83. Bucket List Trips with Points & Miles – Mapping Our Dream Trips!

Points Talk with the Travel Mom Squad

Alex, Pam and Jess

Places & Travel, Education, Society & Culture, How To

4.9 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Are you dreaming of your next big adventure but worried about your budget? Buckle up because today, we, the Travel Mom Squad, are diving into each of our bucket list destinations and how we would get there using points and miles. From the bustling markets of Morocco to the northern lights of Iceland, we're sharing our secrets to making these dream trips a reality—nearly free!

Join us as Pam spills the details on her ultimate bucket list adventure—a round-the-world trip that's more affordable than you'd think, thanks to some savvy points planning. She's got her sights set on Morocco next, with a detailed plan to explore the vibrant streets of Marrakesh and the historical depths of Fez, all on points and miles.

Not to be outdone, Alex is plotting a dream trip to Thailand, the land of stunning beaches and delicious street food. She discusses the best ways to leverage Singapore Airlines' generous routing rules to score affordable travel in style and how to make the most of hotel points for stays in breathtaking locations like Phuket and the Hilton Conrad in Koh Samui.

Jess, with her adventurous spirit, talks about her dream to witness the Northern Lights in Iceland and how she'd maneuver her points strategies to make it happen. From flying to Manchester on Singapore Airlines and catching a budget flight to Reykjavik, Jess outlines her plan to use points creatively for a trip that combines natural wonders with urban exploration.

So, whether you're dreaming of sipping mint tea in the Moroccan sunset or exploring the lush landscapes of Thailand, this episode is your gateway to turning those dreams into reality with points and miles. Ready to start planning your own epic adventure? Hit play to join us on this thrilling journey. Your next big trip might just be a few points away!

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Episode Minute By Minute:

1:03 Introduction to Dream Bucket List Trips using Points and Miles
2:20 Pam's Introduction to Morocco Trip using Points and Miles
5:15 Details on Booking Flights to Morocco with American Airlines Miles
7:10 Pam Explains Staying at the Park Hyatt with Suite Upgrade Awards
9:35 Alex's Thailand Adventure on Points and Miles
12:20 Using Singapore Airlines Miles for Affordable Travel to Thailand
15:45 Hotel Strategies in Thailand Using Points
18:30 Jess Shares Her Plan for Seeing the Northern Lights in Iceland
21:25 Strategy for Flying to Iceland Using Singapore Airlines Miles
24:30 Accommodation Options in Iceland Using Points
27:15 Recap of How Points and Miles Make Dream Trips Possible

Transcript

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0:00.0	What's on your travel bucket list? Today, we're each sharing one from our list, plus how we'd use
0:05.8	points of miles to make it happen. Welcome to Points Talk with the Travel Mom Squad. We are three
0:11.3	moms who've discovered how to leverage credit card welcome offers to get hundreds of thousands of
0:16.4	dollars of travel expenses for nearly free. We've used credit card points of miles to take vacations to places like Hawaii, Paris, Greece,
0:24.5	Maldives, Japan, and so much more.
0:27.1	And the best part?
0:28.3	We each still have 800 plus credit scores.
0:31.3	Imagine being able to take the vacation of your dreams for nearly free.
0:35.0	It's totally possible and we're here to show you how.
0:40.0	Hey, I'm Alex.
0:47.3	And I'm Pam, Alice's mom. And I'm Jess. Let's talk points. We've been able to cross some amazing destinations off our travel bucket list thanks to points and miles, but of course we each
0:53.0	still have way more that we want to
0:54.9	see. Thankfully, there are plenty of cards to earn us more points in miles so we can continue to check
1:00.7	amazing destinations off our list. Today, we're each going to share one destination from our travel
1:07.4	bucket list that we have yet to visit and exactly how we would make that trip happen.
1:13.2	So Pam, why don't you kick it off? What's a destination that's currently on your bucket list that
1:17.9	you haven't been to? And I feel like this is hard for you because you've been to a lot of places.
1:23.1	So I'm curious to hear what you're going to say. Well, first of all, next year, the thing that I really want to do in 2025, we're supposed
1:35.1	to pick just one destination, but what I really want to do, and then I'll go into my one destination,
1:41.2	is I really want to do an A&A round the world trip. So that is a phenomenal deal.
1:50.0	I know that one of our podcasts with Devin about her honeymoon, she talks about it. And that has been
1:57.8	long on my list. It may include this destination that I'm going to talk about, but maybe it won't because
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