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Hey credit warriors welcome to the show. And you know a few weeks ago I was saying I probably wouldn’t be traveling any time soon? Well yeah, about that. I booked a luxury 5 star vacation to LA and Vegas. And I’m pretty excited about going to Vegas, I have never been.
Yeah. So this trip so far would have cost 3982 if we had actually paid for it, let’s call that $4000. But come on you think I actually pay for travel? No of course not. So in this video I am going to break down how I leverage credit card points and hotel free nights to make my travel bookings. If you like the sound of that why not hit the subscribe button and bell notifications so you never miss a video. And if you do, I will personally deliver a cake to your house. Well, just subscribe anyway, it’s great to be subscribed to our channel, trust me.
So let’s start with the flight, now I may get a little bit of criticism for this, because I exchanged Amex points plus some cash through their travel portal which is something we normally don’t recommend, since you only get 1c per point in value, but I’ll tell you why I did this. 1. Is because I want to keep my One World Ruby status, which gets me business class check in and free checked bags on American Airlines and British Airways even if I fly economy. And to do that I have to fly paid flights, flights booked through travel portals count as paid.
- Because the Amex Platinum is giving cardholders a $200 credit for Amex Travel, now this was brought in because of the Ronies, it is targeted so you need to check it in your dashboard, but if you have it it is valid for airfare other Amex Travel bookings like hotels until Dec 31st 2021.
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40 comments
I booked my free $4000 Hawaii vacation leaving next week!
Cool! Would be awesome if you met up with graham in the guys for a collab. lol
If you want sushi in vegas I got you covered.
I thought all Amex Platnium cards had a $200 airline credit and at the start of the year you selected an preferred airline to use the $200. This was before our friend Covid19, i would charge the bag fees and food and drinks on the Amex card and then it would get credited up the $200. I just used mine to book a flight to Miami and the flight was discounted $200.
Congrats on the win. (and for not letting the panicked roni's from stopping you from living and loving life). How far out did you book in advance?
Hope you and the Mrs. have a stellar trip. Cheers
Question? Is it really free if you are using points? You got those points buy spending something which in return you get points. Nothing I this world is really free one way or another someone will pay for it…
I've been waiting for my chocolate cake for quite awhile. I want my cake dammit….:)
Dave Ramsey is screaming
But in all seriousness, that’s awesome, I’m going to Vegas for the first time in November for my 29th
That Vegas resort fee! Robbery 💔
Would you have stayed at WA Beverly Hills again? Or just wanted to try a different property?
No AA 😱they r terrible 🤯 – but i hope your travel goes smooth !
$420.96? So close to $420.69 (Nice)
I live in Santa Monica. It is beautiful! Enjoy your time out here. If you got the kids with you take them to the pier. They will love it.
You’re gonna love the Venetian/Palazzo resorts. I stay there monthly because of my casino comps lol so paying cash or points for the rooms seems crazy to me haha but I would love to pay w points for stays at the Maldives or on the east coast 😁
Why are you going to LA? Want to see homeless people and trash?
Yup I'll be staying at the Venetian on June 26-28. I got the room for free though for being a Grazie rewards member. Still need to pay resort fees though.
Go visit Graham while you're at it
So so close to get that 420.69.
The clickbait is strong! Free is not so free
More average redemptions. You should drop the Shifu title.
So many of your recent reservations have been at less than 2 cents per point. It's shameful
Bring back the old music pls
Thanks to you’re subscribers …..
Jim carey-looking thumbnails lately!
no idea how you book the Venetian with IHG. I found the site but when I search there is no available dates at all for it.
Venetian is very cool was there last month. Great location and plenty of shopping and eating to do without ever leaving the property
I'm sorry you booked Venetian. LOL! Next time go for Bellagio.
A great trip there man. I one thing I would suggest doing was getting Cesears Diamond status match and stay at a Cesear hotel. This would have saved you on the resort fees and parking.
Forget the venice boat.. i found one of those gondola boat at a park around nature in Mälmo, sweden. Cost only 20 euro per person. Everyone around us took pictures and videos of us cause it is the only gondola in sweden at a place like that
I think you may have made a mistake. Oneworld Ruby doesn’t give business lounge access. Only Sapphire and Emerald provide lounge access.
Amex Bus Gold would get you a 25% redemption on those airline points, worth it if you use any of their 4X multipliers in excess.
But what if it's a really nice Hampton Inn??? 🙂
I have gone to Vegas a few times and with the platinum card you can status match to be a diamond member with wyndham which is partners with ceaser rewards. Ceaser will status match diamond and they will waive your resort fees, give you an annual 100 dining credit and vip check in, room upgrade. They definitely take care of the diamond ceaser members. The bonus is you get a 4 night complimentary stay at Atlantis in the Bahamas as a diamond member.
@Shifu why do you purposely cut/style your hair so that one side sticks out?
Could someone else have taken your place on the flight? 🤔
What happened to the 8:00 EST Zoom meeting With Financial Education on 5/31/21that was supposed to start 25 minutes ago as of my writing this?
You’ll love the Venetian.
I love these kind of videos
Meet up with graham Stephan in Vegas?!!?!??
I'm from Taiwan and currently living in Vegas! Can't wait to see you here in town!