The Points Mom

Be Flexible About Your Originating Airport

  If you can, seek flights with lower prices or lower redemption amounts from alternative airports instead of your local airports (within reason). We live in New York and have booked flights to Park City in and out of Philadelphia, last winter and again for this winter, because the Philly flights were so many less points. […]

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Be Flexible About Your Accommodations

  Sometimes we only have enough points to book one room at a hotel.  If we want to stay for free, we  “squish” into this one room.  My kids are still young enough that we can still get away with this.  (probably only for a little while longer).  The best case, the hotel allows a […]

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Be Flexible About Your Destination

  If you have a specific destination in mind as to where you want to travel, you may gear you credit card bonuses and spending to earn miles/points for that destination.  Unfortunately, when the times comes to book, you sometimes may fall short of your goal. This happens to me and when it does I […]

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