We know that earning points to travel is one of the best benefits of holding our favorite starter card.  But, did you know that there are so many more benefits to holding this card? Travel and Rental Car Insurance Travel rewards credit cards help cover insurance on your travel.  You will definitely want to read […]

Our Favorite Starter Card Benefits: Beyond Points

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We know that earning points to travel is one of the best benefits of holding our favorite starter card.  But, did you know that there are so many more benefits to holding this card? Travel and Rental Car Insurance Travel rewards credit cards help cover insurance on your travel.  You will definitely want to read […]

Our Favorite Starter Card Benefits: Beyond Points

We talk a lot about saving money on flights and hotels, but what about car rentals?! See some of our ideas below about how to save money when renting a car on vacation. Idea #1- You can use the bank travel portals to book car rentals. You would do this just like you would if you […]

How to use Points and Save Money on Car Rentals

If you have looked into prices for Disney or SeaWorld tickets, you know how expensive they can be. I wanted to find a way to help cover the costs of those tickets, so we decided to have my husband open the Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card to help make the trip more affordable. We […]

How To Get Free Disney and SeaWorld Tickets

Hyatt Bingo= 1 Free Night Stay! Have you heard of Hyatt Bingo!? It’s the term used in the points travel world for Hyatt’s Brand Explorer promotion. What is Hyatt Bingo/Brand Explorer? World of Hyatt has many brands that fall under the Hyatt umbrella. There are 4 collections that encompass the Hyatt Brand: Timeless Collection, Boundless Collection, […]

Hyatt “Bingo”

Those of us here at KC Savvy Travelers are HUGE fans of Chase Bank. We love their easy-to-use travel rewards, the flexibility and variety of transfer partners, the value we get with transferring points, etc. We definitely almost always recommend starting with them, but there is another card that we like to recommend for vacation […]

Using Points for Vacation Rentals, Cruises, and More!

Do you have any trips coming up for an anniversary, birthday, or any other special day?  I have a hotel travel trick that might make your stay even better! If you are traveling for a special occasion, or even if you aren’t, but you would like to see if you could get upgraded to a […]

Hotel Upgrades: How do you get them?

Once you’ve earned Ultimate Rewards® points through spending or signup bonuses, you have a few options for how to use them! Chase Travel℠ The first option is to use the Chase Travel℠. This can sometimes be a good way to find hotel stays, rental cards, or flights, but we typically do not use this option. We […]

How To Transfer Points To Hotels or Airlines

☀️Our family decided to head out west this year over spring break.  We visited a place I had never been: San Diego!  We wanted some warmer weather, a beach, and to take in the zoo and Sea World. ✈️Flights We booked flights on our favorite airline, Southwest of course.  I have a companion pass, so […]

Points and Miles Trip Review: San Diego

We just got back from four nights in New York City and it was a wild and fun adventure! Here are the details for this family trip from Kansas City to New York, NY. Getting There: We flew direct on Southwest from MCI to Laguardia (60,000 points total for all four of us thanks to our Companion […]

Points and Miles Trip Review: New York, NY

Using Your Points Close to KC: Tulsa, OK Tulsa may not be on your radar, but it can make for an easy get-away from KC with just around a 4 hour drive! My husband and I took a long-weekend trip here last summer over our anniversary. We wanted someplace easy to get to, but someplace […]

Using Your Points Close to KC: Tulsa, OK

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