Point Me To First Class

If you’re a high-earning professional or a self-employed business owner, your tax expenses represent an enormous points-earning opportunity that you may not even be aware of. So, tune in this week to start evaluating whether this doing so is the right decision for you, the fees involved, and the potential payoffs in the form of credit card points. Be sure to come back next week for part two, where I’ll be sharing the specific cards that will allow you to maximize your rewards.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.pointmetofirstclass.com/blog/paying-taxes-credit-card  

Is hanging on to these store-specific credit cards and using them despite not earning points and miles from these purchases a good idea?   In part two of my rewards vs. cash-back credit cards showdown, I help you decide whether you could be further ahead by using store-specific cash-back credit cards for certain purchases, or if you’d be better off using your rewards cards for the same purchases.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.pointmetofirstclass.com/blog/rewards-cash-back-credit-cards-2  

Discover a framework that will help you evaluate your own personal situation to accurately determine whether cash-back credit cards or rewards credit cards are the best way for you to leverage your expenses. Over the next two episodes, I’m walking you through how I think about comparing the potential returns of cash-back credit cards and points-earning credit cards, so you can make the decision that gives you the biggest bang for your buck.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.pointmetofirstclass.com/blog/rewards-cash-back-credit-cards

Understand what contributes to your credit score, the short-term and long-term impact that applying for new credit cards has on your score, and how to protect your credit score while continuing to get more rewards credit cards.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.pointmetofirstclass.com/blog/truth-rewards-cards-credit-score

Discover the five most common mistakes people make when they enter the world of credit card points and reward travel, and how you can avoid all of them. I’m sharing how you might be leaving points on the table, costing yourself an astronomical amount in interest, and some places you can utilize and leverage your rewards credit cards that might surprise you.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.pointmetofirstclass.com/blog/avoid-credit-card-points-mistakes

Discover how you can start having first-class travel experiences without the first-class price tag. I share why I’m so passionate about the opportunity to use credit card points for travel, and I’m showing you how to leverage your most important untapped asset, your expenses, to satisfy your wanderlust without compromising your savings and investments for your future.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.pointmetofirstclass.com/blog/new-way-think-expenses 

Are you a business owner, entrepreneur, or employed professional with higher-than-average expenses? Do you ever feel like you have to choose between paying bills or saving for retirement and traveling?  You can actually have both - because your expenses can be turned into currency to help you travel the world. Hi! I’m Devon Gimbel, and over the last 9 years I’ve taught myself all the tips, tricks, and strategies to turn my expenses into credit card points which I’ve used to book incredible trips for myself and my family - and save tens of thousands of dollars doing it, and now, through Point Me to First Class, I want to help you do the same. If you want to learn how to leverage your expenses and turn them into travel, but don’t have time to put the pieces together or have no idea where to start, let me help. I condense 9 years' worth of my own mistakes into something more tangible and actionable so you get to skip the lengthy research and trial and error, and get right to the point where you’re booking trips you never thought would be possible. I believe that travel, whether it's domestic or international, in economy class or first class, is the single most transformative experience we can have and share with others. But travel - even luxury travel - doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg… all thanks to credit card points and miles. Each week I’ll share tips, strategies, and mindset tools to help you uplevel your skills and abilities in managing credit card points so that you can travel more, travel better, and travel often. It’s time that your expenses start working for you - and this will be the place where you can find a streamlined, focused way to accelerate your ability to use your expenses to get a ton of credit card points and maximize their value.  Traveling with points doesn’t have to be confusing or complicated - but it can change your life. So if you’re ready to start traveling using points but don’t know where to start, let me show you how.  I look forward to seeing you in the next episode!