December 29, 2025
A Year in Points Review: What to Track, What to Learn, and Why It Matters
Episode Description
Have you ever taken a step back and actually evaluated what your points did for you over an entire year?
In this episode, I’m inviting you to do your own Year in Points Review—a way to look at how you earned points, how you used them, and whether your approach to earning and redeeming rewards helped you reach your travel goals.
I walk through why a year-end points review is worth doing, including how it helps you evaluate what you did well, what you could do better, and how having clear data makes it easier to decide what to keep doing, what to stop doing, and what to focus on moving forward.
I also share my personal process for reviewing both sides of the equation: points earning and points redeeming. From looking at different points ecosystems to understanding how points were earned and used, this episode walks through how to pull the details of the year into a clearer big picture.
If you want to better understand how your points worked for you this year, this episode will show you how to get started.
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What You’ll Learn from this Episode
- Why doing a year in points review is worth doing
- How to evaluate where your points actually came from
- What data helps guide better earning and card decisions
- How reviewing redemptions shapes future travel planning
- Why reflection is key to long-term points success
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Point Me to First Class is the show for professionals and business owners with higher-than-average personal or business expenses, who want to learn to leverage these expenses into credit card points they can spend on travel.
Each week, I share valuable tips, tools, and strategies to help you uplevel your skills earning and redeeming credit card points, so you can expand your travel and expand your experiences.
