cities, and what to keep in mind when searching
• Some incredible stays we've had while staying on a budget in big cities
• How to use points and miles to find great deals in big cities 

Support the show

Subscribe to our Newsletter for a bi-weekly points and miles tip, an update on the best current travel deals, points and miles transfer bonuses and interesting places we've found in our travels.

Join our Travel Community on Facebook to connect with other like minded travelers, share stories, tips, tricks and travel hack wins- Travel More Insiders

Visit our Website https://travelmorepodcast.com/

Join Going (Scott's Cheap Flights) Use code: MAGIC20 for 20% off your first year!

Check out our travels in real time and get additional tips on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travelmorepodcast/

Get in touch with us at [email protected]

Disclosure: We only recommend products we would or do use ourselves and all opinions expressed here are our own. This post may contain affiliate links that at no additional cost to you, we may earn a small commission.