How Many Points Did We Earn in 2023
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Get Thrifty Traveler Premium deal/award alerts sent straight to your inbox. Use promo code “AT101” for $10 off your first year. Head to ThriftyTraveler.com for more details and check out their Google Flights guide. Recent finds include: Business Class to Ireland for 50,000 pointsAruba in Mint (lie-flat) for 35,000 pointsBusiness Class to Spain for 34,000 milesYou can find these at ThriftyTraveler.com/Premium Post of the week Either Tom Coumaris - disappearing in-room coffee makers. How do you get your morning brew? News Updates on the 737-Max9 - is it safe?Top 10 Card offers of 2024DONT MISS OUT ON THE 90,000 ENHANCED INK OFFERS BEFORE THEY EXPIRE - 7AM on 1/18/2024Now Live - Hyatt Milestone Rewards Offer Expanded Choices This YearThe Best Business Class Award Sweet Spots for Flights to EuropeTrip updates Angie - Focusing more on earning right now while preparing for a moveJoe -Decided against NZ. Trying to figure out a winter get-away.What bonuses did we get? Angie - Working on Minimum Spend Requirement on Ink Cash. Considering a Venture X Business.Joe - Barclays Wyndham Business card arrived - why did I get this card?Highlight feature: 2023 Trip Recaps Angie: 12 new cards (6 and 6) 8 biz, 4 personalSUB (Sign Up Bonuses/Welcome Offers) = 1,435K pointsReferrals = 390KOne checking account bonus for P1 (Player one - her husband)Points used = 1,200K with net increase of 575K points.Doesn’t include normal spend. Loads of Southwest flights and used several Free Night AwardJoe: 14 new cards (10 P1 & 4 P2), 43 totalSUBs = 1,476K + HH FNAReferrals = 500K100K from spend100K from shopping portals$8K in annual fees - $1,500 positive in perks vs annual feesSaves me around $2,700Tip of the week It's a new year,  with new credits. We mentioned this back in Episode 45, so use all your credits and perks. Don’t wait! Where To Find the Award Travel 101 Community For questions, you can join us in the free 100,000+ member Award Travel 101 Community. For more intermediate and advanced strategies, join Award Travel 201 community To book time with our team, check out Award Travel 1-on-1. You can also email us at [email protected]. Our next meetup is located in San Antonio, TX on April 26–28, 2024, and we’ve opened up a few more tickets for members! To learn more visit Taco 'Bout A Fiesta! on Eventbrite Support the AT101 Podcast/Community
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