55: Points expert, Julia Menez, joins Chris to go deep on all things points and miles, including points stacking, optimizing rewards, tools to help organize your points and miles, using buying clubs to earn lots of points, and Chris shares how a somewhat sketchy website saved him an extra 15% off a new couch!
Julia Menez (@geobreezetravel) is a points strategy coach, speaker and host of the Geobreeze Travel podcast, where she interviews travelers from all walks of life about their points and miles strategies.
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Resources Mentioned:
Buyers Clubs
PFS Buyers Club –
MYS Buying Group –
BuyForMeRetail –
@thepointsanalyst –
Pack Your Bags With Points –
Julia’s Monthly Buyers Club Masterclass –
Earn More Points + $$$
Grabr – International purchasers prepay for you to buy items locally –
Rakuten – Cash back at thousands of stores –
Fluz – Cash back at thousands of stores + referral bonuses –
Seated – 20%+ back at partnered restaurants –
Dosh – Additional rewards shop, dine, and book. Can be stacked with Seated and other dining portals –
Cashback Monitor – Portal to find cash and points back for online retailers –
Honey – Promo Codes instantly –
RetailMeNot – Promo Codes instantly –
SearchTempest – Search the whole USA on Craigslist –
Savendeals – Coupons for Crate & Barrel, Lowes and Home Depot –
MyVegas Rewards – Get points towards free things in Vegas –
Frequent Miler – Blog with great points + miles content –
Doctor Of Credit – Blog with great points + miles content –
Pay1040.com – Pay taxes with your credit card –
ID.me – Discounts for teachers, military and more –
Optimizing Your Points
Feedly – Keep track of many blogs/websites –
AwardWallet – One dashboard for all your points –
Travelfreely – Credit Card management –
CardPointers – Automated Reward optimizer for your credit cards –
Credit Karma – Credit score tracking –
Point.me – Award flight search tool –
ANA Around the World Redemption – Up to 8 flights in biz class for less than 120k points –
Turkish Airlines Miles & Smiles – Great deals for award flights –
United Excursionist Perk – Unique trick to get an extra free award flight from United –
Scott’s Cheap Flights – Alerts on cheap flights around the world –
Julia’s Go-To Cards:
American Express Gold – Dining –
Bilt Rewards – Rent (earn points on Rent!) –
Chase Freedom Unlimited –
Chase Freedom Flex –
Chase Sapphire Preferred (Huge 80k Bonus!) –
Chase Sapphire Reserve – –
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