Ride shares have become a frequent part of many people’s daily lives. With all the money spent on ride sharing services, why not maximize the points and miles you earn when you ride with Lyft? Here are some ways you can consider maximizing your rewards when you take a Lyft ride: Credit Cards Chase Sapphire…
While opening credit cards is a big way to travel hack, that’s not the only way you can earn points and miles for travel. One of the ways we travel more for less is by earning miles or points on top of the credit card points we’re getting for the purchases anyways. As Chicago residents,…
Travel hacking is a great way to see the world while paying less, but it’s not one size fits all. A popular metric in the travel hacking community is cents per point (CPP) to calculate the value of your redemptions. The Points Guy has a great article summarizing the current value of a point or…
What is a positioning flight? Depending on where you live and where you’re hoping to go, positioning flights can help you maximize your points and miles. What is a positioning flight? A positioning flight is a flight you buy to get to another airport to start your main trip. This could be for a lower…
As Chicagoans that fly out of O’hare, we take United Airlines flights more often than not. Because of this, we’re big fans of the United MileagePlus X app, which allows MileagePlus members to earn miles when they shop at participating retailers. Our favorite feature of the app is that it allows us to buy gift…
If you’re passionate about travel like we are, travel hacking (aka using points and miles) can save you hundreds if not thousands in travel each year. We like to be transparent about what we’re redeeming our points for to demonstrate the power of points and miles. Hawaii – January 2023 We paid cash for flights…
Travel hacking is a great way to spend less and travel more, but you should never go into debt or spend irresponsibly to earn points to do so. As you start your travel hacking journey, here are some things we recommend doing to ensure you are smart with spending: ???? Use your credit card like…
In 2017, we took one, four-day vacation. That was paid for in cash. And we walked over 25,000 steps a day because we were afraid of spending money on a car rental or any ride-shares. Relatively early in our careers and focused on becoming financially stable, we were also planning a wedding, which came with…