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affluent man of means has much money, takes advantage of credit card (with possibly high credit limit) offers and rewards and leverages ability to acquire credi
by smn1234 9y ago
affluent man of means has much money, takes advantage of credit card (with possibly high credit limit) offers and rewards and leverages ability to acquire credit card rewards points through spend at price points above average consumer at a favorable points earning ratio - assuming selection of the "best" travel rewards card - which can buy you an airline ticket directly (revenue ticket) or can allow for strategic conversion of said points to airline miles that may get you even further on a point per mile v. cost per mile evaluation.
Overall, from leveraging credit card reward points, brand loyalty (preferring an airline for travel, despite trip cost), airline's "First-Class product" promotional marketing, "mileage runs" all contribute to being able to fly for "free."
Furthermore, review of aforementioned first-class product is possibly eligible for tax write-off as a business expense due to the airline industry marketing and "travel hacking" focus of his blog?
- unobtaniumstool 9y agoGood summary. Basically the trick is to be rich, and spend ridiculous amounts of money with the right credit cards. It even says in the article that his brother was killed when he was young, so his parents felt guilty and bankrolled him.
- smn1234 9y agospend it right, using the proper channels. The larger lesson is... make your money work for you / earn you money while you sleep.