55: Points expert, Julia Menez, joins Chris to go deep on all things points and miles, including points stacking, optimizing rewards, tools to help organize your points and miles, using buying clubs to earn lots of points, and Chris shares how a somewhat sketchy website saved him an extra 15% off a new couch!

Julia Menez (@geobreezetravel) is a points strategy coach, speaker and host of the Geobreeze Travel podcast, where she interviews travelers from all walks of life about their points and miles strategies.

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Resources Mentioned:

Buyers Clubs
PFS Buyers Club https://pfsbuyersclub.com/
MYS Buying Group https://www.mysbuyinggroup.com/p/home...
BuyForMeRetail https://www.buyformeretail.com/
@thepointsanalyst https://www.instagram.com/thepointsan...
Pack Your Bags With Points https://packyourbagwithpoints.com/
Julia's Monthly Buyers Club Masterclass   / geobreezetravel  

Earn More Points + $$$
Grabr International purchasers prepay for you to buy items locally https://grabr.io/en/
Rakuten Cash back at thousands of stores https://www.rakuten.com/
Fluz Cash back at thousands of stores + referral bonuses https://fluz.app/
Seated 20%+ back at partnered restaurants https://www.seatedapp.io/
Dosh Additional rewards shop, dine, and book. Can be stacked with Seated and other dining portals https://www.dosh.com/
Cashback Monitor Portal to find cash and points back for online retailers https://www.cashbackmonitor.com/
Honey Promo Codes instantly https://get.joinhoney.com
RetailMeNot Promo Codes instantly https://www.retailmenot.com/
SearchTempest Search the whole USA on Craigslist https://www.searchtempest.com/
Savendeals Coupons for Crate & Barrel, Lowes and Home Depot https://www.savendeals.com/
MyVegas Rewards Get points towards free things in Vegas https://www.mgmresorts.com/en/mgmrew...
Frequent Miler Blog with great points + miles content https://frequentmiler.com/
Doctor Of Credit Blog with great points + miles content https://www.doctorofcredit.com/
Pay1040.com Pay taxes with your credit card https://www.pay1040.com/
ID.me Discounts for teachers, military and more https://shop.id.me/

Optimizing Your Points
Feedly Keep track of many blogs/websites https://feedly.com/
AwardWallet One dashboard for all your points https://awardwallet.com/
Travelfreely Credit Card management https://travelfreely.net/
CardPointers Automated Reward optimizer for your credit cards http://allthehacks.com/cardpointers
Credit Karma Credit score tracking https://www.creditkarma.com/
Point.me Award flight search tool https://www.point.me/
ANA Around the World Redemption Up to 8 flights in biz class for less than 120k points https://www.ana.co.jp/en/us/amc/partn...
Turkish Airlines Miles & Smiles Great deals for award flights https://www.turkishairlines.com/enin...
United Excursionist Perk Unique trick to get an extra free award flight from United https://upgradedpoints.com/travel/air...
Scott’s Cheap Flights Alerts on cheap flights around the world https://scottscheapflights.com/

Julia’s GoTo Cards:
American Express Gold Dining https://milevalue.com/creditcards/ame...
Bilt Rewards Rent (earn points on Rent!) https://allthehacks.com/bilt
Chase Freedom Unlimited https://milevalue.com/creditcards/cha...
Chase Freedom Flex https://milevalue.com/creditcards/cha...
Chase Sapphire Preferred (Huge 80k Bonus!) https://milevalue.com/creditcards/cha...
Chase Sapphire Reserve https://milevalue.com/creditcards/chase https://milevalue.com/creditcards/cha...

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