I have a smaller immediate family, but that for sure isn’t the case for a lot of people. We often get asked about tips when traveling with families of 5 or more. Obviously, I don’t have a ton of experience in this area, but we have heard many tricks from others that do it, so […]

Can you travel on points with a large family?  Yes, yes you can!

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I have a smaller immediate family, but that for sure isn’t the case for a lot of people. We often get asked about tips when traveling with families of 5 or more. Obviously, I don’t have a ton of experience in this area, but we have heard many tricks from others that do it, so […]

Can you travel on points with a large family?  Yes, yes you can!

If you want to use points and miles long term, opening business cards is an essential part of your strategy. There are so many business cards out there and they often have great signup bonuses they are a great way to space out your personal cards and have a long-term travel card strategy. But there […]

Our Favorite Business Cards

At KC Savvy Travelers, we talk a lot about cards from a specific bank. But, once you get a little further into points and miles, it is good to start diversifying the points and miles that you earn! There are two cards from Capital One that we often talk about as our “next step” cards. […]

Our Favorite “Useful” Travel Cards

If you are exploring the world of award travel for the first time, there is one card you should consider first: the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card! The main idea of points and miles travel is that you open a travel card with a welcome offer, meet the required spend for the bonus offer using your normal […]

Our Favorite Starter Card

Earning Extra Points: Many people with travel credit cards are earning points, but at a slow pace. Being strategic about using specific cards can really up your points earning potential! You will see people that travel with points saying that they earned 3X or 5X points. This basically means, instead of just earning 1 point […]

How to Maximize Your Points Earning Potential!

Are you taking advantage of 2-player mode? I’m not talking about video games! I’m talking about opening credit cards with your spouse or significant other. You can basically earn points twice as fast if you learn this points and miles trick! When you open cards in 2-player mode, only 1 person is opening a card […]

Level up your Points and Miles Game with 2- Player Mode!

Shopping Portals One of the easiest ways to earn extra points is through shopping portals. A shopping portal is simply a website you click through before shopping at the same stores you already plan to use. Many of these can be utilized using any credit card, you just have to sign up for an account.  […]

Earning Extra Points for Holiday Shopping!

Booking hotel rooms on points can be so valuable and helpful in making vacations affordable. Did you know you can combine Hyatt points with almost anyone? You can! Maybe you want to book a hotel on points but don’t quite have enough, or maybe you want to combine your points with another family member or […]

Can You Combine Points? With Hyatt, you can!!!

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

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