111. Looking Ahead to 2025—Our Cards, Trips, and Goals!
Points Talk with the Travel Mom Squad
Alex, Pam and Jess
4.9 • 734 Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
It’s never too early to plan for your next adventure! In this episode, the Travel Mom Squad team looks ahead to 2025, sharing the trips we’ve already booked, the credit cards we’re eyeing, and our goals for the year. From Bora Bora to Spain, and everything in between, we’re setting the stage for another year of nearly free travel—powered by points and miles!
The Cards We’re Excited About for 2025
Jess kicks things off with a breakdown of the credit cards she’s targeting, starting with the Capital One Spark Cash Plus and a high-value 80,000-mile Alaska Airlines personal card offer. Pam and Alex are also planning to go for the Capital One Spark Cash Plus, while Alex shares how she’s strategizing with Citi AAdvantage business cards to maximize welcome offers. The key takeaway? Timing matters when it comes to opening new cards and meeting bonus requirements.
Trips We’ve Already Booked
Between the three of us, we’ve got a packed itinerary for 2025!
Highlights include:
- Jess: Birthday celebrations in San Miguel de Allende, spring break in Japan, and summer escapes to Iceland and Ireland.
- Alex: A Costa Rica adventure with her family, a Maui getaway, and a bucket-list trip to Bora Bora with her husband.
- Pam: A whirlwind journey through India, Nepal, and Bhutan, along with visits to Spain, Maui, and Bora Bora.
We talk about how planning trips far in advance ensures award availability and allows us to secure premium travel experiences.
Points and Miles Strategies for the Year Ahead
One thing is clear: flexibility is crucial for success in the points and miles world. Alex shares how she’s keeping her plans open for potential limited-time offers, while Jess talks about balancing her earn-and-burn strategy to maximize the value of her points. Pam reflects on how having a solid points balance gives her the freedom to take spontaneous trips or splurge on luxury experiences.
Make 2025 Your Best Travel Year Yet!
If you’re ready to make 2025 the year of nearly free travel, tune in to this episode for inspiration and actionable tips. We also share a free masterclass on how to get your next vacation for nearly free, so be sure to check the show notes for the link. Let’s make this your best travel year yet!
Links:
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Links For All Things Travel Mom Squad: stan.store/travelmomsquad
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How to Get Your Next Vacation for Nearly Free: https://travelmomsquad.lpages.co/freevacation
- How I Got Approved for the Capital One Spark Cash Plus: https://travelmomsquad.com/how-i-got-approved-for-the-capital-one-spark-cash-plus/
Episode Minute By Minute:
- 00:30 – Introduction: Looking ahead to 2025
- 01:00 – The credit cards we’re eyeing for 2025
- 11:00 – Our travel plans: Highlights from our booked trips
- 28:00 – Points strategies and staying flexible
- 31:00 – Points and miles goals for the year ahead
- 33:00 – How to make 2025 your best travel year yet
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | As 2025 begins, we thought it'd be fun to give you a glimpse into what cars are on our radar going into the new year, what trips we already have planned, and what trips we're thinking about adding to our schedule. |
| 0:11.3 | Listen up to hear what you can expect from us in 2025. |
| 0:14.7 | Welcome to Points Talk with the Travel Mom Squad. |
| 0:17.8 | We are three moms who've discovered how to leverage credit card welcome offers to get |
| 0:22.1 | hundreds of thousands of dollars of travel expenses for nearly free. We've used credit card |
| 0:27.2 | points of miles to take vacations to places like Hawaii, Paris, Greece, Maldives, Japan, and so much |
| 0:33.6 | more. And the best part, we each still have 800 plus credit scores. Imagine being able to |
| 0:39.4 | take the vacation of your dreams for nearly free. It's totally possible and we're here to show you |
| 0:44.3 | how. Hey, I'm Alex and I'm Pam, Alex's mom. And I'm Jess. Let's Talk Points. Today we are talking all about 2025, including the plans that we've |
| 0:57.5 | already made and the ones that we are considering. We tend to book pretty far in advance to secure |
| 1:04.0 | award availability. So we have trips booked well into 2025 already. But first, let's start with the cards that are currently on our radar for 2025. |
| 1:17.6 | So I'm going to kick it off. |
| 1:19.9 | I, in the 2024 episode, talked about how I had recently opened the Capital One Spark Cash |
| 1:27.1 | Plus business card. That is the one that has the |
| 1:31.2 | currently 200,000 point welcome offer. It's technically $2,000 cash back. If you have a venture or |
| 1:37.7 | venture X, you can convert that cash back into points. And so I really want to get that card for |
| 1:44.0 | also. We have to wait |
| 1:46.5 | until it's been a full year since he had the Venturex business to be able to close that card, |
| 1:52.8 | wait 30 days, and then try to open the Spark Cash Plus for him. I don't know if this offer is |
| 1:58.5 | still going to be around by the time all. I think February is his one |
| 2:03.5 | year since he got the Venturex business. And so I'm going to basically close it as soon as I can |
| 2:09.1 | get that 30 day clock ticking and hope that this $2,000 cashback offer is still available. If it is, |
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