1. Day 1 – What’s Travel Hacking all about?
2. Day 2 – Getting Organized
3. Day 3 – Types of Miles and Points
4. Day 4 – Credit Card Strategy
5. Day 5 – Southwest Companion Pass
6. Day 6 – Business Credit Cards
7. Day 7 – Hotel Free Night Sign-Up Bonuses & Annual Certificates
8. Day 8 – How to Apply & Track
9. Day 9 – Not Instantly Approved
10. Day 10 – Meeting the Spending Requirement
11. Day 11 – Cancel or Keep?
12. Day 12 – Keep Miles from Expiring
13. Day 13 – Shopping Portals
14. Day 14 – MileagePlus X

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Just like with shopping portal, you can also earn airline miles and points by booking hotel stays and rental cars at an airline’s websites or directly at a car rental agency’s website.  Almost all airlines have options to book hotel rooms and car rentals directly at their website to earn additional miles.  Here’s an example of Southwest’s:

 

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I also use this website to check to see if there are any bonus offers going on directly at car rental agencies:

 

Third Party Websites

Pointshound.com and Rocketmiles.com are two websites that offer frequent flier miles when you book hotel rooms through their website.  You can book over 150,000+ hotels worldwide at these sites.  Points can add up quickly.  Here’s is what a Pointshound.com search of Las Vegas area hotels looks like:

 

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Need to Knows

• Earn extra airline miles when renting a car or for a hotel stay by booking through your preferred airline
• Use a third party websites (Pointshound.com and Rocketmiles.com) to find and maximize miles with various airlines for hotel stays