Award travel can feel overwhelming and complicated … but not with the right tools and organization. This week on our special Starter Kit series, Kyle and Gunnar walk through all the websites, apps, and tools they use to organize their credit cards, points, miles, and travels. From a credit card benefit tracker to ways to use your pesky monthly dining credit to the best services to maximize your points and miles, it’s all here.
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00:00 - When did Kyle realize it’s time to get organized?
02:40 - Using our Credit Card Benefit Tracker
06:35 - How to organize your credit cards
12:00 - Understanding & maximizing your credit card perks
17:00 - Tools you need to book award travel
33:00 - Your Vol. 4 Flight Plan
Volume 4 Flight Plan:
- Find tools to manage your credit cards, your benefits, and your passwords
- Bookmark resources that can help you maximize your card credits and benefits
- Sign up for free sites that take the guesswork out of booking award travel (like TripIt, Aerolopa, MaxMyPoint, and more)
- Consider signing up for our tools: The free Card Benefit Tracker or Thrifty Traveler Premium
Related Episodes:
Ep. 30 - Tools of the Trade: How We Earn, Organize & Redeem Points Smarter
Ep. 50 - Inside Thrifty Traveler with Founder Jared Kamrowski
Ep. 17 - Have Banks Lost the Plot With Premium Credit Cards?
Ep. 46 - What’s in Our Wallets & Our Points Planners
Produced and edited by Sylvia Thomas
Video editing by Kyle Thomas
Show music: “All That” by Benjamin Tissot
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