Points Earning Strategies, Points Redeeming, Travel Tips

May 22, 2023

You Don’t Need to Be a Points Expert to Fly First Class with Dr. Priyanka Venugopal

Episode Description

My guest this week is Dr. Priyanka Venugopal, a physician-turned-coach for high-achieving working moms. Priyanka and I have been working together for a while, and she’s here today to tell us all about her first trip with her husband and kids all together to visit their extended family in India. Not only was this trip booked using points, but it was Priyanka’s first-ever first-class flight.

Medical school and residency meant travel wasn’t on Priyanka’s radar, and if she did ever travel to India, it was always in economy. But when she became an entrepreneur and started seeing her peers having luxurious travel experiences, Priyanka was bitten by the bug, and that’s when she started exploring the world of credit card points.

Tune in this week to discover why your points journey doesn’t have to be planned out a certain way. As an entrepreneur, Priyanka didn’t realize how many points she was accumulating. However, when she learned what she was sitting on and how to leverage those points, she was able to book four first-class tickets going halfway around the planet. She just needed to ask for help to make it happen.


Enrollment for Points Made Easy will close this coming Friday, May 26th, 2023. This is my online course that shows you exactly how to leverage your expenses, to maximize the number of points you can earn for the money that you’re already spending, and breaks down how to find those great points deals we mention on the podcast. We only open for enrollment a few times per year, so click here to take this rare opportunity to join Points Made Easy.

What You’ll Learn from this Episode

  • Why you don’t need to be an expert to get some amazing points travel deals.
  • The deal that got Priyanka started on the road toward her special trip.
  • How Priyanka educated herself and got her husband on board with her credit card points journey.
  • How Priyanka had already started accumulated the points she needed to book her trip without realizing she was doing it.
  • Why Priyanka now thinks of everything she spends in her business as an investment, not a cost.
  • The expenses Priyanka has in her business that meant she was able to accumulate a substantial number of points.
  • Why these luxury travel experiences are available to anyone who is willing to ask for help.

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