One of our favorite ways to save on extra travel expenses that can not typically be covered by points is to use Capital One Miles! You can earn these miles by opening the Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card or the Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card. Any travel purchase that the bank codes […]

How to Cover Travel Purchases with Miles

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One of our favorite ways to save on extra travel expenses that can not typically be covered by points is to use Capital One Miles! You can earn these miles by opening the Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card or the Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card. Any travel purchase that the bank codes […]

How to Cover Travel Purchases with Miles

My family recently returned from my (Keri’s) absolute favorite destination: Kauai, Hawaii! My husband and I took this trip a couple of years ago for our anniversary. We fell in love with the island, and knew we had to go back with our daughter. My mom was even able to join us this time as […]

A Dream Trip to Kauai on Points!

My family just go back from a spring break trip visiting one of our favorite places! Our family just loves springtime in Arizona. We are big Royals fans, and the mix of sun, baseball, and family time always hits the spot this time of year! We have been to the Phoenix/Scottsdale area a bunch of […]

A Spring Break Trip to Arizona

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

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!

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