How To Travel The World For Free Using Credit Cards (Absolute Beginners Guide For Points and Miles)

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🙋‍♀️ I’m Maria, an Engineering Manager at a big tech company and I’ve been coding since I was 13 years old. I love working in tech because building new things and being creative is something that makes me really happy. While on this journey, I realized how lots of questions I receive in 1:1s get repeated a lot so I decided to upload short and simple Q&A videos on TikTok which grew to a small amount of followers. For some questions, I wanted to dive deeper with longer answers which is how this channel started. Thanks for being here – my goal is to help some people out and make their lives at tech jobs more effective.

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[techmentormaria]

If you typically watch credit card rewards videos and you just stumbled upon this video: Hello :) I'm Maria, new in this YouTube niche but super passionate and I'd love for you to subscribe and let me know what you'd like to see here on this channel!

[Kaylasshenaniganss]

Optimizing your spend using credit cards can literally change your life! I booked international trip for free using my Amex points. It’s been great.

[lenn]

Thank you for this video! I learn so much watching your videos.

[virasadhana]

I told my mom abt travel miles cc which I saw from a travel influencer then my mom replied that all my sofas, big TV meubel, our old washing machine, some of her gold jeweleries are from her cc points😮 My mom is more advanced than IG travel influencers nowdays I guess😂

[HeiressChrissy]

This was super helpful! I now understand travel credits and the best way to use them. Thank you so much & God bless!

[sergiobaez]

wow, such a clear explanation!!!! Gracias Maria!!!

[djwashx]

Thanks for the examples I just posted on anither video asking if they made videos explaining a sample trip still confusing but great video just

[RoseMarika]

I am so glad I watched your video! You are so inspiring, easy to listen to, I appreciate you mentioning that you legit live you what you do and you just want to share and educate us so we can all win. Thank you so much. Definitely subscribed! Love that you also dedicate time to your blog!

[AK-Star]

I once travelled in business class using standard chartered credit card reward points 😊

[rickbarrington]

Maria, i have been following you from the start and I want to say your vlogs are getting more polished and targeted. Nice job and keep the great content coming! Best from Seattle

[gsctrading]

Nice beginners presentation, simple and to the point. 👍

[briancrizaldo]

I love how you explained the points breakdown in this video. You’re the first one I’ve seen do the cash to points breakdown example and it really helps a lot, thank you!

[formationflightfsx]

good to know, thank you for sharing :)

[TainaMalave]

Loving all your content on credit cards! I've started collecting points and I have a lot so far but figuring out how to use them has been tricky haha

[johnchitty]

Loving these videos Maria! So awesome to see a fresh new face in the credit card hacking community. Im curious, are you able to did a video on how you book your award travels? Also what cards are you looking at for the rest of the year?

[moliranoheratonabi]

I did this for years and it does work. I traveled for free for basically as long as I wanted to. It is kind of a full time job keeping track of your cards and which one you should use and which ones you've already used. My problem now is I don't spend money anymore. I'm financially independent, have no debt, and very few bills. I wouldn't have 3, 000 worth of expenses to put on a card now so this doesn't work for me. I think it's far easier to just pay for your plane ticket when you want to go somewhere than work this racket. But I'm old now and just want things simple.

[odvega]

I just started a business and one of the goals that I have is to use the new business credit card points, that I accumulate through the business, for travel with my family. One trip in particular is a dream trip to Tokyo Japan. Please share a strategy or method to reverse engineer a particular trip using points please. Thank you for your content!

[nataliajohnson]

Thanks for the video! I would like to use a credit card for miles to travel to Colombia maybe every two years. Which card do you recommend getting?

[Jay]

I really enjoyed this video Maria. Your channel is very helpful. Im planning my first trip to Germany soon, cant wait to visit.

[vickipedia]

I have seen multiple videos on credit cards but your video is on another level. Your way of explaining is FAR far better than others- very easy to understand!!! I swear girls do that same job better but get paid 40-50% less than men 😢