173. How We Planned Our Family Safari in Tanzania
Points Talk®: Your Travel Dreams, Made Possible by Points
Alex, Pam and Jess
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
What's it like to take your family on a safari in Tanzania? In this episode, Jess and Pam are joined by Megan, who recently returned from a safari with her family. They're breaking down their experiences, from booking flights to the safari itineraries, and sharing tips for a family-friendly adventure of a lifetime.
Jess and Megan share the details of how they managed to get each of their families of five to Tanzania using points and miles for flights in both business class and economy. This episode is packed with insight into planning an epic family safari. Whether you're dreaming of seeing the Big Five or want to explore the Serengeti, this episode will inspire you to plan your own unforgettable family safari.
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| 0:00.0 | Imagine flying your family to Africa in lie flat business class seats, |
| 0:04.8 | sipping champagne in the lounge in Doha, |
| 0:06.8 | and paying a fraction of what those tickets normally cost. |
| 0:10.4 | That's exactly what I did to get my family to Tanzania for a safari using points in miles. |
| 0:15.9 | And if you're in the camp of saving your points and flying economy, |
| 0:19.5 | Megan is breaking all of that down for you |
| 0:21.6 | too. Today we're detailing the exact flights we booked, how we got there, and the safari |
| 0:27.0 | itinerary that made this trip absolutely incredible. Welcome to Points Talk. We are three moms who've |
| 0:34.1 | discovered how to leverage credit card welcome offers to get hundreds of thousands |
| 0:38.2 | of dollars of travel expenses for nearly free. We've used credit card points of miles to take |
| 0:43.2 | vacations to places like Hawaii, Paris, Greece, Maldives, Japan, and so much more. And the best part, |
| 0:50.0 | we each still have 800 plus credit scores. Imagine being able to take the vacation of your dreams for |
| 0:55.6 | nearly free. It's totally possible and we're here to show you how. |
| 1:02.3 | Hey everyone, I'm Pam and I'm Jess. Let's Talk Points. So Megan and Jess both recently returned |
| 1:10.2 | from Safaris in Tanzania with their families. |
| 1:13.6 | Today we're going to discuss their itineraries in detail, and next week in part two, we'll |
| 1:18.9 | break down exactly how you can make a Safari more affordable with points of miles. |
| 1:24.1 | All right, so I'm going to kick it off with how we got there on points. First of all, I want to say I completely stole this idea from Megan. So Megan originally basically booked this exact trip for her and her husband's 40th birthdays. And then I was like, wait a minute. I'm turning 40 next year too. Wait, wait, wait, wait. But |
| 1:44.1 | who went first? Give credit where credit is due to the person. Pam is the original |
| 1:52.3 | trailblazer. And then Megan, Pam went to Tasa in 2022, 2022, somewhere around there. |
| 2:05.2 | And then Megan decided she wanted to go on a safari for her and her husband's 40th birthdays. She was like, hey, Pam, where did you stay? She got the ball rolling |
| 2:10.8 | on that. And then I said, hey, I'm turning for you next year too. I've always wanted to go on a |
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