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This is the award search tool I use the most. It lets me scan huge amounts of award availability across dates, routes, and programs incredibly quickly, which makes it especially useful for finding premium-cabin space and those harder-to-find awards.
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Cardpointers makes it easier to remember which card earns the most everywhere I shop. I use it to keep track of card benefits and offers, which there are often to many too track manually.
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I use Thrifty Traveler for deal alerts because they do the searching for you and surface both great cash fares and points-and-miles opportunities. It’s especially helpful for catching deals I might not have been actively searching for myself.
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This is the nutrition coaching program I used to lose weight while still traveling more than 30 times a year. What I liked most was that it was actually built around real life, so I could keep making progress without giving up restaurants, trips, or the way I like to live.
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Straight to the Points is one of my favorite ways to find out about premium-cabin award availability as soon as it drops. Their alerts are particularly good for those exciting business- and first-class opportunities where availability can disappear quickly.
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Roame is one of the award search tools I use when I’m comparing options across multiple airline programs without searching each one individually. I especially like having it in my arsenal alongside other search tools because no single award-search engine catches everything. They also have the fastest alerts.
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This is one of the easiest ways I earn extra rewards on purchases I was already going to make. I use Rakuten when shopping online to stack cash back—or, in my case, Bilt points—on top of the points I’m already earning from my credit card.
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Bilt is unique because it lets you earn valuable transferable points on housing spend without the typical transaction fee. I also really like their transfer partners (best partner list in the biz), so the points can be genuinely useful for travel rather than just being another rewards currency sitting around.