Maximize Your Points: Stacking, Buyers Clubs, Redemption Hacks, and More

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 - pfsbuyersclub.com/
MYS Buying Group - www.mysbuyinggroup.com/p/home...
BuyForMeRetail - www.buyformeretail.com/
@thepointsanalyst - thepointsan...
Pack Your Bags With Points - packyourbagwithpoints.com/
Julia's Monthly Buyers Club Masterclass - / geobreezetravel
Earn More Points + $$$
Grabr - International purchasers prepay for you to buy items locally - grabr.io/en/
Rakuten - Cash back at thousands of stores - www.rakuten.com/
Fluz - Cash back at thousands of stores + referral bonuses - fluz.app/
Seated - 20%+ back at partnered restaurants - www.seatedapp.io/
Dosh - Additional rewards shop, dine, and book. Can be stacked with Seated and other dining portals - www.dosh.com/
Cashback Monitor - Portal to find cash and points back for online retailers - www.cashbackmonitor.com/
Honey - Promo Codes instantly - get.joinhoney.com
RetailMeNot - Promo Codes instantly - www.retailmenot.com/
SearchTempest - Search the whole USA on Craigslist - www.searchtempest.com/
Savendeals - Coupons for Crate & Barrel, Lowes and Home Depot -www.savendeals.com/
MyVegas Rewards - Get points towards free things in Vegas - www.mgmresorts.com/en/mgm-rew...
Frequent Miler - Blog with great points + miles content - frequentmiler.com/
Doctor Of Credit - Blog with great points + miles content - www.doctorofcredit.com/
Pay1040.com - Pay taxes with your credit card - www.pay1040.com/
ID.me - Discounts for teachers, military and more - shop.id.me/
Optimizing Your Points
Feedly - Keep track of many blogs/websites - feedly.com/
AwardWallet - One dashboard for all your points - awardwallet.com/
Travelfreely - Credit Card management - travelfreely.net/
CardPointers - Automated Reward optimizer for your credit cards - allthehacks.com/cardpointers
Credit Karma - Credit score tracking - www.creditkarma.com/
Point.me - Award flight search tool - www.point.me/
ANA Around the World Redemption - Up to 8 flights in biz class for less than 120k points - www.ana.co.jp/en/us/amc/partn...
Turkish Airlines Miles & Smiles - Great deals for award flights - www.turkishairlines.com/en-in...
United Excursionist Perk - Unique trick to get an extra free award flight from United - upgradedpoints.com/travel/air...
Scott’s Cheap Flights - Alerts on cheap flights around the world - scottscheapflights.com/
Julia’s Go-To Cards:
American Express Gold - Dining - milevalue.com/creditcards/ame...
Bilt Rewards - Rent (earn points on Rent!) - allthehacks.com/bilt
Chase Freedom Unlimited - milevalue.com/creditcards/cha...
Chase Freedom Flex - milevalue.com/creditcards/cha...
Chase Sapphire Preferred (Huge 80k Bonus!) - milevalue.com/creditcards/cha...
Chase Sapphire Reserve - milevalue.com/creditcards/chase -milevalue.com/creditcards/cha...
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[@CalrosACJ55]

First video I’ve watched on this channel, mainly clicked it bc I was hoping for some gold tips from geobreeze. This podcast looks insane tho! You have gotten a new sub today.

[@jordanp8151]

Wow - great episode. Also, thanks for the resources typed out in the description. Thanks!

[@allthehacks]

Thanks for watching!

[@aksk61]

Love your podcast! Big fan! Thank you for all the wonderful content you put out every week

[@allthehacks]

Wow, thank you! Thanks for your support :) :)

[@reggiethecommenter9137]

43:57 This face is "I'm confused and I'm in love."

[@boxingthegreat1]

THIS IS GOLD. THANKS 4 THE CONTENT

[@isiahmikali-lee6592]

Great episode

[@valpormento2046]

Love ur podcasts bro i wanna watch more of these and hopefully recommend them to my relatives im just curious since Im new to these, are the points u're talking about gonna go back to your credit points or are they useable only to the stores which u got them from

[@misspimake4578]

Trying to figure out how to do the last hack. Kinda confusing, where do I begin?

[@jaredwright2718]

For buyer's clubs, do you use a business card or a personal card? If business, what type of entity did you structure your business?

[@DealsCashouts]

Search up maxoutdeals if you need a good buying group!