About

Once upon a time, I booked a plane ride to Las Vegas so that I could road trip with 4 of my best friends to Zion & Bryce National Parks. This was in 2020. Everyone knows what happened in 2020! The trip was originally scheduled for Spring 2020, but the whole world shut down for Covid. We were finally able to rebook our trip in September 2020. With the rebooking, came airline credits because the cost to fly was cheaper in September (post-Covid) than it was in Spring (pre-Covid booking). So then, I had to take another trip to use my credits! I went to Las Vegas in December with my sister & niece. Then planned another trip in January 2021 for Sedona with friends. Again, that trip was canceled due to Covid and rescheduled for several months later. In the meantime, I flew to Phoenix to visit Saguaro National Park, along with several other National Park Sites. Then we made it to Sedona – and two more National Park Sites. Then we just kept going!!

On that first flight in 2020, the flight attendant pushed the American Airlines (AA) credit card. I learned that I could earn points to fly. I already had the Choice Privileges credit card since 2012. I used that all the time – in fact my hotel was free when we went to Zion because of the points I had earned from that card. So now I would earn flying miles too! From 2020 to 2023, I earned and used both AA and Choice miles and would go on several more trips.

In June 2023, I was scrolling Facebook and someone in one of my groups suggested the 10xTravel group. They had a self-study course and LOTS of information on credit card points. Specifically, sign-up bonuses that could be earned and could be transferred not to just one airline or hotel (like my AA or Choice cards) – but a whole list of airlines and hotels. So down that rabbit hole I went! I joined many more Facebook groups, listened to many hours of podcasts, researched hundreds of blogs and websites. And that got me to where I am today!