{"id":360,"date":"2022-10-26T03:27:38","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T03:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gameofmiles.com\/?p=360"},"modified":"2023-08-28T00:37:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T00:37:39","slug":"what-is-the-game-of-miles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gameofmiles.com\/?p=360","title":{"rendered":"What is the Game of Miles?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"360\" class=\"elementor elementor-360\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f7426f2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f7426f2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f735076\" data-id=\"f735076\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28fc645 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28fc645\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 24-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is the Game of Miles?<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3599106 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3599106\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.22.0 - 24-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>In the Game of Miles, you earn free travel through normal everyday, spend. This free travel is earned by collecting points and miles through various types of loyalty programs. The points and miles earned can then be redeemed for airfare, hotels, cash back, and more. The bulk of these points and miles are collected through large credit card sign up bonuses. Much of the rest of the points and miles are awarded essentially as cash back on credit card purchases. However, points and miles can be far more valuable than cash back.<\/p><p>Typical credit card sign up bonuses will give you between 50,000 and 100,000 points when you spend $3,000 or $4,000 within 3 months of opening the account. The best cards that you will want to start off with will let you earn points that are transferrable to partner airlines and hotels. Chase, American Express, Capital One, and Citi each have nearly a dozen airline partners that allow you to transfer your points into miles that can be redeemed for flights. Additionally, credit card issuers also offer their own airline co-branded cards allowing you to earn miles directly with that airline. There are many other ways to earn points and miles, but the majority will be earned through credit card sign up bonuses.<\/p><p>I recently flew from Zurich to Las Vegas with a connecting flight in London. The flight from LHR to LAS was in British Airways&#8217; Club World business class cabin. The entire booking cost me 57,500 American Airlines miles plus a few hundred dollars in taxes and surcharges that can&#8217;t be paid for in miles. This same flight would have cost over $10,000 out of pocket had I paid the cash price at the time I booked the flight. For a single credit card sign up bonus, I booked a nearly $10,000 flight. Redemptions such as this are not at all uncommon and can be found for destinations all around the world.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-358d3a55 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"358d3a55\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f06ea13\" data-id=\"7f06ea13\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-308eb023 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"308eb023\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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src=\"https:\/\/gameofmiles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Club-world-1-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-514\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gameofmiles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Club-world-1-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/gameofmiles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Club-world-1-1-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gameofmiles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Club-world-1-1-1024x821.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gameofmiles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Club-world-1-1-768x615.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gameofmiles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Club-world-1-1-1536x1231.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gameofmiles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Club-world-1-1-2048x1641.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">This lie flat business class seat cost 57,500 AA miles plus about $400 in 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data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>What are the requirement to play?<\/b><\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b00fe1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b00fe1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are two critical requirements. You&#8217;ll need good to excellent credit in order to be approved for many of the best credit cards. You&#8217;ll also need the ability and discipline to pay off your monthly credit card statements balances in full so that you don&#8217;t pay any interest.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a442fa5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a442fa5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f73b66\" data-id=\"7f73b66\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a09a70f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a09a70f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><strong>How do you win the Game of Miles?<\/strong><\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7eb9603 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7eb9603\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You win the Game of Miles by earning free travel through normal, everyday spend while managing your credit responsibly. You will be putting nearly every purchase you make on a credit card. Each purchase you make will help you meet the spend requirements needed to hit the sign up bonuses while earning you additional points or miles at the same time on every purchase you make.\u00a0<\/p><p><b style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-primary ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-23535d6-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-23535d6-font-size ); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-23535d6-font-style ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-23535d6-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-23535d6-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-23535d6-word-spacing );\">And here is the trick:\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-primary ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-23535d6-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-23535d6-font-size ); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-23535d6-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-23535d6-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-23535d6-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-23535d6-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-23535d6-word-spacing );\">if you pay off your credit card statement balances in full every month, you will not pay a penny in interest. As long as your statement balance is payed in full by the due date, you will not carry forth a balance and will not be charged interest. If you don&#8217;t overspend, you will have no problem doing this.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-primary ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-23535d6-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-23535d6-font-size ); font-style: var( --e-global-typography-23535d6-font-style ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-23535d6-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-23535d6-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-23535d6-text-transform ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-23535d6-word-spacing );\">These points and miles that you are earning on every interest free purchase can then be redeemed for free travel.