Air Deals
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How We Scored $8K Flights to Naples Italy for Just 110K travel points and $800: Our Spring Break 2025 Adventure Booked!
Last April of 2024, my wife Andrea and I took a memorable trip to Italy over Spring Break. Our adventure began with a luxurious business class flight from JFK to Florence, where we stayed for a couple of nights. From Florence, we took a scenic train ride down to Naples for a night and then moved on to Vico Equense, near Sorrento, for a two-night stay. Unexpected Changes and Highlights We had planned to spend another night in Naples before heading home, but our flight was canceled, forcing us to leave a night early. Despite this hiccup, we thoroughly enjoyed our time in this beautiful region of Italy and felt…
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Our Business Class Experience on Air France: JFK to Florence
In April 2024, my wife and I embarked on an unforgettable journey, flying business class on Air France from JFK to Florence. Here’s a detailed look at our experience and the fantastic deal we scored for this trip. The Air France Lounge at JFK Flying out of JFK, we had the privilege of accessing the Air France lounge. If you have a Priority Pass, you can enjoy this lounge too. The lounge offered free alcoholic drinks and a solid selection of food. We tried not to overindulge, saving room for the in-flight dining experience. Boarding and Seating Upon boarding, we turned left to find our seats right there. We chose…
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Road to 2 Million Travel Points
Reaching our first million travel points was an exciting milestone, which I detailed in a previous blog post. Now, let’s dive into how we achieved our second million points and how we utilized them to create unforgettable travel experiences. How We Earned 2 Million Travel Points To reach 2 million travel points, we continued leveraging our strategic use of credit cards: Venture X: Our primary catch-all card, earning 2x points per dollar spent, netted us around 150K points through regular spending. AMEX Cards: We accumulated about 127K points, with the AMEX Gold card being our main card for groceries and dining, earning 4x points per dollar. The AMEX Platinum card…
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European Adventures: A Journey Fueled by Travel Points
Greetings, fellow travelers! Today, I want to share with you the incredible European adventure I embarked on with my family, made possible through the art of travel points. Our journey took us through the picturesque landscapes and charming cities of the Netherlands, France, and Switzerland. As a bonus, we got to explore Amsterdam, the city of canals, before concluding our unforgettable trip in the vibrant city of Paris. The Power of Travel Points: Turning Dreams into Reality The idea of traveling with miles and points always intrigued me, and I decided to dive deep into this world of rewards. With a bit of financial discipline and responsible credit card use,…
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Seattle to Madrid for 20K points
Traveling from Seattle to Madrid for only 20K points
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Unlocking Italy: Repositioning for Unbeatable Travel Deals
How we booked business class tickets one way for only 55K points Now that I figured out how to look for deals on Air France from Seattle to Europe, how about checking out deals to Italy? Florence was a city we really wanted to visit and my wife is a teacher so we had to check for flights during spring break which for us is in April. If you saw blog post about my 20K I found from Seattle to Madrid, I was using that is the baseline for how much points it would cost to fly to Europe. Since we booked a family trip in February of 2024, my…
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London Airfare Journey – Capital One Travel Portal
We started out with Venture X and after the sign up bonus and normal spend for 6 months, we had accumulated about 188K points. Being new to the travel point game and not understanding how to best redeem our travel points or how to transfer points to Airline Partners, we booked our airline tickets through the Capital One Travel since we still had our $300 travel credit to use. We wanted to travel to from Seattle to London on April 2023, and all the travel sites, Expedia, British Air, Google flights, round trip was north of $1,100 per person for the dates we were looking for. I signed up for…
