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

9. The #1 App For Credit Card Tracking: Get Organized & Maximize Rewards with Travel Freely and Zac Hood

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

Alex, Pam and Jess

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

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

If you want to enjoy the life of nearly free travel, but are overwhelmed by the idea of keeping track of credit cards, then this episode is for you! And hey, even if you already have a spreadsheet and a card routine, this conversation can still take your points/miles earning to the next level!

Welcome back to Points Talk with the Travel Mom Squad! In this episode, we're talking to a professional credit card organization and points and miles extraordinaire, Zac Hood, the founder of Travel Freely.

We're all familiar with the struggle of keeping track of multiple credit cards, their rewards, expiration dates and security. That's why we were so excited to chat with Zac about his solution to the problem - Travel Freely.

If you've listened to past episodes, you already know that this app is one of our #1 tips for all points and miles enthusiast in 2023, by the end of the show, you'll understand why! Travel Freely combines a user-friendly interface with top-notch security features, making it the perfect tool for managing your credit cards.

With Travel Freely, you can store all your credit card information in one place, set reminders for annual fees, track rewards, and even see what cards are available to you with the biggest travel earning potential.

The best part? It's 100% free and you don't have to give them any sensitive information! Plus, the app's reminders when annual fees are coming up can save you hundreds or even thousands of dollars. Hit play to hear How Zac got the idea for the app, and his great insights on credit card organization and the benefits of using Travel Freely.

Give it a try and simplify your credit card management today! Check out the links below or download now: >>Travel Freely | Free Travel App<<

More Of What's Inside:

  • How Zac fell in love with traveling on points
  • When Zac got the idea for Travel Freely
  • Zac's first trip to France and his proposal story 
  • Alex and Jess' top reasons they recommend the app
  • The downsides of online using a spreadsheet to keep track
  • How this app helps beginners and pros alike 
  • One feature that can help you find the best deals in the game
  • And much more!

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Links For This Episode: 

Episode Minute By Minute:

  • 0:59 Get to know Zac!
  • 3:55 From Dave Ramsey to credit card points and miles
  • 6:52 Why Zac developed Travel Freely 
  • 9:39 Why Zac keeps the app 100% free
  • 12:16 Our favorite feature on Travel Freely
  • 16:28 How this app can save you hours in research
  • 19:16 Why Alex now never misses her annual fees

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

0:04.7

Mom Show. Follow the links in the show notes to stay up to date with what the Travel Mom

0:09.0

Squad has been up to. If you want to enjoy the life of nearly free travel, but are overwhelmed

0:15.4

by the idea of keeping track of credit cards, then this episode is for you. Listen up as we share

0:20.6

how simple this can be.

0:22.5

Welcome to the Travel Hacking Mom Show. We are three moms who've discovered how to leverage

0:26.8

credit card welcome offers to get hundreds of thousands of dollars in travel expenses for

0:31.2

nearly free. We've used credit card points and miles to take vacations to places like Hawaii,

0:36.5

Paris, Greece, the Maldives, Italy,

0:38.7

and so much more. And the best part? We each still have an 800 plus credit score. Imagine being

0:44.4

able to book a vacation without having to check your bank account. It's totally possible and we're

0:48.8

here to show you how. Hey, I'm Alex. And I'm Jess. We are travel hacking moms. Pam gets the day off today, but we have a special guest joining us. Today we are talking with Zach Hood, founder of our favorite points and miles app, Travel Freely. So Zach, how excited are you to be the first guest on the Travel Hacking Mom show?

1:09.3

This is super special.

1:11.4

Just so your guests know, I know you guys well, I have a dry sense of humor.

1:14.9

So what I wanted to say was, you know, this goes down towards like Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, like David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel.

1:24.4

And now we have Travel Hacking Mom podcast. So a huge honor, but sincerely happy for you guys and excited for this and glad to be here.

1:35.7

Well, thanks so much. So briefly, just kind of tell us about yourself and how you got started in Points and Miles and, like, kind of who you are.

1:42.9

Sure. So I grew up born in

1:44.8

Cincinnati but moved to Nashville Tennessee when I was little and grew up in the

1:49.8

south loving sports and plan outside and pretty good students and then it is also

1:56.7

Dave Ramsey country in terms of relevance for today in terms of credit cards.

2:02.5

And I grew up listening to that show with my mom in middle school, learning about dead

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