18. How Pam Traveled to Japan, Australia, and New Zealand on Points and Miles

Points Talk®: Your Travel Dreams, Made Possible by Points

Alex, Pam and Jess

Places & Travel, Education, Society & Culture, How To

4.9 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

If you're a travel enthusiast or looking to go on a trip soon, then you're going to love hearing about Pam's recent trip to Japan, Australia, and New Zealand!

Pam, along with her husband, managed to take this incredible trip for a fraction of the cost, all thanks to points. They used points and miles to book their flights and hotels, saving them tens of thousands of dollars.

Pam gives us the inside scoop on how she booked her flights through ANA, and shares some tips and tricks for finding award redemptions.

All in all, Pam's trip was a huge success, and she and her husband had an amazing time exploring these three incredible destinations. If you're looking for a way to turn your dream trip into a reality, then you won't want to miss this episode. Tune in to hear all about Pam's adventure, and get some tips on how you can do it too.

In this episode, not only will you hear about Pam's amazing trip to Japan, Australia, and New Zealand on points and miles, but you'll also get to learn about her rookie mistakes and how she overcame them. Plus, hear her favorite places and stays during her trip!

If you are ready to travel on points to Tokyo, Australia, or New Zealand, be sure to check out the Travel Mom Squad resources like their Transfer Partner Cheat and blog posts for each destination. Start planning your next dream trip now and make it more affordable with points and miles by following the links below!

*In this episode, Pam mentions a hotels.com 10th night free benefit. Since recording, hotels.com has overhauled their rewards program, and that benefit is no longer available.

Links For All Things Travel Mom Squad: stan.store/travelmomsquad

Links For This Episode:

Transfer Partner Cheat Sheet: https://travelmomsquad.ck.page/cheatsheet

Kimpton Hotels Blog Post: Kimpton Hotels Are My Favorite IHG Brand

Tokyo on Points and Miles: Points and Miles to Tokyo

Australia on Points and Miles: Points and Miles to Sydney, Australia

New Zealand on Points and Miles: Using Points and Miles for New Zealand

Episode Minute By Minute:

0:00 Pam's recent trip to three countries
0:42 A good breakdown of how the flights to Japan work
3:45 How Pam and Jess booked their trip to Japan
9:02 What the Tokyo hotels were like and how Pam got them
13:19 The best and most unlikely entertainment
16:24 Our tour around Sydney
19:43 The full Four Seasons review
24:37 Pam’s party continues in New Zealand
32:03 Pam talks about her rookie mistake in Queenstown and other hotels
38:44 Favorite Hotels at each location and the overall value of this trip on points

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to Points Talk with the Travel Mom Squad, previously known as the Travel Hacking Mom Show.
0:05.8	Follow the links in the show notes to stay up to date with what the Travel Mom Squad has been up to.
0:10.4	Want to hear all about Pam's recent trip to three countries?
0:13.7	A trip that would have cost over $32,000 and cost her just $2,000?
0:18.9	Listen up as she shares her recent Tokyo, Australia, and New Zealand
0:22.6	trip. Welcome to the Travel Haki Mom Show. We are three moms who've discovered how to
0:29.2	leverage credit card welcome offers to get hundreds of thousands of dollars in travel expenses
0:33.5	for nearly free. We've used credit card points and miles to take vacations to places like Hawaii,
0:39.2	Paris, Greece, the Maldives, Italy, and so much more. And the best part, we each still have an 800-plus
0:45.4	credit score. Imagine being able to book a vacation without having to check your bank account. It's
0:50.1	totally possible and we're here to show you how. Hey, I'm Alex and I'm Pam, Alex's mom.
0:55.5	And I'm Jess.
0:56.4	We are travel hacking moms.
0:58.4	So my mom and dad just returned from a over three week long vacation using points
1:04.0	and miles to visit Japan, Australia, and New Zealand.
1:07.9	And this was kind of a surprise to me when you guys booked this trip, mom, because my dad is not a huge fan of taking very long vacations or very long flights.
1:18.7	And we jokingly refer to him as Mr. Reelectant Traveler. So first of all, we want to hear
1:24.8	how did you convince him to go on this long of a trip?
1:28.1	How did he do?
1:28.9	How did he handle it?
1:30.4	And how did you use points and miles to visit these three amazing destinations?
1:35.5	So first, why don't you tell us how you booked your flights to Japan?
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