Redeeming Points and Miles for Max Value (and What Not To Do!) with Nick Reyes

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Chris Hutchins

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🗓️ 29 May 2024

⏱️ 93 minutes

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#176: Chris and Nick share the strategies you need to know to easily get the most value out of your points and miles. They discuss the best and worst redemption options, transferring points, optimal ways to structure a trip, finding availability, tips for hotel and airline programs and more. Nick Reyes is the Senior Author at Frequent Miler and co-host of the Frequent Miler On The Air podcast. He is an avid traveler who's been to 60+ countries and loves collecting points and miles. Link to Full Show Notes: https://allthehacks.com/nick-reyes-redeeming-points-and-miles Partner Deals MasterClass: Learn from the world's best with 15% off Vuori: 20% off the most comfortable performance apparel I've ever worn Long Angle: Join a free private community for high net worth investors Fabric: Affordable term life insurance for you and your family DeleteMe: 20% off removing your personal info from the web For all the deals, discounts and promo codes from our partners, go to: allthehacks.com/deals Resources Mentioned Nick Reyes: Website | LinkedIn | X Frequent Miler On The Air Podcast How to find impossible hotel awards The best transferable points program is… Points for family travel All the Hacks: Episode #166: Best Tools for Booking Flights with Points & Miles with Greg the Frequent Miler Episode #91: Die With Zero: Net Fulfillment Over Net Worth with Bill Perkins Newsletter Leave a review: Apple Podcasts | Spotify The Points Guy Article: Comparison of flights across travel portals Award Booking Services: point.me Concierge 10xTravel AwardCat Full Show Notes (00:00) Introduction (02:12) Why Nick Loves The Points and Miles Game (vs. Cash Back) (04:26) The Worst Ways To Redeem Points and Miles (08:12) Booking Travel via Credit Card Portals (11:51) How To Maximize Transfer Partner Redemptions (20:54) Is It Really Worth Investing Time To Learn The Points Game? (23:56) The Basics of Transferring Points (27:38) How Major Airline Alliances Work (31:29) Understanding Airline Ticket Pricing (32:55) 3 Things You Need In Abundance To Travel More (39:41) The Impact of Travel Award Availability (46:25) Optimizing Transfer Bonuses (48:08) How To Position Your Flight and Structure Your Trip (56:18) Redeeming Points and Miles For Different Airline Cabin Classes (1:00:59) How To Travel With Kids Using Points and Miles (1:06:32) Can Families Actually Use Awards to Fly Business Class? (1:14:03) Seat Hack For Traveling With Kids (1:16:53) Nick's Advice To Make Best Use of Points and Miles (1:24:56) Are Hotel Points Actually Worth It? (1:28:23) Award Booking Services Connect with All the Hacks All the Hacks: Newsletter | Website | Membership | Email Chris Hutchins: X | Instagram | Website | LinkedIn Editor’s Note: The content on this page is accurate as of the posting date; however, some of our partner offers may have expired. Opinions expressed here are the author's alone, not those of any bank, credit card issuer, hotel, airline, or other entity. This content has not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any of the entities included within the post. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	miles and
0:02.0	miles and points create these opportunities for far outsized value.
0:04.0	Put in a little bit of effort and you could be flying first class for next to nothing.
0:08.0	And that is a pretty fantastic feeling.
0:10.0	Getting the champagne and the caviar and the on board chef for the shower.
0:14.5	It certainly feels pretty incredible.
0:15.9	Hello and welcome to another episode of All the Hacks, a show about upgrading your life, money, and
0:22.4	travel. I'm your host, money, and travel.
0:23.0	I'm your host, Chris Hutchins, and today I'm going to close the loop on helping you get
0:26.7	a ridiculous amount of value from your points and miles.
0:30.0	Now, if you remember a few weeks back, I did an episode with Greg from Frequent Myler covering all the best
0:35.0	tools you can use to find flight and hotel award availability.
0:38.7	It was really tactical, such a good episode, but we didn't actually cover the broader topic of how you should
0:44.4	be redeeming your points to get the most value, which includes things like structuring and
0:49.0	planning your trip, what flexibility you do and don't need, how to think about transfer partners,
0:54.0	ones with some of the best overlooked deals,
0:56.1	how to set up positioning flights,
0:57.7	and so much more.
0:58.9	And to cover all those topics,
1:00.4	I'm joined by Nick Reyes,
1:02.0	Greg's co-host on the Frequent Myler Podcast,
1:04.6	and we have so many great tactics for you to help you get the most out of your hard-earned
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