Your points and miles successes are our successes too! We love to feature the ways you’ve used points and miles to create travel memories!
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Julie sent in our latest reader success story about how she got her family to Niagara Falls to view the eclipse earlier this year. Within one year of opening her first card, she has already helped her family of six have unforgettable experiences. Starting Out with Travel Mom Squad I joined the Travel Mom […]
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Travel Mom Squad podcast listener Larisa shared her story about a recent mother/son trip she took to Costa Rica and here’s how she made it happen: Starting Out With Miles and Points I stumbled on to Points Talk with the Travel Mom Squad early in January 2024. I was looking for a podcast on […]
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Rachel sent in her reader success story about her trip to Poland using points and miles. We hadn’t covered Poland yet, so this was great hear about and Rachel has me scheming to go there now! Here is her story: Getting to Poland on Points and Miles I started getting into the points and […]
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Annalee sent us in her reader success story to Amsterdam, Croatia, and Venice. She’s only been using credit card points and miles for about a year, so seeing what she has done is amazing! Spoiler Alert: she ended up swapping out Croatia for Switzerland! Here is her story: Starting Out with Credit Card Points […]
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The Grand Hyatt Baha Mar is the destination of choice for our reader success story to Nassau. This is an extremely popular destination among points and miles users, and we haven’t booked it yet. Thanks, Amanda, for sharing it with us! I love that it was her FIRST redemption – showing everyone that even a […]
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Annette sends her reader success story to the Hyatt Place Dewey Beach. We know many of our readers love a great beach vacation like we do. I didn’t know that Dewey Beach in Delaware was an option! Here’s Annette’s story. New Mom Plans Family Trip I’m a first-time mom who wanted to take her […]
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Points and miles helped Laura take a multi-generational trip to the Northeast with her grandparents during the July 4th week. Here is her reader success story – Boston to Maine with grandparents. Flights and Hotels in Boston We started with our flights on Southwest® for the six of us. After earning the Southwest® Companion […]
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Emily sent us her reader success story to Puerto Rico, and we had to share it with you. Our readers love beach vacations so we know you will enjoy this one. Here is her story… Emily Meets the Travel Mom Squad We are a one-income family of six (kids ages 7, 9, 11, and […]
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Elizabeth took her daughter McKenna on an unbelievable college graduation trip to four countries. Here is her story: My daughter and I took a trip to celebrate her college graduation and relax a bit before she started law school. My objective was a no-stress trip, to see as much as we could and decide where […]
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Michelle sends us her reader success story to London and Edinburgh. We love both cities, so we can’t wait to hear how she did it! Michelle’s Story I started leveraging credit card welcome offers to redeem flights and hotels in 2021 when my best friend showed my husband and me how to navigate this […]
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Next up is a reader success story to Kona, a seaside town on the west side of the Big Island of Hawaii. Here is Michelle’s story: My family and I wanted to go on a weekend getaway to Waikoloa last October with another family to celebrate my friend’s birthday. Everyone knows that the Hilton Waikoloa […]
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Switzerland on points and miles is a trip that Stephanie went on, then posted about in our Facebook Group. She kindly said that we could share it on the blog to help the rest of the Travel Mom Squad. On a personal note, I have traveled to much of where she went and it is […]
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Here is Sayre’s reader success story to Europe on points and miles… and cash. She used a mixture of these things to craft the perfect 10 day trip to Europe! Here is her story: I started using credit card points/miles with the simple goal to fly cheaper/more frequently from Raleigh, NC to New […]
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I thought it would be fun to hear from some of our readers, particularly our Award Travel Academy Students, about their points and miles journey. I asked them to tell us about their first redemptions and their journey from beginner to booking that first trip with credit card points and miles. Olivia’s Story with […]
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Here is Sierra’s Reader Success Story – Family trip to Washington, D.C. We love that so many people have been inspired to go to the nation’s capital after a trip Alex and I took there. After listening to the Podcast Episode about Washington, D.C., I decided it was the perfect place to take my family. […]
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Elizabeth sent in her reader success story on going to St. Kitts on points and miles. That is a trip on my radar so I was excited to read it! Here is her story. I wanted to share our recent family trip to St. Kitts on points and miles. With our family growing over the […]
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I want to say THANK YOU! Without your podcast, my family of four’s trip would not have been possible. We spent two weeks island hopping on our trip to Greece with points. This trip had a cash value of $35,000 but only cost us $2,000 due to the system you taught me to use. I […]
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Heather’s reader success story is about Greece in luxury and we’re here for it! Greece is one of our favorite destinations and luxury is our theme of travel except for family vacations. Here is her story: First of all, I’m a huge fan! I’m so excited to share my success story with you. My […]
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Elizabeth sent us this reader success story of her family trip to Amsterdam on credit card points and miles. This trip was taken with two young children, and we appreciate her sharing it with all of us. Here is her story: Hi! Thank you for all the life-changing information I learned from your podcast and […]
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Melissa recently shared her incredible reader success story to Secrets Akumal in our Facebook Group and graciously said I could share it with all of our readers. I was incredibly excited to read about her stay as it is one that I’ve considered for a while. We love that she and her hubby could make […]
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Meghan sends us her reader success story to San Antonio, a popular Texas destination. Here is her story: My name is Meghan, and I love getting a good deal, so when I heard more about traveling on points two years ago, I was hooked. My husband, I, and our two young boys recently returned from […]
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