January 27, 2025
The Podcast Turns 100 (Episodes)! Stories, Stats, and Surprises
Episode Description
Can you believe it? The Point Me To First Class podcast has officially reached 100 episodes! That’s 100 Mondays of exploring the vast landscape of award travel, learning how to more effectively earn points, and discovering how to use those points to expand your travel budget for unforgettable experiences.
In this special 100th episode, I’m taking you behind the scenes of the podcast’s journey. I share why I started this venture, reveal surprising statistics about the show, and discuss how I use what I’ve learned to make the next 100 episodes even better for you.
Whether you’re a long-time listener who’s been here since day one or you just found your way to the podcast, there’s something for everyone in this episode. I genuinely appreciate each and every one of you for being part of the Point Me To First Class community and for supporting the show. Let’s celebrate this milestone together!
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What You’ll Learn from this Episode
- Why I started the Point Me To First Class podcast and what I hoped to accomplish with it.
- The three key factors that inspired me to create a points travel podcast: untapped opportunity, a gap in existing content, and boredom.
- Surprising statistics about the podcast, including total downloads, listener demographics, and the most popular episodes so far.
- How I plan to use listener feedback and lessons learned from the first 100 episodes to make the podcast even better moving forward.
- The deeper mission behind the podcast: increasing access to travel for women and fostering financial literacy and confidence.
Featured on the Show:
- Follow me on Instagram
- Send me an email
- Get on the waitlist for the Points Made Easy Course here!
- Get My Cash-Back Credit Card Cheat Sheet!
- If you have any questions or you want me to dive deeper into a specific topic, email me here: podcast@pointmetofirstclass.com
- Episode 1. A New Way to Think About Expenses
- Episode 2. 5 Beginner Credit Card Points Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
- Episode 45. 2023 Points Earning Review with the Points and Miles Doc (Part 1)
- Episode 52. Strategy, Transferable Points, and Card-Canceling Mistakes: Listener Q&A
- Episode 97. 2024 Year in Review: Points Earning Rundown with Dr. Sujatha Murali (Part 1)
- Episode 98. 2024 Year in Review: Points Redeeming Rundown with Dr. Sujatha Murali (Part 2)
- Take the Point Me To First Class Listener Survey here
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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.
