Episode 9: Quick AA Wins

In the latest episode of Making A Points Millionaire, we continue the journey of earning points and miles as we celebrate the joys of travel, talk Southwest Airlines strategies, and review past advice to see if it’s still applicable. This podcast concentrates on financial literacy, strategy, and skills needed to learn how to take on “The Hobby” that has brought so many people affordable travel and experiences.

The Agenda:

1. Mexico City Trip

• A trip without points/miles for the pure joy of travel
• Using CBX
• Hot air balloon over Teotihuacan
• Public spaces and museums

2. Gardening Southwest reservations

• Using SW booking flexibility to capture fare drops
• The benefit of having a big bankroll of SW miles
• Companion pass
• Exploiting schedule changes to capture the lowest possible award price

3. Reviewing an old episode’s advice on AA

• AA is still the easiest program to quickly earn 200k-400k miles in a couple months to fuel an international trip
• AA offers cards from Citi (personal and business) and Barclays (personal)
• Using Plastiq to use the AA Citi cards to pay a mortgage

HOMEWORK: It’s time to get the Barclays Wyndham Business Earner card for 100k points. We discuss Vacasa’s ownership of Wyndham and how you can use this card to fuel points AirBnB style vacation rentals.

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