Travel Hacking

Combining SoFi Experiences And Travel Hacking For Free Flights And Free Events

Last Updated on December 26, 2019December 26, 2019 6 Comments
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It’s been a while since I’ve talked about SoFi and how much value I’ve received from refinancing my student loans with them way back in 2015. Refinancing did two things for me. First, it dramatically lowered my interest rate, which made it easier for me to pay off my student loans as fast as I […]

Best Personal Finance Related YouTube Channels

Last Updated on January 31, 2019January 23, 2019 11 Comments
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Updated for 2019 is my list of best personal finance related YouTube channels. I originally wrote this post a few years ago, but I’m republishing it today with an updated list of YouTube channels I’ve been watching that you might want to watch too. There’s a lot of great content out there that can help […]

Financial Panther 2018 Credit Card Recap: 1 Million Points Earned In One Year!

Last Updated on December 13, 2019January 1, 2019 16 Comments
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A year ago, I wrote a post in which I recapped all of the credit cards that I opened in 2017. That year was a big milestone for me – it marked my first year ever of travel hacking. Prior to 2017, I only had two credit cards. One was a Citi credit card that […]

How To Start Travel Hacking – What Should Be Your First Credit Card?

Last Updated on March 17, 2020September 23, 2018 5 Comments
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One of the things that initially held me back with the whole credit card and travel hacking game is that I didn’t really understand where to begin. There was a lot of information that I needed to know if I wanted to play the game right and when you come in with no knowledge, it […]

What’s In My Wallet: A List Of All Of My Credit Cards

Last Updated on July 10, 2019June 26, 2018 23 Comments
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Over the past year and a half, my wife and I have accumulated hundreds of thousands of points and miles from the strategic opening and use of credit cards. These points and miles have served us well, allowing us to do a ton of traveling over the past year that we otherwise wouldn’t have been […]