Episode 41: How We Went on a $40K Honeymoon for Only $10k: Playing the Points Game to Travel for Free (or Cheap)

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Kate Northrup

Personalfinance, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Nervoussystemhealing, Education, Womensempowerment, Wellness, Pleasure, Metaphysics, Spirituality, Abundance, Embodiment, Productivity, Timemanagement, Business

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🗓️ 27 June 2017

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Today we’re discussing a totally different topic on the podcast - how you can play the points game with credit cards and travel points. This is an area that Mike has special skills in and he not only shares how he’s used them to take our family on amazing trips (at a big discount!), but he also breaks down the steps you can take to do the same. Show notes and links for this episode can be found at www.katenorthrup.com/podcast.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Kate Northrop.
0:03.3	And I'm Mike Watts.
0:04.8	And we're partners in life, love, and business.
0:07.7	Welcome to the Kate and Mike show where we share insights and interviews on entrepreneurship, relationships, parenting, self-actualization, and making a life not just a living.
0:21.4	Hi, welcome to the Kate and Mike show.
0:23.7	This is Mike.
0:24.7	And this is Kate.
0:26.4	And we have an exciting episode.
0:28.7	It's a totally different topic for you today.
0:31.4	And it's a topic that my husband happens to be really gifted at.
0:36.8	And he has special skills in this area. And it is about
0:40.7	playing the points game with credit cards and travel. So two years ago now, we went on a one-month
0:48.1	honeymoon to Dubai, Thailand, and the Maldives.
0:58.9	And that should have been like, I don't know, I mean, it should have been like an exorbitant amount of money.
1:00.7	But because Mike knows how to transfer points and use the loyalty programs and all the
1:06.7	rewards, we were able to get that for way, way, way less than it would be if you
1:14.0	had paid retail. And we're always getting upgraded. And I am just the beneficiary of Mike playing
1:21.2	the points game. But a lot of people have come to us lately asking about it because they see
1:25.3	how we travel and they're like, how do you guys do that? and so we thought we'd do an episode on it so hon let's just start with when did you first
1:34.0	get into this to update you on the honeymoon real fast and then i'll answer that question this isn't
1:40.2	accurate because we ended up getting a free business. So that was kind of a nice plus.
1:44.9	So this would have been an additional $10,000. Basically, our cost for our entire honeymoon was around
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