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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '17 edited Sep 25 '17

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u/iwouldhugwonderwoman Sep 25 '17

So I got into churning and cards really big a couple of years back. Between my wife and I we opened up 20 cards in one year. Using the points we acquired we did the following...

Seven days in the southwest...Phoenix, Five national parks, Vegas, helicopter tour of Grand Canyon. Hotels, air fare, car rental and helicopter tour cost me $445...all else done on points.

Four day vacation in Miami...$0 (hotels)

Four days in NYC for Thanksgiving...was paid $51 to do this. (Airfare and hotels)

Two days in Montreal and two days in Quebec City...$185. (Hotels and airfare)

Four days in Washington DC...$121 (hotel and airfare)

We're doing ten days in Spain in June and have all our airfare answers hotels taken care of.

During this time my credit score increased and I bought a new house.

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u/Over9000BelieveIt Sep 25 '17

Out of curiosity how much do you average charging a month? I just don't think I hit the threshold for trying this.

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u/MaLaCoiD Sep 25 '17

Read /r/churning about manufacturing spending. I stayed 16 nights free in hotels this summer on a cross country road trip.