July 22, 2025
Help for Beginner Points and Miles Enthusiasts
Pam
Hello, fellow points and miles enthusiast—we see you and are here to help! It wasn’t that long ago that we were starting our own points and miles journey, and within that first year, each of us had gone on nearly free trips. We continue to do that, and our passion is helping you, the beginner, learn how to do the same. We offer a lot of help, from the very beginning of your journey through more advanced steps, but our passion will always be for beginners. Here are all the ways we offer assistance for beginners!
We are active on Instagram with our account Travel Mom Squad. We try to educate, entertain, and guide our followers on this account. If you follow us on Instagram, not only will you laugh, but you will also learn.
Website
Our website is crucial to helping our beginners. Go to our “start here” page, which can give you the basics of using points and miles. We post informative articles Monday through Friday that teach you more about how to earn and use credit card points and miles. We also give trip reports and reviews on credit cards and share success stories from our readers so you can see how others are making their points and miles journey work for them. Reader success stories are so inspiring!
In the upper right corner of our home page, you can see the “search the blog” area where you can search for whatever you are looking for. Destinations, credit card guides, etc.—you will find them here.
Newsletter
Our newsletter usually comes out every Friday and gives you the latest points and miles news and a synopsis of our published blog posts. This makes it easy for you to be up to date on everything you need to know to succeed! If you really want to learn, you want to get the newsletter!
Podcast
One of the best ways to learn about points and miles is by listening to our podcast and we are so proud of it!! Whether you are commuting to work, exercising, or just wanting to learn more, we will teach and entertain you on Points Talk® with Travel Mom Squad. We release a new episode each Tuesday. Please subscribe and leave a review, and let us know what subjects you’d like covered too!
Our newest aid is Points Talk® Premium. This is a subscription podcast that costs $9.99/month but allows us to jump on and give the latest news and Ask Me Anything episodes to our followers at least two times a month, in addition to our free weekly podcasts.
Award Travel Academy
Can a person learn about credit card points and miles using our free resources alone? Yes, definitely! Will it take longer? Yes, definitely! And it can be more frustrating, depending on the individual. If I had had a course like the one Jess developed for us, I would have bought it in a heartbeat as I could have gotten started quicker. If you are frustrated with your learning or want to speed it up, consider joining one of our courses, Award Travel Academy and Award Travel Academy Next Level. For the price of a round-trip plane ticket, you can save thousands of dollars in the next year!
Master Class
Our free master class, “How to Get Your Next Vacation for Nearly Free,” will teach you some basics. (And give you a huge discount on our courses.)
Consultations
We offer free credit-card consultations to guide you on what your first or next credit card should be. We also offer paid strategy 1:1 consults via Zoom.
DMs and Email
We try to answer all of our DMs and emails daily. Feel free to ask simple questions or ask for advice anytime. Unfortunately, we can’t provide you with detailed booking advice due to our limited time. But we are here for you—we want you to succeed! Please take advantage of all of our help for beginner points and miles enthusiasts!
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Is there any tricks to finding cheaper flights to Maui from SLC April 3-9
Alex always uses SW from SLC-Maui. If the price drops, you can change your flights to the new price too.