<\/span><\/p><p>It&#8217;s that simple.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c26b60 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c26b60\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b76db3c\" data-id=\"b76db3c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c8c414 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7c8c414\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7df2a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7df2a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>You win the Game of Miles by earning free travel through\u00a0normal, everyday spend while managing your credit responsibly.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bea76b5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"bea76b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f065d27 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f065d27\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d7519f2\" data-id=\"d7519f2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76862aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"76862aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><strong>How do you lose the Game of Miles?<\/strong><\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5de35e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5de35e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The easiest way to lose the Game of Miles is by paying interest. You can earn 3 miles per dollar spent on groceries which would typically be the worth 3 cents if redeemed for cash back. But if you are paying 18% interest on those purchases&#8230;well, you&#8217;ve lost the game. While you can redeem points and miles for a cash value much higher than 18% of purchases, it&#8217;s too easy to get trapped in debt. If you currently carry high interest credit card debt, your focus should be on reducing your revolving credit card debt to $0.00 before you play this game.<\/p><p>Another way you can lose the game is by overspending trying to earn a sign up bonus. Overspending will make it so you can&#8217;t pay off your statement balances in full each month and result in you paying interest. Paying interest on credit cards is bad. Don&#8217;t do it. Know your budget. If spending $5,000 over 3 months is outside of your <strong>normal, everyday spend,\u00a0<\/strong>don&#8217;t apply for a card that has that as a requirement to earn its sign up bonus.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4eb2d46 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4eb2d46\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55ccba3\" data-id=\"55ccba3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcb135c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fcb135c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><strong>Is the travel really free?<\/strong><\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1735786 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1735786\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It absolutely is if you are winning the game.<\/p><p>Many of the cards I will recommend have annual fees. Some of them seem quite high. But remember that winning the game means you are earning the free travel through <strong>normal, everyday spend.<\/strong> The cards with annual fees offer many perks. When you decide to pay an annual fee for a credit card, you need to ask yourself if these perks are things that you would normally pay for. The sign up bonus is almost always worth the first year&#8217;s annual fee. After the first year, you can decide if you are getting enough value to keep the card, cancel it, or downgrade it to a no annual fee card.<\/p><p>There are many great points earning cards out there. A lot of them will charge around $100 for the annual fee. One of the best cards to get when starting the game is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.referyourchasecard.com\/6j\/Z65E10AKA7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chase\u2019s Sapphire Preferred<\/a>. It comes with a $95 annual fee but offers an annual $50 credit for hotels purchased through their travel portal. It also offers 3 points per dollar spent on dining, groceries, and streaming services. If your\u00a0<strong>normal<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>spend <\/strong>is $1,500 a year combined on groceries, dining, and streaming services, you\u2019ll earn 4,500 points which are worth, at minimum, $45 if redeemed for cash back. So if you normally spend $50 on hotels and a combined $1,500 on groceries, dining, and streaming services annually, this card pays for itself. Anything else earned from spending on the card or the sign up bonus is <b>free <\/b>travel.<\/p><p>One of my current favorite cards is <a href=\"https:\/\/capital.one\/3NXL8jg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Capital One\u2019s Venture X<\/a>. This is a premium credit card with a high annual fee of $395. However, it offers an annual $300 travel credit when booking hotels or airfare through their travel portal. The card also awards 10,000 miles every year on your anniversary which is worth, at minimum, $100 if redeemed for cash back. So if you normally spend $300 on airfare or hotels each year, this card pays for itself. Anything else earned from spending on the card or the sign up bonus is <strong>free <\/strong>travel.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7cdbbf6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7cdbbf6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-631bd97\" data-id=\"631bd97\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-247ece7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"247ece7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><strong>What if I prefer cash back over travel redemptions?<\/strong><\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b324aeb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b324aeb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>That&#8217;s fine if you aren&#8217;t interested in traveling. If you have 60,000 points and redeem them for cash back, you will get $600 since the points are worth $0.01 each. In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/gameofmiles.com\/?p=430\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip to Europe<\/a><em>, <\/em>I redeemed 67,500 Flying Blue miles for a lie-flat business class seat earning me $2,873.18 in free travel after paying surcharges. That made those miles worth more than $0.04 each. For my return flight, I redeemed 57,500 American Airline for a nearly $10,000 lie-flat business class seat. After paying surcharges, those 57,500 points got me $9,629.35 of free travel making the points worth almost $0.17 each &#8211; nearly 17x more valuable than if I were to redeem them for cash back!<\/p><p>Your points are almost always going to be more valuable when redeeming them for travel as opposed to cash back. This is a travel game. Don&#8217;t redeem points and miles for cash back. Use the money you save on travel redemptions to spend on your vacation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b874d17 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b874d17\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8cf6fc2\" data-id=\"8cf6fc2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58dc5ef elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"58dc5ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-948abd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"948abd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Don&#8217;t redeem points and miles for cash back. Use the money you save on travel redemptions to spend on your vacation.