105. Turn Payroll into Points: A Game-Changing Strategy for Business Owners with DeAndre Coke

Point Me To First Class

Devon Gimbel MD

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5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I'm joined by DeAndre Coke, a financial advisor and an avid traveler who was ranked by Forbes as one of Virginia’s top financial security professionals for two consecutive years. DeAndre shares his experience using an innovative platform called Zil Money to pay payroll with his credit card, racking up huge amounts of valuable rewards points in the process.

Discover which credit cards offer the best earning rates when paying payroll through Zil, and how to think about the cost-benefit analysis of the processing fees. DeAndre breaks down his exact process for maximizing payroll points and shares some of the amazing trips he's taken and has planned by strategically leveraging this expense.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Point Me to First Class, the only show for employed professionals, entrepreneurs, and business owners who are looking to optimize their higher than average expenses to travel the world.
0:10.9	I'm your host, Devin Gimble, and I believe that your expenses are your greatest untapped asset, if you know how to leverage them.
0:17.8	Ready to dive into the world of credit card points and miles so you can travel more, travel better, and travel often. Let's get started.
0:29.9	Hello, everyone, and welcome back to the podcast. Recently, I pulled my audience and asked them,
0:35.2	what are your largest expenses that you cannot currently
0:38.7	earn points for or don't know if it's possible to earn points for? And those of you who are
0:44.7	business owners responded almost unanimously with one word payroll. For many business owners,
0:51.1	payroll can be their largest, if not one of their largest expenses,
0:54.6	and it's painful to see this money go out the door in the form of a bank transfer
0:58.6	or direct bank account withdrawal, earning zero points. But just like there are ways to earn
1:04.1	points for other large expenses like tax payments, there is a solution to earning points for
1:09.0	payroll. And that's what we're diving into today.
1:11.9	I'm thrilled to welcome DeAndre Coke to the podcast to talk about an innovative platform to pay payroll expenses with a points earning credit card.
1:19.3	DeAndre is a seasoned financial advisor with a deep expertise in points and miles travel.
1:24.1	We cover how business owners can leverage payroll expenses to earn significant rewards
1:28.3	points, the types of credit cards that can maximize these earnings, and practical tips for
1:33.8	managing this strategy efficiently. DeAndre also highlights the financial benefits of combining
1:38.6	personal finance strategies with intelligent travel rewards usage. I hope you all enjoy this
1:43.5	conversation. Welcome to the podcast, DeAndre. I am so
1:48.0	glad to have you here. How are you doing today? I am doing well. Doing well. I'm so excited to be here.
1:52.9	It's an absolute honor. Oh, same. Likewise. And I think we are going to touch on something in this conversation
1:58.6	that I've never covered on the podcast before that you have a lot of experience and knowledge with and that I think is going to help so many people.
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