Welcome back to my series for paid subscribers where you give me money and I give you money saving tips! This post is part of a series on how I play the credit cards and travel points games so that I never pay for flights. Check out my earlier posts on how to maximize your points earning, and my experience with premium credit cards – and if they're worth it.
It is not in the best interest of the companies giving you points to do what I'm about to tell you.
In fact, part of the game that companies play is to give you the illusion that by spending money with them, you are earning some of it back in the form of discounts on future travel.
For most people it is an illusion, because they either never use their points, or the companies have made it so hard to use them that they don't get much value when they do.
This is how you play the game better.