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a758a77 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a758a77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0cf9b2d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0cf9b2d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eca5653\" data-id=\"eca5653\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-572a4d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"572a4d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><strong>What about taxes?<\/strong><\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62546d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62546d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I&#8217;m not a tax expert and will not offer advice on this except to tell you to do your own research. A quick Google search on &#8220;are credit card rewards taxable&#8221; should bring up plenty of easy to understand resources on the subject. You will read from many sources that, in most cases, no &#8211; credit card rewards are not taxable as long as you are spending money to earn those rewards.\u00a0<\/p><p>So the sign up bonuses that require you to spend X amount of dollars within a time period as well as the normal rewards you earn on spending will not be taxed. This is great since this is how you will likely be earning the majority of your rewards. Rewards earned through referrals, like the ones I&#8217;m hoping I will earn from you \ud83d\ude09 are likely taxable since money does not need to be spent for the rewards to be earned.<\/p><p><b>Again, I am not a tax expert so make sure to do your own research on the this topic before making any decisions.<\/b><\/p><p>Here&#8217;s a good article on the subject that is pretty consistent with my own personal experience:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thepointsguy.com\/guide\/complete-guide-to-paying-taxes-on-credit-card-rewards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/thepointsguy.com\/guide\/complete-guide-to-paying-taxes-on-credit-card-rewards\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5bc42fb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5bc42fb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f65f78\" data-id=\"7f65f78\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fede79b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fede79b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><strong>Won't opening a lot of credit cards negatively affect my credit?<\/strong><\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc02d60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc02d60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This was my first question and the reason I avoided this game for a long time. It&#8217;s amazing how many people don&#8217;t understand the factors that go into their credit score. I didn&#8217;t either before I got started.<\/p><p>Your score may drop a few points after applying for a new card. New credit along with recent credit inquires make up 10% of your FICO score. Just 10%. Payment history and utilization (ratio of amount owed to total credit available) combine for 65%. Opening a new credit card account will increase your maximum amount of credit available thereby reducing your overall utilization since you will never have a monthly balance that is more than your monthly budget assuming you are winning the game.<\/p><p>If you are paying all of your statement balances in full and on time each month, your FICO will ultimately go up\u00a0regardless of how many cards you open as long as it is within reason. I&#8217;ve opened more than 20 credit card accounts since 2018. My score has gone from around 770-780 prior to doing this to where it is now always above 800.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-47d35a8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"47d35a8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f639612\" data-id=\"f639612\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7634998 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7634998\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"466\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/gameofmiles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ce_FICO-Score-chart.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-533\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gameofmiles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ce_FICO-Score-chart.png 466w, https:\/\/gameofmiles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ce_FICO-Score-chart-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a44673 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a44673\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-97387cc\" data-id=\"97387cc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a67dd09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a67dd09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d69d4e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d69d4e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Many people are skeptical when I say that I&#8217;ve redeemed more than $70,000 in free travel since 2018. One goal of this blog is to teach the skeptics how simple and legit the game is.<\/p><p>All you are doing is earning points and miles through massive credit card sign up bonuses and normal, everyday spend. That&#8217;s all there is to it. As long as you are paying your statement balances in full and on time every month, you will avoid paying interest or unnecessary fees.\u00a0The annual fees of cards are usually well worth it, but I&#8217;ll go into more detail about that in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gameofmiles.com\/?p=1017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another post<\/a>.<\/p><p>Now that you know the basics of how to play and win the Game of Miles, check out my other posts to start learning how to play the game like a pro.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-598a066 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"598a066\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-186abcc\" data-id=\"186abcc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5620222 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5620222\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-046e909 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"046e909\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i>If you found the information here helpful and decide to apply for any of the cards mentioned, please consider signing up through my referral links (if available) on the <a href=\"https:\/\/gameofmiles.com\/?page_id=322\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">home<\/a> page.<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Start here to learn how you can earn free travel through normal, everyday spend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":483,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gameofmiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gameofmiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gameofmiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gameofmiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gameofmiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=360"}],"version-history":[{"count":230,"href":"https:\/\/gameofmiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4332,"href":"https:\/\/gameofmiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions\/4332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gameofmiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gameofmiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gameofmiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gameofmiles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}