Simple Steps to Quickly Earn Free Flights

Travel hacking is a concept I’ve been aware of much of my travel blogging career.

Despite its growth in popularity, I’d always brushed the hobby aside as not being worth my time or risk to my credit score. 

From the little I’d read and conversations I’d overheard, it seemed too complicated. 

I chalked it up to the domain of math and aviation geeks, not a regular traveler like myself whose focus is finding the shortest, cheapest flight from Point A to B. 

Following my sale of Travel Blog Success in December 2017, I had more free time on my hands and devoted some bandwidth to learning about travel hacking. 

As a result, in 2018 I easily earned over 250,000 points, booked five free flights, and saw my credit scores increase without any tricks or unnecessary spending. I finally saw the light. 

And all it took was a few hours of reading, a willingness to suspend my preconceived notions, and some extra planning around how to pay for day-to-day and…