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Lesson for Day Six
You can earn miles, points, and cash back towards your next vacation by traveling or getting a new credit card, but not everyone is ready for that. And even if you are, you can’t do it all of the time.
Today, we’re focusing on how to earn additional rewards from your daily activities to get closer and closer to your dream vacation with very little effort.
Homework for Day Six
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Getting a new credit card is far and away the quickest way to get a lot of airline miles and hotel points. However, your credit score would tank if you applied for too many cards all at once. And banks have started to implement rules to keep people from applying for too many cards in a short window of time.
So, we need to implement strategies to earn travel rewards and cash back on a daily basis so that the small purchases we make add up to big chunks of rewards pretty quickly.
There are 4 quick-win areas of our lives where we can earn some serious travel rewards and cash back – dining, gasoline, groceries, and online shopping. Except in rare occasions, everyone who is reading this spends money through these 4 categories on a regular basis.
When you eat out, the obvious answer is the use a credit card that offers bonus points for dining… whether that be a quick bite at a fast food restaurant or a luxurious fine dining experience. On top of those rewards, you should register your credit cards with Dosh (our link gives you a $5 sign-up bonus) and Dining Rewards. Dosh will give you 5-10% cash back, while Dining Rewards will give you miles or points towards one of your favorite loyalty programs.
Quick wins like this add up in a hurry!
The same concepts are true with gasoline, groceries, and online shopping. I use apps like Shell’s Fuel Rewards to save on gas and Ibotta to save on groceries ($10 sign-up bonus with our link).
For online shopping, I compare cash back options from sites like Mr. Rebates ($5 sign-up bonus), Ebates ($10 sign-up bonus), and TopCashBack (bonus varies) against the miles & points I could earn from airline or hotel through their shopping portals.
Please refer back to the email lesson for a more detailed explanation of how this all works.
Send me a Tweet to @BaldThoughts and let me know which is your favorite way to earn extra miles and points.
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