4. Our Biggest Mistakes and Wins: What We’ve Learned While Traveling On Points

Points Talk with the Travel Mom Squad

Alex, Pam and Jess

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

4.9 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Traveling on points has completely changed the way we approach travel. After years of accumulating points and miles, we've been able to take trips that we never could have afforded otherwise.

However, it hasn’t been all jet-setting and checking trips off our bucket list. After 6+ years, it’s safe to say that we have made our fair share of mistakes…

In this episode, we pull back the curtain on our journey and let you know some of the most important lessons you can learn.

Even though we have made a few mistakes along the way, the feeling of getting to travel without breaking the bank is absolutely amazing and worth the trial and error process and we wouldn't change our journey for anything.

Hiccups and bumps in the road aside, we must admit the scale leans heavily in the success department. That’s why we will also share our biggest wins! Get a look at our first trips, that made us believers in Traveling on credit card points, why we feel spoiled every time we travel and why we are never going back to our old ways.

Once you start collecting points and taking trips for nearly free, you’ll discover that it’s much easier than you think. Not only that, Traveling on points is more practical than you think as well!

Even though we all dream about luxury vacations and flying first class, sometimes life events happen and you need to get somewhere ASAP. In some cases, getting where you want to be, when you need to be there is priceless.

Especially if your kids are in sports that require you to travel, or when someone in your family has to see a specialist for a medical issue in another state. These are the types of moments that take Traveling on Points from a hobby to a lifestyle.

You may have heard us say before that “Traveling on points is for everyone!” By the end of this episode, you’ll understand exactly what we mean. Hit play to find your points path!

More Of What’s Inside:

Mistakes we made with credit cards
Our sign-up Bonus mistakes
Pam’s first trip with points and miles
Specific cards that unlock hotel stays
You can do whatever you want with traveling on points
One surprising thing Alex spent her points on
What it feels like traveling for nearly FREE
There is a path for everyone in traveling on points
Making the process work for your life and goals
And much more!

Links:

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

Episode Minute By Minute:

0:02 What’s inside today’s episode
1:00 Pam’s biggest mistake traveling on points
5:05 Jess’ biggest mistakes traveling on points
7:08 Alex’s biggest mistake traveling on points
11:58 Our biggest wins and first free trips
16:48 You can go at your own pace
18:17 Perks of traveling to Asia
21:09 Why Jess Feels Spoiled by traveling on points
28:54 It still feels surreal when we travel for free

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.
0:10.5	We've been travel hacking for about six years now. Have we made some mistakes? For sure.
0:16.1	We're here today to share some of those with you so you can learn from our mistakes.
0:20.0	You'll never guess what I spent my points on. But we've also had some big wins which we of those with you so you can learn from our mistakes. You'll never guess what I
0:21.5	spent my points on. But we've also had some big wins which we'll share with you as well.
0:26.7	Welcome to the Travel Hackey Mom Show. We are three moms who've discovered how to leverage
0:31.1	credit card welcome offers to get hundreds of thousands of dollars in travel expenses for
0:35.5	nearly free. We've used credit card points and miles to
0:38.5	take vacations to places like Hawaii, Paris, Greece, the Maldives, Italy, and so much more. And the
0:44.5	best part, we each still have an 800 plus credit score. Imagine being able to book a vacation without
0:49.9	having to check your bank account. It's totally possible and we're here to show you how.
1:01.6	Hey, I'm Alex. And I'm Pam, Alex's mom. And I'm Jess. We are travel hacking moms. In today's episode, we are going to talk about the mistakes and successes we've had with travel hacking.
1:06.7	And let's just say that the scale leans heavily in the success department.
1:13.9	So first, we are each going to go through the biggest mistakes we've made. And then we're all going to tell you about our first successful trip after we started travel hacking.
1:20.3	So, Pam, let's kick it off.
1:22.4	What has been your biggest mistake that you've made since you started travel hacking?
1:26.8	I wish I could tell you that I've made no mistakes, but I have made a few mistakes.
1:31.8	And that's good news because I've also been very, very successful.
1:35.8	So I'm going to tell you actually about two of the mistakes that I made.
1:41.0	My first mistake was when I booked a hotel when I was taking on the night that I was
1:48.9	actually flying to get to London. So I get to London and, you know, I knew that I was going there,
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