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Capital One Venture card adds airline transfer partners – best programs for family travel

November 13, 2018November 13, 2018JoeComment(0)

News broke today that the Capital One Venture card will be offering airline transfers at a ratio of 2:1.5. Since the card earns 2 miles per dollar (good for 2 cents towards travel), it essentially has become a 2 cents per dollar OR 1.5 miles per dollar card. Some outlets are now offering 75,000 miles […]

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Quick Hits: How to use non-Southwest points to book Southwest flights

April 16, 2018April 22, 2018JoeComments(4)

When you’re trying to save money on flights using Orbitz or the like, you may notice that Southwest never pops up. That’s because Southwest blocks online travel agencies from viewing their flights. This becomes a problem when you want to use points to book Southwest flights. You become limited to only using Southwest points. You can’t […]

The goal should always be to redeem points for your flights. But sometimes, it can be difficult to decide which points to use, so how do we go about doing that?
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Choosing which point option to use for a domestic flight

April 2, 2018April 2, 2018JoeComments(7)

So I’ve been working on clearing out earned miles and points (my shame list). I’ve got points lying around in all sorts of programs that I’ve decided to prioritize getting rid of. That creates an interesting scenario when you have multiple trips coming up. Do you burn the points you want to get rid of, […]

The Chase Iberia credit card seems like a good deal, but there are some things you might want to think about before you lob in an application.
Chase Credit Cards Miles and Points

Four Reasons to consider passing on the Chase Iberia Credit Card

March 26, 2018March 26, 2018JoeComment(1)

Like I wrote about last week, at one point in my miles and points career I applied for cards I didn’t need. That was all well and good when we didn’t have kids and could fly off to Europe for the weekend. It’s less ideal now that our time is limited. One thing I wish […]

Credit Cards Miles and Points

Why you shouldn’t sign up for every credit card sign up bonus you hear about

March 19, 2018March 19, 2018JoeComments(11)

I think the credit card and travel hacking game can be dangerous for a variety of reasons. One of the most dangerous can also be one the most subtle. For lack of a better term, I’ll call it “internet peer pressure.” Even if you don’t overspend to meet credit card sign up bonuses and pay […]

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My name is Joe Cheung and I love to travel. After my wife and I had two THREE lovely kids, we still kept going. Follow along as I chronicle our family travels – good and bad – and the tips and tricks we use to fund the majority of our travel with miles and points. Click the photo for more about us and thanks for visiting!

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