Points and Miles with Ben’s Big Deal

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🗓️ 21 August 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Today on the show, we have a special guest who will help us learn how to use points for flights to the port. Ben from Ben’s Big Deal starts by sharing how to responsibly START with points and miles and what to watch out for. Not all points are created equal! Should you use a bank card or an airline card? Should you book a cruise using points or miles? Download our shore day bag checklist and more cruise packing and planning checklists & videos by joining the CruiseTipsTV Academy at https://academy.cruisetipstv.com

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Cruise Tips TV Unplugged podcast. Today on the show, we have a special guest
0:06.5	who's going to help us learn how to use points for flights to get to your port of call.
0:16.2	Welcome to Cruise Tips TV Unplugged. I'm your host, Sherry, and we invite you to join our cruise-loving family as we travel the world creating cruise videos and vlogs.
0:28.8	In this podcast, we talk tips, tactics, and strategies to help you make every cruise your dream cruise.
0:37.6	Hey, Ben, thank you so much for joining us on the show today. How are you?
0:41.7	Thank you for having me, Sherry. I'm so excited being here.
0:44.3	It's my pleasure. I want to introduce you really quickly to our audience since this is your
0:48.6	first time on the podcast. Friends, Ben from Ben's Big Deal is joining me today and he is an expert in the world of
0:57.2	points and miles. He has been doing this for over a decade and he spent 15 years as a business
1:03.8	traveler where he traveled the globe and kind of refined his strategies for figuring out those
1:09.4	loyalty programs. So he kind of developed a love for this
1:13.1	and now shares it with other people. And he founded this company called Ben's Big Deal, where you can
1:18.7	find him all over, but he loves being on Instagram. And he combines that understanding of financial
1:23.8	services from his 30-year career with that travel passion. And now he teaches other people
1:28.8	how to turn everyday spending into awesome travel opportunities for less. And he has these
1:34.9	monthly hotel and airline masterclasses. He also offers insurance services. In fact,
1:41.0	Ben, how we became closer is he actually helped me to identify an annual travel plan
1:47.7	when my family and I went full time. So he's awesome. Whether you're a season traveler or just
1:53.2	getting started, Ben's insights are going to be amazing today. And he's going to teach us so much
1:58.1	more about the potential of points and miles so that we can
2:02.3	all travel more. How did I do, Ben? Did I get it? Is that you? Awesome. I mean, I'm flabbergasted.
2:09.1	Thank you very much for that wonderful introduction. Absolutely. It's my pleasure. And I think what we
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