111. Life, Travel, and Money Hacks with Chris Hutchins

Point Me To First Class

Devon Gimbel MD

Finances, Education, How To, Travel, Credit, Expenses, Card, Cards, Society & Culture, Professionals, Tips, Personal, Places & Travel, Business, Points, Rewards

5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

What does it look like to fully optimize your life—not just financially, but how you travel, make decisions, and spend your time?

In this episode, I’m joined by Chris Hutchins, host of All the Hacks, for a fast-paced conversation about how to get more value, joy, and efficiency from everything you do. We talk about optimizing credit card rewards, streamlining travel, removing decision fatigue, and using money as a tool—not just for freedom, but for alignment with your values.

If you're the kind of person who loves a smart system, a good travel hack, or just wants to make everyday decisions easier and more intentional, this episode is packed with ideas and inspiration.

Get full show notes and transcript: https://pointmetofirstclass.com/travel-money-life-hacks-chris-hutchins/

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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.
0:10.7	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. Hello, everyone, and welcome
0:31.1	back to the podcast. I am thrilled to be joined today by a guest who has made it his life's mission
0:36.2	to help others upgrade and optimize their life, their money, and their travel to share his top tips with you.
0:42.4	I'm talking about none other than Chris Hutchins, a money, travel, and life optimizer who spent
0:46.8	a lifetime building products. Now, he has an impressive resume filled with big names like Google,
0:51.3	Grove, Milk, and Wealthfront, and has been featured in the New York Times,
0:54.6	the Wall Street Journal and CNBC, but it's his ability to master ways to hack his life and come up with
0:59.7	the easiest way to get something done that truly defines what he is known for today. He never thought
1:04.8	his tricks for getting the most bang for his buck would lead him to be a popular podcast host,
1:09.4	but his goal to help you upgrade and optimize your
1:12.2	life, your money, and your travel is what he covers on his top rated podcast, All the Hacks,
1:17.2	and what I've invited him here today to teach all of us about. Chris, welcome to the podcast.
1:22.6	Thank you so much for joining me today. It's such a pleasure to have you here. I'm excited to be here.
1:26.5	Thanks for having me.
1:31.9	Absolutely. Now, as I mentioned, you host the enormously popular podcast, all the hacks.
1:37.1	And while this podcast is focused entirely on helping people leverage their spending to earn points and then turn those points into price of travel experiences, interesting fact is that I have never
1:42.0	once referred to what I do or what I teach as travel hacking.
1:45.6	But you have wholeheartedly embraced this concept of hacks.
1:49.1	And so I was hoping that you could start us off with how do you even conceptualize or define hacks?
1:54.9	That's a tough one.
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