4 simple and proven steps to help ANYONE break into the points game

Master of Points and Miles

Hello! My name is Lori and I'm ESL teacher who travels multiple times a year both domestically and internationally for a sliver of the actual cost. If you give me five minutes, I'll show you how to travel the world for (practically) free. Here's a bit of background information on myself that will most likely take more than a few minutes to get through. I'm from a family of travel agents, so you can definitely say that it is both figuratively and literally in my blood. My grandparents opened up a travel agency in Newark more than 50 years ago, and my mom took it over after they retired. My Saturdays were spent learning on a computer (which was a really big deal in the late 80s/early 90s) how to book people to their dream destinations. I learned about pseudo-city codes before I even knew what pseudo meant (true story)and, more importantly, it cemented my love of travel. Plus, it showed me that it took a lot of money being saved in order to make those travel dreams come to fruition. Fast forward to the year 2011, when I'm just a few months shy of returning back to the States after a two-year stint in South Korea, and determining how I'll be able to travel as extensively as I did while I was living and working in Asia. A quick internet search later (and I do mean quick, as South Korea has the fastest internet in the universe), the world of travel hacking was exposed to me. My inner nerd was rejoicing at the fact that I could leverage my good credit score in order to score lucrative sign-up bonuses which would net me with (almost) free travel. I started, as most people do, by sticking my toes into the proverbial points pool by applying for one credit card, which then spiraled into a full-blown points and miles obsession, but in the healthiest sense possible. Since that time, I’ve saved over $100k, and it is 100% due to travel hacking. I want YOU to do the same and experience all of the glorious wonders that the world has to offer. Of course, always keeping in mind that swiping happily-ever-after must be done responsibly.