Flights & Points
If you live on a plane, the points-and-miles game is one of the largest invisible salary increases available to a small-business owner.
We cover the strategies that actually compound (not the credit-card-churn theatre), the booking tools that surface routes nobody told you existed, and the math behind positioning flights, repositioning, and stretching one ticket into three.
Most of the gains are in the cards you already pay for. You're just not using them right. The library here covers the booking-tool depth, the unsexy-but-massive lever of paying your taxes and suppliers on a credit card, and the in-cabin comfort calls that make the difference between a flight you can work from and a flight you can't.
One App to Rule All Your Travel Points
They all live somewhere. Until they don't.
read →How to Earn a Ton of Credit Card Points by Paying Taxes with Plastiq
It works like this: You use a third-party payment processor like Plastiq, which charges a fee, but lets you pay bills (inclu
read →What the Heck Is a "Positioning Flight?" (and Why You Should Care)
A lot of small towns (and even large ones) are airport deserts, or more accurately called a spoke airport.
read →Google Flights Is Simply Awesome
It's fast, clean, and shows you real airline prices without spammy pop-ups or shady booking sites (looking at you, KAYAK & Expedia
read →Feeling Like Cattle on an Economy Flight? Here's the Only Addon That Actually Helps
Sardines is always the first word that comes to mind.
read →How to Pay Your Amazon Suppliers with a Credit Card (and Actually Come Out Ahead)
Now, PPC is easy. You slap it on an Amex Biz Gold, rack up points, and
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