Air Mile Hacking 101

Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will:

+ Master a simple, three-step process to earn thousands of air miles every month
+ Understand how to diversify your air mile portfolio
+ Have an air mile credit card and an achievable plan to earn a signup bonus of tens of thousands of air miles just for using it
+ Have the tools to make sure you are improving your credit instead of harming it
+ Customize our easy monthly and annual budget spreadsheets
+ Know how to earn retention bonuses, leverage spending categories, and qualify for business credit cards
+ Know how to cycle air mile cards to earn the signup bonuses over & over again
+ Understand all the possible pitfalls of air mile cards and sidestep them completely
+ Have 10+ strategies for maximizing your air mile earnings every month

Pre-requisites

Before you start this course you should:

• Take the Travelling Sustainably course 
  
• Be aware that most air mile hacking techniques require a good credit history (I don’t teach credit-building, but this is a good article that explains how to improve your credit enough to qualify for premium cards like the Amex Platinum or Chase Sapphire Reserve.)
• Be willing to spend about an hour every week keeping track of your budget and your spending
• Be aware that the techniques described in this course are geared towards those with access to apply for American credit cards (you generally have to be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident to do so). I have heard from other travel experts like Nomadic Matt that residents of other countries can adapt these techniques to their own credit card markets, but I do not have any experience with this.