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Helping Homeowners access their equity with no monthly payments @ Splitero I USAF Veteran I Ironman 70.3 I Marathoner I +1 for the Underdogs I Revenue Driver I Affinity for Sales I Endurance Athlete I SalesDurance

Shoutout to The Wall Street Journal for featuring my wife Trisha Elegino, MD and I in their article about how the growing trend on leveraging rewards points on credits cards as part of your daily expenses! 💳 💭 Long story short: My wife and I run essentially everything on our American Express Platinum Credit card We pay it off in full as we would normally pay for all of the expenses via debit anyway so interest is rarely an issue. We enjoy the rewards benefits that comes from it (TSA, CLEAR, hotel benefits, lounges, food, drinks, subscriptions etc). All things we would normally pay for regardless based on our lifestyle We then use those AMEX points to exchange it for flyer miles at respective airlines that goes towards countries/places we would love to go! Many times there are promotions and multiples to these points which ultimately cover a large part of our expenses while traveling. The flights! So in short - we accumulate enough points to travel 2-3 times or more a year for our flights depending on location, time, and how boujee we decide to be. All for spending it on expenses we would normally spend it on regardless. Now I recognize there is a whole other side of the argument of.. "what if you lose track of your balance" "disciplined to pay it off in full etc" Personally, that has never been an issue for us and every person is different so definitely weigh out your options. I will be sure to drop the link in the comments for you to read the full story! Linkedin folks, what has been your best trip you used rewards points to go to? 🏝 Where should we travel to next? ✈ (P.S, we'd LOVE to travel to more Asian countries) Favorite #airlines? Feel free to give them a tag! #travel #rewardspoints #creditcard #personalfinance #airlinepartners #amex

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Alexander Deguzman

Helping Homeowners access their equity with no monthly payments @ Splitero I USAF Veteran I Ironman 70.3 I Marathoner I +1 for the Underdogs I Revenue Driver I Affinity for Sales I Endurance Athlete I SalesDurance

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Nico Sharp

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Philippines for sure - El Nido/Coron

Adam Benitez

Revenue Operations Strategic Thinker | Fueling Revenue Growth with Data-Driven Strategies

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Believe me. They're not being gamed. They know that for every 1 person that is successful with this, there are 100 who are trying it unsuccessfully. The credit card companies are no dummies.

Fernando Michel

Partnerships at Coursera | EdTech

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Mando Sallavanti III, CFP®, CEPA

Build passive income, retire early, & travel | Financial Planning for Sales Executives & Entrepreneurs | Trusted Advisor to 65+ Families | Unlock Your Path to Freedom Today and DM 'PLAN' to Start

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Big fan of travel hacking! Love this, man!

Cameron Watford

Account Manager, Charlotte at Mondo

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So cool!!

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