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.
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Discover how to get potentially one Amex Point per dollar of the purchase price of your home, with no limit on the number of points you can earn, and without needing to use a credit card for the purchase.
Learn how to protect yourself from points devaluations by leveraging transferable points. I’m showing you how to keep your options open when accumulating awards-travel points, how to see whether you will be disproportionately affected by a points devaluation, and how you can act now to protect yourself against the instability of points as a currency.
Julia Menez is sharing why your points journey doesn’t have to start out a certain way in order to be successful, her favorite lessons she’s learned from opening up the conversation on her own podcast, and her strategic tips for points travel that everyone can benefit from.
Have your points travel questions answered as we discuss transfer bonuses, airline-specific cards, business credit cards, and maintaining a good relationship with banks. I’m also providing a framework for understanding the reasoning behind these answers, so you can decide what’s best for you.
Discover why your points journey doesn’t have to be planned out a certain way and how to leverage your points to be able to book first-class tickets to go around the world.
Discover how Cherie went from having zero points-earning credit cards to redeeming $20,000 worth of rewards travel in just 12 months!
Discover why rewards travel offers a unique opportunity for physicians who want to travel more with the points and miles doc.
We take a look at whether it makes sense to continue using cash-back credit cards at specific stores, even if you’re already using rewards credit cards for most of your purchases in order to earn points.
We answer to one of the age-old questions when it comes to credit cards: which gets you more value, rewards credit cards or cash-back credit cards?
A look into understanding what contributes to your credit score, the short-term and long-term impact that applying for new credit cards has on your score, and how to protect your credit score while continuing to get more rewards credit cards.