Family Travel Hacking: How to earn Southwest Airline Companion Pass. Southwest Companion Pass is based on the calendar year and is good for the year you earn it and the following calendar year. Make sure you do not earn your credit card sign-on bonuses till AFTER January 1! All points toward Southwest Companion Pass reset…
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Travel Hacking: Using Credit Card Points to Earn Free Travel
Travel Hacking is utilizing credit card points and miles, and hotel and airline reward programs to earn free or greatly discounted travel. You can learn all about What Travel Hacking is if it’s right for you, and how to get started HERE. Family Travel Hacking is a similar concept of earning points but with the understanding that Families tend to use their points differently as they are often covering more than just 2 people and may look for ways to better stretch their points. Family Travel hacking also shows you how to enjoy family-friendly destinations and family-friendly hotels on points.
Where to Start and What to do Next
Start Here. It gives you the details of what travel hacking is if it’s right for you and how to get started. I started with 10xTravel.com and read their e-book. It’s extremely well written and gives the foundation necessary to really understand travel hacking. It’s important to understand the basics. After that, you get started with Chase.
Once you have learned how to earn points and starting points, come to Affordablefamilytravel.com to get inspired with many ways to use those points for fun cheap family vacations.
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